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
