Debalina Saha
Toronto,Canada
Summary
A dedicated and enthusiastic individual with culinary experience as Garde Manger,Pastry and Pasta cook in a upscale Italian restaurant and experience as a production/banquet cook with one of the leading hotels in North America. Having a diploma in culinary management program at one of the top Culinary schools in Canada and 8+ years of prior IT industry experience , have exceptional problem solving and multitasking skills.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Line and Catering Cook
Canoe Restaurant
10.2023 - Current
- Execute high-level culinary tasks in one of Canada’s top fine dining restaurants with a strong focus on French culinary techniques.
- Promoted excellence in food quality and presentation for kitchen staff.
- Gained extensive hands-on experience in butchery, seafood preparation, and the creation of sauces, farces, and mousses from various proteins.
- Demonstrate strong organizational skills, ensuring station readiness, efficiency, and cleanliness at all times.
- Developed strong relationships with vendors to ensure the consistent delivery of fresh, high-quality ingredients for catering orders.
- Collaborate closely with the catering team to deliver high-volume, high-quality dishes for special events while maintaining Canoe's premium standards.
Production and Banquet Cook
Fairmont Château Whistler
Whistler, Canada
04.2023 - 09.2023
- Cut,chopped and prepped ingredients, mise en place and garnishes for multiple dishes and organized and labeled them accordingly for final cooking.
- Prepared large quantities of stocks,soups,bisque,chowders,sauces and gravies for different dishes and events.
- Executed breakfast events with preps for different egg based dishes like scrambled eggs,frittatas, sandwiches, baked vegetables and sausages.
- Prepared different types of marination and rubs for meats and seafood; seared and grilled them and carved them according to the event specifications.
- Finished plating and garnishes for events and maintained food temperature and freshness as required and up to the standards.
- Took initiatives to find extra tasks when scheduled duties were completed, cleaned food prep ares,counter tops and maintained utmost level of hygiene and sanitation.
- Communicated clearly and positively with co workers and management.
Line Cook
Capocaccia Trattoria
Toronto, Canada
08.2021 - 03.2023
- Southern Italian cooking, Working as Garde Manger,Pastry cook and Pasta cook with responsibilities of hot and cold line prep,coaching team members, opening or closing duties.
- An open kitchen , working closely with service staff,extreme caution to cleanliness and organization.
- Preparing mise en place, dressings,vinaigrette and garnishes for different salads and appetizers as well as storing them at desired temperatures to maintain best quality and food standards.
- Preparing batches of meatballs from scratch and cooking them.
- Making different pastries and cookies like tarts,cannoli,ammaretti cookies,frangipane,icings etc.
- Preparing sauces ,mise en place,garnishes for pastas,working in coordination with grill chef and pizzaiolo to finish and send all hot line items at the same time.
- Have done opening and closing duties regularly with great reponsibility.
Culinary Intern
Marben Restaurant
Toronto, Canada
01.2022 - 04.2022
- Worked as a Culinary intern ,developing skills in butchery, fermentation,bread making and pastries.
Line Cook
Costa Sorrento
Markham, Canada
06.2021 - 08.2021
- Worked as a line cook in this Italian Restaurant, learned the basic skills in handling and cooking pasta,pizza,dough making.
Line Cook
Bar Mordecai
Toronto, Canada
06.2021 - 08.2021
- Spanish cooking, inventory management, handling line , all of cheese and charcuterie accompaniments for service.
- Maintain safe, sanitary and orderly work area.
Line Cook
Adda Bistro and Kitchen
Toronto, Canada
05.2021 - 06.2021
- Indian Cooking, online order management, coordinating with customers for preferences and allergies,Inventory management.
Data Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
Toronto, Canada
03.2015 - 09.2019
- Software programming , Requirement study,Design and Development, Impact analysis,Estimation and Project Planning.Proficient in taking care of issues and change request from Client,assisting team to implement the functional requirement.
Systems Engineer
Infosys Limited
Pune, India
02.2011 - 01.2015
- Software development ,and maintenance, handling onsite-offshore project model.
Education
Diploma in Culinary Management Program -
George Brown College
06.2022
Bachelor of technology - Electronics and Communication
HALDIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
07.2010
Skills
- Fast Learner
- Ability to Work Under Pressure
- Ability to Multitask
- Food Prep
- Butchery
- Batch Cooking
Languages
English
Hindi
Bengali
Certification
- Smart Serve Ontario, 2021-02-01
- WHMIS 2015, 2021-07-01
- Emergency First Aid/CPR/AED Level, 2021-03-01
- Professional Digital photography by Nikon India, 2012-06-01
Timeline
Line and Catering Cook
Canoe Restaurant
10.2023 - Current
Production and Banquet Cook
Fairmont Château Whistler
04.2023 - 09.2023
Culinary Intern
Marben Restaurant
01.2022 - 04.2022
Line Cook
Capocaccia Trattoria
08.2021 - 03.2023
Line Cook
Costa Sorrento
06.2021 - 08.2021
Line Cook
Bar Mordecai
06.2021 - 08.2021
Line Cook
Adda Bistro and Kitchen
05.2021 - 06.2021
Data Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
03.2015 - 09.2019
Systems Engineer
Infosys Limited
02.2011 - 01.2015
Bachelor of technology - Electronics and Communication
HALDIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Diploma in Culinary Management Program -
George Brown College
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Title: LINE COOK/PRODUCTION COOK
Hobbies and Interests
- High Altitude Trekking
- Gardening
- Running
- Landscape photography