PENINA KANINI GAUTAH
Nairobi
Summary
I am an outgoing, young and energetic lady who is a good team player with good communication skills ready to work with minimal supervision or none, I purpose to improve the organization I am working for and meet its commercials goals and objective. I would like to exercise the skills I gained from my Culinary Arts training to be a well renowned and Successful Chef. My long time goal in the hospitality industry is to meet and exceed each guest's expectations with service that excels in preparation, presentation and delivery
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chef De partie
The Grill shack
07.2018 - 11.2022
- Company Overview: The Grilll Shack is homegrown in Dubai, offering a predominantly meaty menu of steaks, ribs and burgers in a casual yet industrial style setting in The Westgate Shopping Mall
- American at the core, with influences of food from across the globe
- Ensuring food quality and taste is of the highest standard
- Managing inventory of stock and ordering raw materials
- Controlling budgets, minimizing wastage and ensuring cost-effectiveness
- Maintaining health and hygiene in the kitchen
- Organizing duty roster of the staff, supervision and workflow management
- Recruiting, training and developing staff
- Helping the head and sous chef in developing new dishes
- Take charge of the kitchen when the head and sous chef are absent
- Ensuring that everything that goes into the fridge is cleaned and labelled
- Plating and presenting the food in accordance to the company's procedure
- Ensuring that hot food is served to the guest
- Developing guidelines for food and beverages production together with management
- The Grilll Shack is homegrown in Dubai, offering a predominantly meaty menu of steaks, ribs and burgers in a casual yet industrial style setting in The Westgate Shopping Mall
- American at the core, with influences of food from across the globe
Intern Chef
Fairmont the Norfolk Hotel
06.2017 - 06.2018
- Company Overview: A beloved landmark dating back to 1904, Kenya's historical legacy notably as the town and later the modern city of Nairobi grew around the property
- The Norfolk offers guests a sophisticated retreat in the city with easy access to key business districts to leisure hubs and the bourgeoning Nairobi art scene
- Participated in cofrerie de la chaine des rotisseurs; Excellent cooking, plating, service to the members of the chaine des rotisseuss dinner
- Butchery Department
- Various meat cuts and specific marination
- Deboning carcasses according to the hotels specification and menu
- Maintaining high standards of hygiene in the butchery
- Saucier, Entrementier, Girdmanger
- Experience of one on one live cooking with the guest at the Tattu restaurant in the hotel
- Alarcate (taking orders and plaiting within the estimated time)
- Pastry Department; All desserts
- Tattu Restaurant
- Fine cuts of organic meats
- Fresh sea foods
- Chefs table experience
- A beloved landmark dating back to 1904, Kenya's historical legacy notably as the town and later the modern city of Nairobi grew around the property
- The Norfolk offers guests a sophisticated retreat in the city with easy access to key business districts to leisure hubs and the bourgeoning Nairobi art scene
Trainee Chef
Windsor Resort and Golf Club
08.2016 - 05.2017
- Greeting and welcoming guests into the resort
- Advising guests on the days specialties
- Taking order
- Serving the guests
- Getting feedback from guests
- Handling any queries or complaints from the guests
- Supporting the kitchen staff
- Making sure that quality and standards are adhered to and met
Receptionist
Ministry of Information and Communication
10.2009 - 05.2011
- Manning customer care and relations desk in the Ministry
- Attending to visitors
- Issuing passes to the visitors
- Receiving, directing and ushering visitors
Education
International Higher Diploma - Culinary Arts
International Hotel and Tourism Institute (IHTI)
12.2017
Workplace Fire Precaution Training -
Firesnow Training Consultants
04.2010
Certificate - Computerized Secretarial
Kinetic Institute of Business studies (KIBS)
07.2008
High School Diploma -
Iruma Girls High School
Meru12-2001
Skills
- Creativity
- Team Work skills
- Strong Networking Skills
- Tact
- Discretion and diplomacy
- Organisation and time management skills
- Attention to detail
- Negotiation skills
- Self-motivation
- Assertiveness
- Flexibility
- Good communication
- Customer service
- Relationship-building skills
- Multitasking
- Guest relations
- Team attitude
- Inventory management
- Budget control
- Menu development
- Hygiene compliance
- Staff supervision
- Food quality control
- Staff training
- Workflow organization
- Problem solving
- Team management
- Time management
Additional Information
Positive can-do attitude, Trustworthy, Organized, Honest team player, Strong customer relation skills, 10/01/18, Simbisa Brands Academy 3-modules Training on Health & Hygiene, Cleaning and Customer Service, Proficiency in Microsoft office applications, General computer literacy
Certification
October 2018: Simbisa Brands Academy 3-modules Training on Health& Hygiene, Cleaning and Customer Service
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
Swahili
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Chef De partie
The Grill shack
07.2018 - 11.2022
Intern Chef
Fairmont the Norfolk Hotel
06.2017 - 06.2018
Trainee Chef
Windsor Resort and Golf Club
08.2016 - 05.2017
Receptionist
Ministry of Information and Communication
10.2009 - 05.2011
Workplace Fire Precaution Training -
Firesnow Training Consultants
Certificate - Computerized Secretarial
Kinetic Institute of Business studies (KIBS)
International Higher Diploma - Culinary Arts
International Hotel and Tourism Institute (IHTI)
High School Diploma -
Iruma Girls High School
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