Regina Shariff
Nairobi,Kenya
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Summary
I am a focused chef with passion for cooking and a college graduate (4.0 GPA, Cakemaking and decoration) from Credit. During the course of my academic career, I also managed to aquired nearly 8 years of work experience. I had the privilege of working for Argenti lounge in a chef role in my free time, where I learned valuable professional skills such as kitchen management. In both my academic and professional life, I have been consistently praised as hardworking by my professors and peers. Whether working on academic, extracurricular, or professional projects, I apply proven critical thinking, leadership and organizational skills, which I hope to leverage into the Chef role at your company. After reviewing my resume, I hope you will agree that I am the type of competent and competitive candidate you are looking for. I look forward to elaborating on how my specific skills and abilities will benefit your organization.
I am experienced in fast-paced environments and adaptable to last-minute changes. Thrives under pressure and consistently earns high marks for work quality and speed.
Work History
Chef
Gemsuits argenti lounge
Nairobi, Kenya
05.2019 - 08.2022
- Set up the kitchen with cooking utensils and equipment, like knives, pans and kitchen scales
- Study each recipe and gather all necessary ingredients
- Cook food in a timely manner
- Delegate tasks to kitchen staff
- Inform wait staff about daily specials
- Ensure appealing plate presentation
- Supervise Cooks and assist as needed
- Slightly modify recipes to meet customers' needs and requests (e.g. reduce salt, remove dairy)
- Monitor food stock and place orders
- Check freshness of food and discard out-of-date items
- Experiment with recipes and suggest new ingredients
- Ensure compliance with all health and safety regulations within the kitchen area
Sous chef
The deck united nations
Nairobi, Kenya
03.2017 - 11.2018
- Directing the food preparation process and delegating tasks
- Cooking and preparing high quality dishes
- Assisting the Head Chef to create menu items, recipes and develop dishes
- Supervising all kitchen stations
- Supervising, motivating and working closely with other Chefs of all levels
- Being responsible for health and safety
- Being responsible for food hygiene practices
- Ensuring food quality and excellent standards are maintained for all dishes created
- Assisting with determining food inventory needs, stocking and ordering
- Ensuring the kitchen meets all regulations including sanitary and food safety guidelines
Education
Certicate - Customer care
Certicate - Food safety and hygiene (HACCAP)
Certicate -
Kenya utalii college
Skills
- Kitchen management
- Critical thinking
- Leadership
- Organizational skills
- Menu planning
- Food cost management
- Creative in new strategies in an organization for growth
Certification
- Customer care, 2020
- Food safety and hygiene (HACCAP), 2018
Availability
1 Week
Languages
English, Fluent
Languages
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Affiliations
- Farming
- Poultry
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Chef
Gemsuits argenti lounge
05.2019 - 08.2022
Sous chef
The deck united nations
03.2017 - 11.2018
Certicate - Customer care
Certicate - Food safety and hygiene (HACCAP)
Certicate -
Kenya utalii college