Jennifer Young

Experience

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  Freelance catering

  Jan 2004 - now

  Caterer

  Catered and served during the 2003-2004 Kentucky Derby, which included assisting bartenders, serving guests,assembling and tearing down buffets, tables, and chairs, and preparing and serving carefully planned dishes• Operated successful in-home cake decorating business, providing specialty cakes, rounds, pies, breads, andcharacter cakes for special events and children’s parties• Catered events from 10 to 2,000 guests from start to finish, including working with clients, planning and orderingfood, creating menus, preparing and serving dishes, maintaining stock and replenishing buffet lines, along withsetting up and tearing down• Proficient in assembling creative, unique menus that perfectly suit the needs of the clients, due in part tocarefully listening to and understanding each client’s preferences• Delighted guests with elaborate displays including fruit and vegetable carvings, pumpkin carvings, and icesculpting, along with displaying superior cake decorating techniquesIndianapolis and Louisville | 2002 — present Show less

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  Valle Vista Country Club

  Jan 2006 - Jul 2012

  Kitchen Manager and Sous Chef

  Expertly prepared a tremendous variety of dishes for both banquets and individual plates, including breakfast,lunch, appetizers, cakes, specialty desserts, and dinner events• Promoted to night shift managers shortly after hire, and then to Kitchen Manager; held additional role asassistant pastry chef• Performed managerial duties of staffing scheduling, placing food, linen, and liquor orders with vendors, takingresponsibility for inventory, conducting bar audits, and managing food costs on a weekly and monthly basis• Provided superlative service to customers, assisting with weddings, parties, and special events for up to 2,200guests, including set up and clean upGreenwood, IN | 2007 — 2013Chef | Greenwood Village South• Prepared and served meals from a hot line for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, along with serving food in thedining room setting for residents• Coordinated banquets, planning the dishes, preparing items, serving dishes, sustaining safe temperatures, andensuring guest satisfaction• Strove to provide the highest levels of customer support possible Show less

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  Hillview Country Club

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Chef and Kitchen Manger

  Promoted to sous chef after 3 months and then kitchen manager after 4 month, holding additional roles as linecook and shift leader• Provided the highest level of customer service, necessitating the coordination of elegant banquets and specialevents for members, along with specialized menus by request•Responsible for all general kitchen management tasks, encompassing food, liquor, and linen orders fromvendors, managing inventory, calculating and reporting food cost numbers on a weekly and monthly basis,and pricing out all menus• Created a variety of dishes and prepared them for breakfast, lunch, appetizers, and dinner, including cuisinefrom soups, stocks, and sauces to grilling, salads, desserts, fish, and pasta Show less

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  Crowne plaza indianapolis airport

  Aug 2012 - Jul 2015

  Executive chef
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  Metz culinary management @Earlham college

  Aug 2015 - Dec 2015

  Executive Chef

  All food related things, ordering, schedules, client meetings....the boss!!

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  Trilogy Health Services, LLC

  Dec 2015 - Nov 2018

  Director of Food Services
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  Rosegate village

  Nov 2018 - now

  Culinary Manager

  same as trilogy dfs just a bigger better building.

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  Franciscan health network

  Jun 2019 - Oct 2021

  Executive Chef