Professional baker prepared for role of Assistant Pastry Chef. Skilled in creating diverse pastry items, maintaining high standards, and ensuring quality. Strong focus on team collaboration, excellent communication and achieving results. Reliable and adaptable with expertise in culinary techniques, ingredient selection, and presentation.
Hi, I’m
Savannah Gaffney
St Louis,MO
Summary
Overview
5
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Saint Louis Club
Assistant Pastry Chef
07.2023 - Current
Job overview
- Ensured consistent quality by strictly adhering to established recipes and presentation guidelines.
- Demonstrated strong attention to detail while executing intricate designs on pastries and desserts.
- Scaled out and mixed ingredients according to recipes and procedures.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by creating visually appealing and delicious pastries.
- Created new dessert items for seasonal and special events.
- Utilized pastry blenders, wire whisks and sifters to combine measured ingredients into bowls.
- Assisted head pastry chef with menu planning, taking into account seasonal ingredients and customer preferences.
- Mainly closed work shifts
- Would assist and if need be run the pastry department during service for our fine dining, bistro, and banquet restaurants all at once and alone if necessary.
- Great at maintaining a good sense of time
- I have a great knowledge of soufflés, mousses, and crepes
- Have worked on floor events during club holiday events, and member hosted parties making crepes; also holding good conversations with members
Target
Guest Advocate
10.2022 - 07.2023
Job overview
- Create a welcoming experience for all customers while conducting a few of the following responsibilities: Customer Service/cashier; online order fulfillment; maintain a clean work area, help guests with getting something from the storage areas, helped guests find their way around the store. I would also help guests solve problems if need be.
- Increased guest satisfaction by engaging in friendly conversations and offering personalized recommendations.
- Handled returns and exchanges professionally, maintaining positive relationships with guests while adhering to company policies.
- Assisted coworkers when needed in various departments in order to maintain smooth functioning of the store.
- Optimized store operations by assisting with opening or closing procedures as needed.
- Provided prompt assistance at checkout counters, reducing wait times for guests during peak hours.
- Maintained a clean and inviting store environment, contributing to a pleasant shopping experience for guests.
- Resolved guest concerns efficiently, ensuring a positive outcome for both the guest and the company.
- Managed high-volume workloads under tight deadlines while maintaining focus on delivering exceptional service to every customer.
- Ensured product availability by restocking shelves and organizing merchandise displays for easy access.
- Participated in ongoing training sessions to stay updated on company policies, products, and services.
Cupcake Fetish Bakery
02.2020 - 07.2022
Job overview
- Greeted customers (cashier) take orders, provided advice, packaged products
- Strictly adhere to food safety laws while assisting baker in preparation of cakes, cupcakes, cookies, brownies, cake pops, etc
- Also restocked items as needed
- Operating baking machines
- Maintain and sanitize baking utensils & tools
- Develop & create new bakery products & recipes
Education
Ritenour High SchoolBreckenridge, MO
General Education - High School
06.2023
University Overview
North Tech High School
from Culinary Program
05.2023
University Overview
Skills
- Problem solving
- Flexibility
- Excellent Communication
- Organization
- Time Management Focus
- Collaboration
- Great customer service representative
Certification
- ServSafe Certification
- Managerial Certification
- NOCTI Certification
- American Culinary Federation Certification
Timeline
Assistant Pastry Chef
Saint Louis Club
07.2023 - Current
Guest Advocate
Target
10.2022 - 07.2023
Cupcake Fetish Bakery
02.2020 - 07.2022
- ServSafe Certification
- Managerial Certification
- NOCTI Certification
- American Culinary Federation Certification
Ritenour High School
General Education - High School
North Tech High School
from Culinary Program
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