Darion Clark

Experienced in all areas of hospitality and skilled adapting to different roles and requirements. Passionate about delivering an excellent customer experience. Adept at working in fast paced environments while maintaining standards and attention to detail.

Cook - Stanford Coffee Shop - Stanford in the Vale

(2024-02)

• Short-order cooking
• Ingredient preparation for lunch orders
• Developed my own cookie recipes to prepare and bake in-house, these proved ever popular with people coming in specifically to request them
• Operated stalls selling my cookies at the local village fête and school fair
• Assisting with hot beverage preparation as needed
• Maintaining the food prep areas in line with health and safety standards
• Adapted calmly to challenging situations and supported colleagues during busy periods

Kitchen Assistant/Waitress/Bartending - Royal Dart Yacht Club - Kingswear

(2022-07 - 2023-10)

• Aided with food preparation and presentation
• Catering for events ensuring uniform and quality plating
• Accurately following recipes to create delicious end products
• Maintaining sanitary and safe working stations and storage areas
• Ensuring food was correctly dated and labelled
• Communicated with front of house staff to keep service running smoothly
• Monitored fridge and freezer temperatures to health and safety guidelines
• Assisting kitchen porters and ensuring clean kitchen equipment
• Laying tables neatly with appropriate cutlery and stocking and maintaining polished silverware, tablecloths and condiment levels
• Answered calls, occasionally assisting with replying to enquiry emails
• Prepared and served a range of cold and hot beverages using barista coffee machine
• Processed payments using digital POS system

Kitchen Assistant/Team Leader - The George and Dragon - Dartmouth

(2021-04 - 2022-11)

• Prepping food for daily service
• Keeping up with demand and topping up on pre-prepared foods as needed
• Maintaining sanitary kitchen stations and food storage areas
• Aiding with kitchen porters as required
• Maintaining daily cleaning standards for kitchen equipment
• Verifying food was correctly dated and labelled
• Ensuring correct rotation of stock and completing accurate stock takes
• Daily ordering of stock
• Communicating with front of house to update on kitchen status and minimise food delays
• Liaised with front of house to manage kitchen activities

Waitress/Bartending/Kitchen Assistant - Royal Dart Yacht Club - Kingswear

(2018-06 - 2019-12)

• Preparing a range of cold and hot beverages from a barista coffee machine
• Processing payments on a digital POS system
• Providing excellent customer service
• Laying tables neatly with the correct cutlery for the event in question
• Building rapport with members of the club
• Working as a team to ensure smooth service during shifts
• Communicating with the kitchen to ensure prompt service of food to tables
• Assisting with food preparation and presentation
• Following recipes accurately to produce delicious end products
• Maintaining sanitary workstations
• Working independently and using initiative to complete tasks

Shop Floor Assistant - Riverside Fashions/Seahaven - Dartmouth

(2017-09 - 2018-05)

• Professionally assisting customers in finding the best products for their needs and keeping up to date on new product launches as they are released
• Processing payments, refunds and exchanges
• Maintaining a tidy and organised section
• Unpacking and neatly displaying stock in a visually appealing way

Waitress - The Ship Inn - Kingswear

(2015-04 - 2017-09)

• Providing a professional customer service experience
• Taking drinks and food orders
• Polishing silver wear and restocking condiments
• Keeping organised and prioritising the workload to best support the smooth running of service
• Working as part of an effective and efficient team
• Adhering to food health and safety guidelines to ensure safe food handling
• Politely dealing with customer complaints and finding solutions to problems

Commis Chef Level 2 Cookery - Cookery - Institute for Apprenticeships (2019 - 2019)

NVQ Level 3 Events and Security - Events and Security - South Devon College (2018 - 2018)

GCSEs - Dartmouth Academy (2016 - 2016)