Saeedeh Amini

Saeedeh Amini Montreal, Quebec   Instagram page @lilimasweet  Quality-Focused culinary professional  • Culinary professional committed to impeccable food preparation and presentation within both finedining and fast-casual restaurants.  • Passion for cooking and service excellence, with an appetite for learning new recipes and foodpreparation techniques. Experience with an array of ethnic cuisines, well versed in kitchen cleanliness and food safety standards and excel at working all stations.  • Team player valued for positive attitude; ability to follow recipes, procedures and instructions to precise specifications; and exceptional productivity within fast-paced settings.  • Expertise with pastry and salad menu design and implementation (IG portfolio link attached)  • Catering experience for private clients

Assistant pastry chef la Richmond  Sous chef and pastry chef in Ha restaurant  Cook in William Gray Hotel  Graduated of st.pius collège  Holychoco-manager-pastry chef (spring and summer 2021  garde manger -pasta chef (casina restaurante ) winter 2021.  Limoo Juice ( manager,artisanal salad and smoothie bar, @Limoojuice), Montreal Feb. 2019 - present coffee shop manager ,pastry chef and garde manger,pasta chef.  • Collaborated with the founders to create the concept and the menu (healthy and vegan menu)  • Expanded and designed the menu from smoothies to include salads, sandwiches and custom-made pastry  • Manage the day to day operations of the coffee shop from cooking to sales  Fondant Flair (Catering family business, @fondantflair), Toronto Jul. 2018 - Jan. 2019 Assistant manager and cook (full time)  • Assistant chef to design and cook food and pastry menus for up-scale private clients  • Managed internal operations including staff (line cooks) management, safety procedures  compliance and customer relationship management  Self-employed, Tehran, Iran 2016-2018 Pastry and cooking instructor  • Ran private cooking and pastry design classes

Graduated of Pius college(professional cooking)  MPACQ certificate  BSc in Educational management , Iran Certifications:  • Food Handlers Certificate by “Probe it” food safety organisation  • Advanced cake decoration certificate  • Moderne dessert certificate  • Boutique cakes certificate  • Sugar flower cake advanced design (private instructor)  • Desserts, mostly cake, cupcakes and cookies master class (private instructor)  • Finger food, salads and juice design (private in