
Tracey Millington
Catering Operative
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About
An adaptable, loyal, and self-motivated individual with years of experience in the hospitality sector as a catering assistant. I can bring new ideas to the table, and I am highly knowledgeable and experienced in the kitchen. I am very loyal and can bring many skills from experience and transferable skills, such as customer service, eye for detail, cooking knowledge, communication, time management, listening, and more.
Polite and approachable, I am always willing to take on challenges and maintain high standards. I am easy-going, and I can work efficiently both as part of a team and independently, using my initiative to complete tasks. Proficient with different equipment and maintaining high standards for food and cleaning, I am a very hard-working person and always able to meet any required deadline.
Open to learning new skills and developing existing ones. Looking for employment opportunities showcasing my skills.
Experience
Catering Assistant at Dine Contract Catering (2000-01 – 2026-01)
- Being responsible, setting up all of the front counter and kitchen ready for the day
- Preparing all food preparation ingredients and sandwich fillers for the day
- Labelling and dating all ingredients, ensuring they are stored correctly
- Using the computer to print the labels out for all food preparation and storing away of food
- Checking all the temperatures of the fridges and ensuring everything was correct
- Preparing fresh fillers and coleslaw for sandwiches, and start making the sandwiches
- Using other cooking equipment such as a fryer for frying chips, etc
- Cooking a range of hot food dishes, such as full breakfast, lasagna, curries and more
- Meeting all deadlines for all sandwiches to be completed within, cooking hot food for the customers
- Serving the customers their food, ensuring everything is okay, and their order is correct
- Operating the till, handling customers' orders, and checking for any allergies
- Handling cash or card payments when operating the till
- Providing excellent customer service to all customers, being polite and professional
- Replenishing all stock for drink cans, etc., and ensuring to clean and top up the coffee machine
- Checking all deliveries to ensure that the order was correct and the quality was good
- Supporting the manager with cashing up the tills and handling the paperwork
- Banking the money if requested to, ensuring everything is double-checked and is correct
- Cleaning all areas as required, ensuring everything is kept to a high standard
- Completing all required in-house training, such as food safety, Coshh and more
- Depending on the task, working independently using my initiative or being part of the team using teamwork skills to maintain all standards
- Using excellent communication and active listening skills with both customers and team members
- Following and adhering to all policies and procedures, including all health and safety
Catering Assistant
Before this, I worked for thirteen years in another catering business, being loyal and carrying out duties similar to those above. Due to being made redundant, I had to leave.
Education
Level 2 in Food Safety
Level 2 in Maths and English
In-house Training (Coshh, Health and Safety and others)