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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
01.2025 - 05.2025

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
08.2023 - 12.2024
  • 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
11.2022 - 08.2023
  • 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
09.2021 - 09.2022
  • 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
06.2019 - 08.2021
  • 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
10.2016 - 05.2019
  • 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
06.2017 - 09.2017

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
01.2025 - 05.2025

Pastry Commis Chef

Four Seasons Tower Bridge
08.2023 - 12.2024

Chef De Partie

Lima Restaurant Fitzrovia
11.2022 - 08.2023

Pastry commis chef

Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
09.2021 - 09.2022

Commis Chef

Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
06.2019 - 08.2021

Apprenticeship

Iberostar Jardin del Sol
06.2017 - 09.2017

Career Training

Escuela de Hoteleria y Turismo de Sant Pol De Mar
10.2016 - 05.2019

Technical in Gastronomy and Restaurant Services - Hospitality

Escuela Universitaria de Hostelería y Turismo

Basic Technical Degree - Hospitality

Centro Puente
Juan Sebastian Jimenez Arenas