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Diploma-qualified culinary professional with a pastry and dessert focus

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BloemfonteinMember since September 5, 2026

Bread and pastry baking

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Bread and pastry baking

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Diploma-qualified culinary professional with a pastry and dessert focus, holding a City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Food Preparation and Culinary Arts and an Olive Chef School Diploma in Culinary Arts and Food Preparation. Held the dessert section at The Vine Bistro, Stellenbosch, for the greater part of a year-long workplace placement, with responsibility for dessert mise en place, production, plating and service. Bread and pastry baking, plated dessert work, and full station responsibility under live service, supported by all-round training across café, fine-dining, hotel, retail-deli and function-catering kitchens.

Experience

Culinary Trainee at The Vine Bistro (2025-08 – 2026-05)

Held the dessert section for the greater part of the placement, managing mise en place, production, plating and service.
Prepared pastries, plated desserts and dessert components for daily restaurant service.
Rotated through all principal kitchen stations, gaining exposure to the full kitchen operation.
Assisted with general kitchen preparation, including filleting fresh fish.
Maintained food-safety, hygiene, quality and presentation standards under live service.

Culinary Trainee at Postcard Café (2025-05 – 2025-08)

Prepared pastries and baked goods for a high-volume café production and service operation.
Assisted with food preparation and mise en place.
Maintained kitchen hygiene and food-safety standards.

Industry rotations at Olive Chef School (2025 – 2026)

Industry rotations through Olive Chef School — BON Hotel, Bloemfontein (two weeks); Woolworths Café, Loch Logan Waterfront (six weeks); Pick n Pay Preller Walk Deli (six weeks).

Function and event catering at Olive Chef School (2025 – 2026)

Function and event catering through Olive Chef School — preparation, mise en place, production, setup and service at Ramblers Club, the University of the Free State and the Central University of Technology.