Jaylynn Akers
Odessa,TX
Summary
- Dedicated and creative pastry chef with 15 years of experience in baking and pastry arts. Seeking to bring my expertise in creating innovative and delicious pastries to La Estancia to enhance the culinary experience for all guests.
Knowledgeable Baker with expertise in cakes, cookies and pastries. Team player with solid management and training experience.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Family Baker
Grandmother
Odessa, TX
12.2009 - Current
- My grandma taught me how to bake and cook when I was 5.
- Blended ingredients and mixed dough, following recipes.
- Prepared dough for a variety of bakery items such as breads, pastries, pies, cakes and cookies.
- Cleaned work areas, utensils, equipment and surfaces between batches of products.
- Monitored color of baking items to raise or lower temperature or remove from oven.
- Consistently maintained high levels of cleanliness, organization, storage and sanitation of food and beverage products to ensure quality.
- Set ovens to appropriate temperatures to pre-heat.
- Observed color of baked products to adjust oven temperatures, humidity or conveyor speeds.
- Cut and shaped dough for rolls, bread and various pastries.
- Maintained temperature, sweep and sanitation logs to document proper conditions.
- Checked baked goods periodically during baking process to ensure desired results were achieved.
- Reviewed expiration dates on items and removed expired products from stock to maintain quality.
- Rolled, cut and shaped dough to form bread, rolls, cookies, cupcakes, pie crusts and other baked goods.
Education
High School Diploma -
Permian High School
Odessa, TX05-2024
Skills
- Proficient in baking, decorating, and presenting a wide variety of pastries and desserts
- Strong knowledge of food safety and sanitation practices
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Creative problem-solving abilities and attention to detail
- Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication and team collaboration skills
- Baking
- Decorating skills
- Food safety
- Food handling standards
- Safe knife handling
- Active listener
- Kitchen safety
- Weights and measures
- Batter and filling preparation
- Portion control
- Cost control
- Ingredient selection
- Icings and fondant
- Mixing methods
- Verbal and written communication
- Team collaboration
- Solid problem solver
- Creative problem solving
- Inventory management
- Allergen awareness
- Chocolate tempering
Timeline
Family Baker
Grandmother
12.2009 - Current
High School Diploma -
Permian High School