Andres Rios

• Managing and running the pastry department and all its outlets

Assisting in daily kitchen operations, ensuring timely preparation of high-quality dishes. While Maintaining a clean and organized kitchen. Training new kitchen staff on proper food handling and equipment usage and plating techniques and methods. Managing inventory levels, tracking ingredient usage to minimize waste and optimize ordering processes. Contributing to a positive working atmosphere through effective communication, teamwork, and problem-solving. Supporting team in executing catering events, coordinating menu items and presentation logistics efficiently. Demonstrating adaptability by quickly learning new cooking techniques and menu items during peak service hours. Prepping daily menu items to quickly deliver upon request. Overseeing cleanliness of each station in the pastry kitchen. Planning and directing high-volume food preparation in fast-paced environment. Delivering verbal culinary instruction and assignments to 5 kitchen staff members daily to promote successful dining experiences for clients. Leading a team by example in preparing items accurately and according to high-quality standards. training staff members on proper cooking techniques, plating methods, and kitchen safety protocols for improved performance. While managing schedules and productivity.

• Being part of a fast-paced team making sure daily and weekly goals met making sure every desert exceeds expectations. Making sure temp logs and inventory is up to date. Creating and developing new flavors giving that “wow” factor every chance I get. Keeping up with a full functional coffee shop making sure fresh pastries and cakes are up to standards and kept up with season. Problem-solving and coming up with solutions on the spot and always having a back up plan. As well as training new pastry cooks and keeping up with every outlet. Assisting with offsite events and lending extra hand around the kitchen.

• Assisting customers with questions and concerns regarding their account and banking products as well as multitasking while working under pressure proving the customer with the best customer experience and knowledge as well as problem solving and effective communication.

• Pastry production for all three kitchens as well as keeping up with a high-volume kitchen making sure the kitchen is stocked and organized completing daily production sheets and keeping up with kitchen standards as well as assisting with creating new menu items.

• Pastry production as well as cake decorating doing custom orders and making sure cakes and pastries were always baked off keeping up with backups and production as well as keeping up with inventory and making sure pastry’s and cakes were decorated up to standards.

• Keeping up with marketing and daily goals as well as providing great customer services as well as training new associate and keeping track of what’s selling and what draws customers in. Keeping a clean and friendly environment for shoppers and associates.

• Taking orders as well as maintaining a environment where customers could enjoy a great meal. I also working in the kitchen keeping inventory and preparing items that’s where used threw out the day and making sure everything was properly labeled and up to standards. Keeping the kitchen running and stocked.

• Making sure guest had what they needed as well as providing a great guest experience. Keeping the cooks well stocked on items used threw out the day as well as making sure everything was properly labeled and up to standards keeping a clean safe kitchen while preparing meats and veggies etc.