Curriculum Vitae

COMPETENCIES AND PERSONAL SKILLS

•Able to work on tasks individually or as part of a team.

•Problem solving.

•Able to focus on accuracy and attention to detail whilst under pressure and against deadlines.

•Organizational skills that allow me to multitask effectively.

CAREER HISTORY

Court Classique 4* Hotel - Worked as an intern (trainee) from 21 June to 05 August 2016 Worked in hot, cold and pastry kitchen

Sheraton 5* Hotel- Worked as an intern (trainee) from 11 October to 02 December 2016 Worked in hot, cold and pastry kitchen

Protea Manor 3* Hotel- Worked as an intern (trainee) from 24 January to 3 March 2017 Worked in hot, cold and pastry kitchen

Hunters Rest *4 Hotel Worked as an intern (trainee) from 13 August to 15 September 2017 Worked in pastry, hot and cold kitchen

Royal Elephant 4* Hotel Worked as an intern (trainee) from 24 Jan to 9 March 2018 Worked in the pastry kitchen

Ginger Apple Café Worked as an intern (trainee) from 30 Aug to 5 Oct 2018

JaJa Tea Garden Kitchen manager from 3 March 2019 to 20 November 2020

Responsibilities as followed:

Stock take and ordering of food and beverage items weekly.

Managing the kitchen and staff of BOH and FOH.

Preparing and cooking of hot and cold dishes, pastry items, a la cart orders and preparation and cooking of food for functions.

Cashing up and opening of the register when needed.

Locking up and opening of the restaurant when needed.

Preparation, baking and decorating cakes.

Menu planning and costing of menu items.

Training of staff members where skills are lacking.

Reporting of incidents in the workplace.

Deal with customers and complaints at times.

Setting up for bookings and functions in FOH at times.

- dealing with cutlery and crockery, linen and setting of tables and chairs.

Work the register and take payments at times when needed.

Preparation and hosting of workshops.

Selling of gift shop items and chalk paint.

Receiving money for payments and giving change to customers.

Basic filing and admin tasks.

The Play Date/Save The Date Manager/Events Manager from 22 Nov 2020 to current.

Venue Basic admin skills such as printing, emailing and filing.

Receiving customer’s, booking them in and controlling entrance to

to the play park and venue’s.

Answering phone calls from clients and dealing with complaints and

enquiries.

Do stock take by weekly and placing orders.

Meeting with clients to confirm requests for private functions and

setting up of functions on the day.

Liaising between clients, staff and the owners and setting up of

meetings.

Ensuring hygiene is kept to standard and that health and safety rules

are followed.

Working the POS system.

Managing of staff and working our work schedules .

Creating of quotations and invoices for clients.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

High School Barberton

Completion date December 2015 / Grade 12

First Aid Level 1

WSET (Wine and Spirit Education Trust Wine Course) – Level 1

CATHSSETA (The Culture, Art, Tourism, Hospitality And Sport Sector, Education And Training Authority) National Certificate: Professional Cookery

CITY & GUILDS INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA: Food Preparation And Cooking (Culinary Arts)

CITY & GUILDS INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA: Food Preparation And Cooking (Patisserie)

Certificate In Events Planning & Certificate in Business Management

ACHIEVEMENTS

Grade 12 – Winner of the Hospitality Studies Young Chef Competition 2015. (Mpumalanga)

Professional Cookery Top Achiever Theoretical Studies 2017

Professional Cookery Student Of The Year 2016/2017

ADDITIONAL

Computer literate programmes include:

MS office, Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point, Publisher and Access

I am always willing to learn to work on other programmes which may be used in the industry.

REFERENCE

Mr Pieter Ferreira Principal Barberton High School 013-***-****

Mrs Issie Jackson Teacher Hospitality Studies 013-***-****

Capital Hotel School (Chef Alicia Giliomee) 012-***-****

Chereen Smuts Owner Of JaJa Tee Garden 082-***-****

Naseerah Waja 079-***-****

Personal Details

Name Michelle Elsie Pieterse

ID 970**********

Nationality South African

Home Language Afrikaans

Other Languages English

Dependants 0

Contact details 072-***-****

Email adl6v5@r.postjobfree.com

64 Glover Avenue Centurion

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