Samantha Ortiz

After years in the kitchen, I am seeking experience in a more customer facing position. Catering to all guests needs and being the middleman communicating with the kitchen. Regularly receiving positive customer service reviews from our short survey's.

Maintaining various types of properties as well as laying stone patios and designing garden layouts to customer specifications.

Helped open up a small bakery within a restaurant to primarily handle fresh bread and pastries for a small handful of establishments catering to each menu. Finger foods, bar snacks, and Italian American bistro. Acquiring all of the materials, tools, and operation outline.

• Decorated pastries with different icings and toppings, using spatulas, scrapers and piping bags.
• Prepared wide variety of goods such as cakes, cookies and tarts by following traditional and modern recipes.
• Worked with the team to regularly plate hundreds of pastries for elaborate parties and celebrations.
• Inspected kitchens to observe food preparation quality and service, food appearance and cleanliness of production areas.

The restaurant started with a Bakery and we would make hundreds of kolatchs each day of the weekend some savory with the barbecue meats and some sweet. Helping maintain small pastries throughout the week as well until the bakery was later closed.

• Handled equipment, chemicals, and materials properly and with caution.
• Used time management and efficient cleaning methods to meet deadlines.
• Organized and used industrial cleaning products following strict safety procedures.

Transitioning from food truck to establishment, juggling making pastries that can hold in a small space to a more stable products made in a full kitchen. Helping run service and maintain a clean and functional workspace throughout.

Precise recipe following and meticulous prep. Making enough pastry product to support multiple locations across the mountain before moving on to lunch breads for the lodge.