Respond to two (2) Colleagues D2W3

LinkedIn Profile

Natasha Mills

Walden University

MMSL 6115

Dr. Perry

July 14th, 2021

Professional Photo

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Headline

Chief Baker at Westside Cake Studios | Specializes in baking and decorating Wedding Cakes | Custom services to suit the cake of your dreams (Shields, 2020).

Executive Summary

I am currently a Chief Baker at Westside Cake Studios and specialize in baking and decorating wedding cakes. This entails baking customized cakes of different shapes and sizes. Having studied Associate of Arts and Baking and Pastry Arts at The Art Institute of Atlanta, I am a well-seasoned baker. I have accumulated a vast wealth of experience over the years as a professional wedding cake baker. I deliver airbrushed cakes for customized orders. I pay keen attention to detail, and I apply this to designing life-sized wedding gown cakes. I am also able to create up to 1000 edible flower decorations. On top of that, I can create illusions on cakes, such as waterfalls. Having gained knowledge in world cuisines, I can mix different ingredients to suit different regional tastes. There are also cakes for vegans, using 100% plant-based ingredients. All ingredients used are of top quality. I am able to facilitate long-distance cake deliveries without compromising the quality of the cake. I like working in a clean and organized space, and I also like it when working with a highly organized and coordinated team. My top five featured skills include recipe creation and modification, the knowledge of different world cuisines, the ability to adapt to changing environments, excellent customer service, and keenness on time management. These are some of the main skills required of a professional baker. I would request the recommendations of two people: Mrs. Sam Redwood, manager at Archie’s Hough Bakery, and Mr. Kennedy Cyrus, my course instructor at The Art Institute of Atlanta Mrs. Redwood knew me for my excellent communications and customer engagement skills, while Mr. Cyrus knew me for my creativity when dealing with ingredients and different recipes. As a co-creator of The Business Strategy Game, a competition-based global strategy simulation, I gained knowledge of how to brand myself and promote my product. Taking part in this competition enhanced my skills as a businessperson.

Education

Associate of Arts, Baking and Pastry Arts

The Art Institute of Atlanta (The Art Institute, 2021).

Experience

· Delivers airbrushed cakes among other pastries for customized orders.

· Can replenish and rotate cake items following the correct food cooling and storage procedures.

· Decorates baked goods and designs aesthetic displays of finished products.

· Can make up to 1000 edible flower decorations in a day. These include flowers of different types and colors.

· Can create illusions such as waterfalls and emoji rotating cakes.

· Maintains a clean and organized kitchen, and can coordinate a group of bakers to make the baking process flawless.

· Can make life-sized wedding gown cakes with careful attention to the smallest of details such as the beads, laces, or nettings (CollegeGrad, 2018).

· Can bake cakes to suit different nutritional needs. For example, vegan cake.

· Uses the best quality ingredients and is experienced with working with fondants while considering different room temperatures.

· Facilitates the transportation of cakes to the required destination while ensuring the quality remains intact – melting and squishing are taken into consideration.

Featured skills.

· Recipe creation and modification. This is particularly an important skill because it ensures the continuity of cake recipes. It also emphasizes creativity.

· Knowledge of different world cuisines. This skill is earned through practice and long bakery hours. It is important to have a broad knowledge of world cuisines to customize the ingredients to suit the needs of the customer.

· Ability to adapt. Bakery varies with the type and amount of equipment used. Adaptability is a necessary skill to have because it ensures that the quality of the cake is not compromised in the absence of certain equipment.

· Excellent customer service skills. Customers want unique cakes for their wedding, and it takes someone who knows the right questions to ask and how to engage the customers in a way that makes them feel free to express their desires and wildest of visions.

· Time management. Time is a key factor in wedding planning. Cakes are ready for viewing and/or delivery a few days before the wedding day (Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, 2018).

Recommendations

I would request a recommendation from Mrs. Sam Redwood, manager at Archie’s Hough Bakery. I worked here as a baker and would serve more than 30 customers per day. I always made sure to be positive and helpful, and I always wanted customers to feel welcome. Mrs. Redwood was pleased with how well I handled the customers.

The second person I would request a recommendation from is Mr. Kennedy Cyrus, my course instructor at Young Chefs Academy. He was always pleased with how creative I would get with different ingredients.

Accomplishments

I was a co-creator of The Business Strategy Game, a competition-based global strategy simulation. Taking part in this competition enhanced my skills as a business person. I gained knowledge of how to brand myself and promote my product.

I took part in a TV show Sugar Rush, which is a cake baking competition, in 2018 and won first price for the best looking and tasting cake. This is a major accomplishment for me because I competed against some of the best bakers in the country. This makes me confident enough to say that I can bake one of the most delicious and good-looking cakes in the country.

I also took part in a local competition called Know Your Ingredients, where competitors were blindfolded and asked to identify 250 spices and cake ingredients from different parts of the world. I identified 238, with the first runner-up only managing to identify 119. The fact that I won with a large margin shows that I am well versed with a broad range of cultures and can bake a cake that represents the culture of the customer.

URL

If I could obtain a customized URL, I would like to identify myself with my specialty, which is baking wedding cakes. I would also like to include the customizability of these cakes.

References

Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts. (2018, August 9). Every baker should have these 8 skills. Escoffier. https://www.escoffier.edu/blog/baking-pastry/every-baker-should-have-these-8-skills/

CollegeGrad. (2018). Bakers: Jobs, Career, Salary and Education Information. Collegegrad.com. https://collegegrad.com/careers/bakers

Shields, J. (2020, January 13). 12 Impactful LinkedIn Headline Examples from Real People. Jobscan. https://www.jobscan.co/blog/impactful-linkedin-headline-examples/

The Art Institute. (2021). Baking and Pastry. The Art Institute. https://go.artinstitutes.edu/program?program=baking-and-pastry&locationCode=AIA&source=SEMGOOG00016&utm_medium=PaidSearch&utm_source=Google&utm_campaign=GGL_ATLANTA_SEM_NBD_TIER1_EDU-PROGRAM_ALL_PHRASE&utm_content=BakingandPastry_School&utm_term=p_baking%20school&gclid=CjwKCAjwoZWHBhBgEiwAiMN66QtDLAkiyq9jFvhEGQs-2I7-WIs632xUb67zunKpF3nrkeqnlRTOnhoC7w4QAvD_BwE