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Emily Persinger

Portland,OR

Summary

I am a baker and cook with over 5 years of experience working in kitchens. My passion is creating delicious food and sharing it with others. I am looking for a career that values respect, teamwork, and quality.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Production Baker

Bakeshop
11.2022 - Current
  • Worked closely with pastry chef and James Beard Semifinalist Kim Boyce
  • Followed food safety standards when handling ingredients.
  • Cleaned and maintained kitchen equipment and oven.
  • Prepared all pastry items in accordance with standards of quality, quantity control, taste, and presentation.
  • Trained new employees on bakery methods and procedures.
  • Monitored temperatures of ovens, proof boxes and other equipment.
  • Operated large baking machinery including Revent oven, convection ovens, mixers, etc.

Cook

Matt's BBQ Tacos
10.2019 - 08.2022
  • Fast-paced, high volume food cart dishing up Portland's best BBQ tacos
  • Named The Oregonian's best food cart of 2019, featured in Bon Appetit magazine as one of the top 10 food carts in the country, and featured on Netflix's Street Food: USA
  • Extensive experience on every station; window, assembly line, flat-top, dishes, and prep-cooking
  • Familiar with Square and Toast operating systems
  • Experience working fast and efficiently in a small cart space with a tight-knit team of 6 people

Cook

Mac, Portland
10.2018 - 10.2019
  • High-volume ghost kitchen making high-quality mac and cheese
  • Experience making large batch sauces, toppings, and pasta
  • Helped come up with new menu specials monthly

Cook

Street Food Institute
06.2017 - 06.2018
  • Extensive experience on the taco and sandwich station, flat-top, deep-fryer, prep cooking, and ordering window
  • Participated on a team with our chef David Sellers as the lead chef at the 2017 Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown and won first place with our burger
  • Involvement with catering jobs and special events such as Tasty Tuesday at Hyder Park, wedding and party caterings, business meeting caterings, etc
  • Deep cleaned the kitchen and food truck weekly
  • My nickname was "Cubano Queen" because I made a great Cubano sandwich
  • Helped create new menu items

Education

Baking

Christina Tosi's Milk Bar Baking Class
Online
11.2021

Associate of Arts - Culinary Arts/Baking And Pastry

Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, NM
05.2018

High School diploma -

School of Dreams Academy
Los Lunas, NM
05.2015

Skills

  • Highly trained on flat-top, deli slicer, robo coup, steam kettle, combi-oven, tilt skillet, deep-fryer, and most other kitchen equipment
  • Works fast and efficiently with small teams in very tight working spaces
  • Instilled with good habits such as labeling and dating everything, using FIFO system, and using gloves on ready-to-eat food
  • Proficient with Lavu, Shopkeep, Square, and Toast
  • Adapts to situations quickly
  • Knowledge of classic wine pairing techniques
  • Adept communication skills

Timeline

Production Baker

Bakeshop
11.2022 - Current

Cook

Matt's BBQ Tacos
10.2019 - 08.2022

Cook

Mac, Portland
10.2018 - 10.2019

Cook

Street Food Institute
06.2017 - 06.2018

Baking

Christina Tosi's Milk Bar Baking Class

Associate of Arts - Culinary Arts/Baking And Pastry

Central New Mexico Community College

High School diploma -

School of Dreams Academy

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