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Brooke Amezquita

Summary

I'm an experienced baker with a passion for creating delicious cupcakes, cakes and desserts with experience using a variety of baking equipment and tools. Detail-oriented, eager to learn, and able to maintain proper time management and efficiency. I have a constant willingness to learn and to provide great customer service.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Baker/Cake Decorator/Bakery Manager

Camarillo Cupcake
05.2019 - 05.2022
  • Planned, baked, and decorated all cakes. Responsibilities included filling, stacking, stabilizing, and decorating all custom cakes and tiered wedding cakes.
  • Helped deliver and set up cakes and desserts at venues.
  • Baked consistent goods by accurately following recipes and baking at correct temperatures and bake times.
  • FOH experience included helping customers, packing orders, taking future orders, POS system, and folding boxes.
  • BOH experience included measuring ingredients, mixing batters, making frosting, baking and frosting cupcakes.
  • Arranged bakery displays to showcase cupcakes, cakes, and baked goods.
  • Maintained a clean and safe work environment by following food safety guidelines for proper food storage, sanitation and labeling.

Baker/Cake Decorator

Frost It Cakery
11.2017 - 09.2019
  • BOH responsibilities included filling, crumb coating, stacking, stabilizing, frosting and decorating all custom cakes and tiered wedding cakes based off cake design photos and sketches.
  • Helped deliver and set up cakes and desserts at venues.
  • Hosted one-on-one cake tastings and wedding consultations with potential clients to determine cake flavor, design, price, etc.
  • Baked consistent goods by accurately following recipes and baking at correct temperatures and bake times.
  • FOH experience included assisting customers through phone calls and emails, packing orders, taking future orders, POS system, and folding boxes.
  • BOH experience included measuring ingredients, mixing batters, making frosting, baking and frosting cakes.
  • Designed and created faux cakes for photoshoots and magazines.
  • Managed my own schedule to allow myself enough time to complete orders by their scheduled due date and time.
  • Maintained a clean and safe work environment by following food safety guidelines for proper food storage, sanitation and labeling.

Morning Baker/Cake Decorator

Sweet Arleen's Bakery
08.2016 - 11.2017
  • BOH responsibilities included measuring ingredients, mixing batters, baking cupcakes for daily inventory and pre-orders, making frostings and fillings, and frosting cupcakes.
  • Cake decorating responsibilities included baking cake layers, filling, stacking, stabilizing, frosting and decorating cakes.
  • Hosted wedding consultations and tastings with potential clients.
  • Baked consistent goods by accurately following recipes and baking at correct temperatures and bake times.
  • FOH experience included helping customers, packing orders, taking future orders, POS system, and folding boxes.
  • Arranged bakery displays to showcase cupcakes and baked goods.
  • Maintained a clean and safe work environment by following food safety guidelines for proper food storage, sanitation and labeling.

Education

Associate of Arts - Social & Behavioral Sciences

Moorpark College
Moorpark, CA

Skills

  • Team player
  • Customer service
  • Order taking
  • Multitasking and organization
  • Food and kitchen safety
  • Attention to detail
  • Time management
  • Reliable and responsible

Timeline

Baker/Cake Decorator/Bakery Manager

Camarillo Cupcake
05.2019 - 05.2022

Baker/Cake Decorator

Frost It Cakery
11.2017 - 09.2019

Morning Baker/Cake Decorator

Sweet Arleen's Bakery
08.2016 - 11.2017

Associate of Arts - Social & Behavioral Sciences

Moorpark College