Sara Felix Faro Leite
Exeter
Summary
Passionate Pastry Chef with experience in well-renowned hospitality and service settings. Skilled in planning and prioritisation to meet kitchen demands whilst minimising waste. Creative and continually upskilling to support menu innovation. Owner of Sara's Petite Cuisine.
the Patisserie awards:
Taste of the West - Cafe/ tearoom Category: Gold 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2021/2021, Silver 2023.
LuxLife Magazine - Cafe Patisserie of the year 2020, 2021
Tripadvisor travellers choice- 2020, 2021
Prestige Awards southwest- Patisserie of the year 2020/21
LuxLife Magazine - pastry baking SME of the year ENGLAND 2021
LuxLife Magazine - Best Local Cafe & Patisserie Exeter 2022
Great British Food Awards 2022 - Finalist with our own Recipe almond coconut cake.
My own Recipes featured in two Taste Of the west Recipe books. and made it on to the cover of one of the books.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
Work history
Pastry Chef/ Director
Sara's Petite Cuisine
EXETER, Devon
12.2017 - Current
- Performed pastry trend and industry development research to offer innovative product offerings.
- Trained and mentored junior team members, instilling capability and confidence to deliver excellent results consistent with company standards.
- Reported equipment problems, known safety hazards and unsafe practices to supervisor.
- Met with customers to discuss details and planning of custom-made pastries and desserts for special occasions.
- Managed all day-to-day operations of kitchen bakery and pastry section.
- Closely followed recipes, maintaining consistency across baking processes.
- Maintained and controlled pastry kitchen supply inventory to minimise waste.
- Checked quality of raw and cooked food products to verify high standards.
- Decorated pastries and desserts using different icings for beautiful and exciting food presentations.
- Determined best way to present food and created decorative food displays.
- Liaised with suppliers and carefully chose ingredients to use in baking.
- Attended workshops to update knowledge and skills in pastry arts and ingredients.
- Kept all work areas clean and organised for hygiene purposes.
Education
Diploma of Higher Education - Science & Maths
09.2011 - 07.2012
QCV Level 3 Professional Patisserie - Professional Patisserie
01.2016 - 06.2016
Diploma - Professional Cake design & sugarcraft
03.2017 - 03.2017
Skills
- Breadmaking
- Cake decoration
- Petit fours
- Pastry quality control
- Innovative creative
- Pastillage (basic)
- Pastry kitchen inventory management
- Dessert plating techniques
- Chocolate work (basic)
- Kneading techniques
- Excellent time management
- Recipe creation
- Sugar Work (basic)
Languages
Portuguese
Native
English
Fluent
Timeline
Pastry Chef/ Director - Sara's Petite Cuisine
12.2017 - Current
Peggy Porschen Academy - Diploma , Professional Cake design & sugarcraft
03.2017 - 03.2017
Ashburton cookery School - QCV Level 3 Professional Patisserie , Professional Patisserie
01.2016 - 06.2016
Plymouth College - Diploma of Higher Education, Science & Maths
09.2011 - 07.2012
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