Hardworking, self motivated, passionate professional with a strong work ethic. Highly skilled in culinary, pastry arts, and sweet southern hospitality. I’m eager to find a great position with a wonderful family where I can use my professional skills to bring value & positivity to their lives.
Hi, I’m
Hannah Fiveash
Austin ,TX
Summary
Overview
14
years of professional experience
Work History
The Sunshine Chef
Head Chef & Business Owner
03.2018 - Current
Job overview
- Working one on one with busy high profile families in Austin & Bastrop as a private chef
- Customized menus for clients with dietary restrictions, fitness goals, kid-friendly, medical necessities & allergies
- Sourcing ingredients from high quality farms, food vendors, & grocery stores
- Private In-Home Event catering & dinner parties on a regular basis
- Travel catering for women’s retreats in the summers
- Managed food costs effectively with careful menu planning, accurate portion control, and utilization of seasonal ingredients
- In home kitchen organization, inventory management, & cleanliness
- Provided excellent customer service that ensured repeat customers
- Organized Customer consultations
- Professional Phone calls
- Excellent Social Media Marketing
- Kitchen Management
- Followed sanitation and safety regulations on every shift
The Austin Artisan
Chef Assistant
11.2015 - 12.2018
Job overview
- Provided excellent hospitality to event customers
- Prepared and cooked quality meals in high-volume, fast-paced service environments.
- Followed recipes and instructions to achieve quality and presentation standards.
- Maintained a clean and organized workspace, adhering to strict sanitation guidelines for a safe kitchen environment.
- Assisted head chef in private events, kitchen prep, and clean up
The Sunshine Chef
Women's Retreat Catering Chef
06.2018 - 10.2018
Job overview
- Paid travel out of State to cater 3 day women's retreats hosted by Cassandra Wilder
- Worked for summer and fall high season
- Served Breakfast, Lunch, Snack, Dinner, Dessert as a one woman show
- Healthy, Fresh, Organic Meals
- Custom Menu Planning
- Grocery Shopping, Prepping, Cooking, Serving, Kitchen Clean up
Casa Costa Bakeshop
Pastry Chef Assistant
08.2017 - 07.2018
Job overview
- I was the owner's first employee who helped her get her new bakery opened
- Menu creation & pastry development
- Making all the inventory to open her bake shop
- Once the store was open, I came in around 5:30am to bake off all the pastries for the day
- Handing customers
- Lunch service
- Baking and creating all the orders for the day
- Training all the new employees
Emmer & Rye
Pastry Chef and Garde Manger
05.2017 - 08.2017
Job overview
- Given the job by a friend in the industry who needed someone to take her position while she traveled to Japan for the summer
- By the end of the summer, they offered me the job, but I declined to start my own business
- Dessert creation using seasonally inspired local ingredients
- Intense high pressure work environment
- Worked and was trained directly under the head Pastry Executive Chef
- Strived to meet extremely high quality standards in food, cleanliness, and work performance
- Worked dinner shift as the Dessert Line Cook and Garde Manger
- Worked morning prep shifts preparing desserts for Dinner service
Central Market
VIP Catering at ACL Festival
10.2016 - 10.2016
Job overview
Ristorante Tasso
Hot Line Cook
06.2016 - 08.2016
Job overview
- Traveled to Sorrento, Italy to work in a fine dining restaurant for Italy's high season which is summer time
- Worked in a Italian speaking male dominant kitchen, only communicating through food and our hands
- Worked as a line cook for dinner shifts, making homemade seafood pasta dishes, nightly specials, and desserts
- Kitchen cleaning at the end of the shift
Knotty Nice Bake Shop
Bakery Assistant
01.2015 - 01.2016
Job overview
- Worked independently baking and preparing all the pastries to take to the farmer's market for the weekend
- Ran the farmer's market stand
- Handling customers
- Handled money
Travassa Resort
Hostess and Food Trucker FOH
03.2014 - 09.2015
Job overview
- Worked as the hostess in a high end luxury experiential resort in the restaurant
- Seating guests
- Taking to go orders
- Running Food
- Pool Bar Server
- Worked on the food truck during festivals and events
- Organization
- Phone calls
Education
Austin Community College Austin, TX
Associates Of Pastry Arts
12.2017
University Overview
Austin Community CollegeAustin, Texas
Associate of Arts from Culinary Arts
12.2017
University Overview
École Nationale Supérieure De PâtisserieYssingeaux, France
Associate of Arts from French Pastry Arts
2015
University Overview
Skills
- Extremely self motivated
- Hardworking
- Great with people, kids, pets, & families
- Natural attention to detail
- Dedicated to my craft & execution
- Loyal to my customers
- Highly experience Chef
- Leader
- Workflow Optimization
- Customer service excellence
- Adherence to high customer service standards
- Superb hospitality
- Hospitality administration
- Administration skills
- Sales and Customer Service
- Goal-Oriented
- Driven Work Ethic
- Decision-Making
- Cash Handling
- Customer Engagement
- Training and mentoring
Websites
Timeline
Women's Retreat Catering Chef
The Sunshine Chef
06.2018 - 10.2018
Head Chef & Business Owner
The Sunshine Chef
03.2018 - Current
Pastry Chef Assistant
Casa Costa Bakeshop
08.2017 - 07.2018
Pastry Chef and Garde Manger
Emmer & Rye
05.2017 - 08.2017
VIP Catering at ACL Festival
Central Market
10.2016 - 10.2016
Hot Line Cook
Ristorante Tasso
06.2016 - 08.2016
Chef Assistant
The Austin Artisan
11.2015 - 12.2018
Bakery Assistant
Knotty Nice Bake Shop
01.2015 - 01.2016
Hostess and Food Trucker FOH
Travassa Resort
03.2014 - 09.2015
Austin Community College
Associates Of Pastry Arts
Austin Community College
Associate of Arts from Culinary Arts
École Nationale Supérieure De Pâtisserie
Associate of Arts from French Pastry Arts
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