Juan Sebastian Jimenez Arenas
Bassersdorf,Zurich
Summary
A detail-oriented and creative professional with capacity for organisation and planning and ensuring adherence to food safety guidelines. Demonstrates teamwork skills and possesses working knowledge of baking and cooking with ingredient limitations, including gluten-free and vegan options. Committed to enhancing culinary experiences while maintaining high standars.
Knowledge and experience in front of house, providing excellent customer service, costumer focused, with good communication and interpersonal skills.
Language: Spanish (native), English (fluid).
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work history
Pastry Commis Chef
The Peninsula Hotel London
London
2025.01 - 2025.05
Part of the banqueting pastry team, working in the preparation and service of high quality desserts for a large Number of coustomers .
Pastry Commis Chef
Four Seasons Tower Bridge
London, Uk
2023.08 - 2024.12
- Preparation and service of pastries for afternoon tea, restaurant service and banqueting under company and health and safety standards.
- Helping with creation of new dishes and pastries.
Chef De Partie
Lima Restaurant Fitzrovia
London, UK
2022.11 - 2023.08
- Open kitchen service, interaction with customers and explanation of dishes.
- Running Pastry section.
- Service in all of the sections, specially "Pastry and cold section.
- Preparation for all the sections under the restaurant standards.
- Helping higher positions with daily ordering.
- Training new staff and lower positions for the preparation of food, and service
Pastry commis chef
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
London, UK
2021.09 - 2022.09
- Preparation and service of pastries for breakfast, afternoon tea and banqueting under company standards .
- Working as a part of the team to keep quality and consistency during busy periods.
Commis Chef
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
London, UK
2019.06 - 2021.08
- Running the section: Preparation and service for afternoon tea sandwiches and other preparations up to company standards. • Started as an apprenticeship June 2019 and then got the commis chef position on November 2019.
Career Training
Escuela de Hoteleria y Turismo de Sant Pol De Mar
Sant Pol de Mar , Spain
2016.10 - 2019.05
- Daily training as a assistant waiter, waiter and head waiter And in kitchen in all the positions.
Apprenticeship
Iberostar Jardin del Sol
Calvia, Mallorca , Balearic Islands, Spain
2017.06 - 2017.09
Coustomer service on table, behind the bar and as a hostess.
Education
Technical in Gastronomy and Restaurant Services - Hospitality
Escuela Universitaria de Hostelería y Turismo
Basic Technical Degree - Hospitality
Centro Puente
Skills
- Capacity of organisation and planificación
- Attention to detail and creativity
- Costumer focused
- communication and interpersonal skills
- Capacity of teamwork
- Working knowledge of baking and cooking with ingredients limitation (Gluten free, vegan)
- Food Safety and Guidelines trained
- Capacity of managing a section
Custom
Personal Information
Timeline
Pastry Commis Chef
The Peninsula Hotel London
2025.01 - 2025.05
Pastry Commis Chef
Four Seasons Tower Bridge
2023.08 - 2024.12
Chef De Partie
Lima Restaurant Fitzrovia
2022.11 - 2023.08
Pastry commis chef
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
2021.09 - 2022.09
Commis Chef
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
2019.06 - 2021.08
Apprenticeship
Iberostar Jardin del Sol
2017.06 - 2017.09
Career Training
Escuela de Hoteleria y Turismo de Sant Pol De Mar
2016.10 - 2019.05
Technical in Gastronomy and Restaurant Services - Hospitality
Escuela Universitaria de Hostelería y Turismo
Basic Technical Degree - Hospitality
Centro Puente