Vanessa Ordinas
Park City
Summary
Passionate Cake Decorator with exquisite artistic abilities. Dedicated to maintaining food, associate and product safety. Provides premier customer service and works well with others. Experienced in icing, decorating, packaging, labeling and pricing bakery products.
Flexible Cake Decorator with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills. Versatile, enthusiastic and hardworking. Driven and committed to meet or exceed expectations. Proficiency in airbrushing and icing techniques.
Artistic cake decorator with several years of experience working in pastry and bakery shops. Excellent problem solver and communicator. Specializing in creating inviting window displays.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
Work History
Cake Decorator
Whole Food Market
Park City
11.2022 - Current
- Designed and decorated custom cakes for various customer orders.
- Assisted in managing cake display cases to maintain visual appeal.
- Collaborated with team members to ensure timely cake production.
- Prepared cake ingredients and maintained a clean work environment.
- Interacted with customers to understand their cake preferences and requests.
- Created custom cakes for special occasions such as weddings, birthdays, and anniversaries.
- Cleaned display cases, utensils, and working spaces to keep sanitary work environment.
- Answered phone calls, put in orders and handled customer disputes or complaints.
- Mixed colors and flavors of frosting to create desired aesthetic effects on cakes.
- Prepared buttercream and icings to use for decorating cakes, cupcakes, tarts and other pastries.
- Assembled, prepared, decorated, and frosted cakes for purchase.
- Worked with common cake decorating and baking tools, such as mixers and carving tools.
1st Cook
Talisker Club
Kamas
07.2021 - 10.2022
- Prepared diverse dishes for members and guests in a high-end dining environment.
- Managed kitchen operations to ensure smooth service during peak hours.
- Assisted in menu planning while incorporating seasonal ingredients and member preferences.
- Collaborated with front-of-house staff to coordinate timely meal service for events.
- Monitored inventory levels and assisted in ordering supplies as needed for operations.
- Implemented food safety protocols to ensure compliance with health regulations consistently.
- Performed other duties as assigned by supervisor or manager.
Education
Culinary School - Profesional Chef
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts
06.2011 - 06.2012
Skills
- Cake decorating
- Custom cake design
- Food safety protocols
- Team collaboration
- Decorating skills
- Color mixing skills
- Standardized recipe proficiency
- Advanced fondant skills
- Food safety compliance
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
English
Elementary
Timeline
Cake Decorator
Whole Food Market
11.2022 - Current
1st Cook
Talisker Club
07.2021 - 10.2022
Culinary School - Profesional Chef
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts
06.2011 - 06.2012