HEATHER MCDONOUGH
Aurora,IL
Summary
Experienced Baker, Cook and Salad Creator. I have a passion for creating delicious desserts, pastries, salads and meals. Skilled in using variety of kitchen equipment, knives, and baking tools.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Cook
RML Specialty Hospital
02.2025 - Current
- Efficiently handle high-volume orders while maintaining superior food quality through precise execution of cooking methods.
- Developed specials that resulted in 333% increase in cafeteria sales
- Create variety of salads daily
- Bake variety of desserts and pastries
- Decorate desserts and pastries
- Maintain a high standard of food quality by consistently reviewing dishes for taste, presentation, and adherence to established guidelines
- Enhance kitchen efficiency by streamlining cooking processes and implementing time-saving techniques.
Cook
Lifespace Communities
05.2022 - 02.2025
- Responsible for preparing 300-400 salads for residents daily
- Help train new employees on salads and prep
- Create satisfying and decorative desserts for 300-400 residents daily
- Help prepare nourishments and fill catering orders
- Maintain and clean kitchen properly according to food safety regulations
- Prepare Puree, Mechanical and Renal Diet Foods
- Prep food of all types
- Serve and cook on the line for meals
Store Coordinator
Beacon Hill
03.2019 - 05.2023
- Responsible for training and scheduling resident volunteers
- Responsible for ordering food products from US Foods, Turano and various other vendors
- Responsible for handling monthly budget, daily sales and expenses
- Maintain point-of-sale system
- Daily stocking of all food items, drinks and products that residents and employees like to purchase
Accounts Coordinator
Lexington Health
04.2018 - 07.2019
- Responsible for $500,000 annual budget for medical supplies and equipment
- Maintain good inventory of medical supplies while staying within budget
- Order medical supplies for whole facility
- Maintain good working relationships with Director of Nursing, Assistant Director of Nursing and Nurses
- Assist Medical Team with any requests for supplies or medical equipment needed
- Manage all outside vendors for medical equipment
- Responsible for putting away and organizing 3 pallets of boxes per week of medical supplies
Dietary Assistant
Beacon Hill
02.2018 - 03.2019
- Responsible for preparing food carts to go to the dining room to serve residents at meal time
- Serve patients according to patient care plans and adhere to all food safety regulations
- Bus tables and wash dishes
- Load carts of any food or drinks that need to be stocked along with all clean dishes to be put back and ready for next meal
- Prepared coffee and desserts for residents
Pastry Chef / Prep Cook / Dietary Assistant/ Environmental Services
Lexington Health
08.2017 - 04.2018
- Responsible for cleaning different floors of a nursing home that I am assigned daily, which includes dining hall rooms, bathrooms and many other rooms
- Responsible for transporting dirty laundry to the laundry/housekeeping dept
- Responsible for preparing food carts to go to the dining rooms to serve 70-80 residents at a time for 2 meals on my shift
- Served 70-80 patients according to patient care plans and adhered to all food safety regulations
- Loaded carts of any food or drinks that needed to be stocked along with all clean dishes to be put back and ready for next meal
- Cleaned dining rooms after residents were done and brought all the dirty dishes to be washed
- Received many compliments on friendly and helpful personality and strong work ethic
- Received 2 raises within my first 2 months because I was told I was a great worker
Education
Business
South Suburban College
South Holland, IL06.1998
Pharmacy
Butler University
Indianapolis, IN06.1994
Skills
- Strong work ethic
- Special Diet Needs
- Baking
- Salads
Certification
- Food Safety Manager License
- Food Handler's Certificate
LANGUAGE
English
Native
Timeline
Lead Cook
RML Specialty Hospital
02.2025 - Current
Cook
Lifespace Communities
05.2022 - 02.2025
Store Coordinator
Beacon Hill
03.2019 - 05.2023
Accounts Coordinator
Lexington Health
04.2018 - 07.2019
Dietary Assistant
Beacon Hill
02.2018 - 03.2019
Pastry Chef / Prep Cook / Dietary Assistant/ Environmental Services
Lexington Health
08.2017 - 04.2018
Business
South Suburban College
Pharmacy
Butler University
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