Cake Decorator Resume Sample

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Rose David

Cake Decorator

Edible art for the moments people remember

[email protected]
instagram.com/rosedavidcakes
+44 161 555 0571

Skilled cake decorator with nine years creating wedding, celebration and bespoke cakes for a busy Manchester bakery and her own commissions. Designs and decorates everything from tiered wedding cakes to sculpted novelty pieces, working in fondant, buttercream, royal icing, sugar flowers and hand-painting. Built a wedding-cake line that became the bakery's most-requested and most-photographed offering. Consults with clients to bring their vision to life, manages multiple orders to firm deadlines, and keeps standards high under pressure during peak season. Precise, creative and calm when a three-tier cake is due in the morning. Equally happy teaching decorating classes. Looking for a cake-decorator or pastry-decorating role with a bakery, patisserie or cake studio that cares about craft.

LocationManchester, UK
NationalityBritish
GenderFemale
Availability2 weeks
Date of Birth1993-04-12
Professional Experience

The Northern Cakery, Manchester - Manchester, UK

Cake Decorator

(April 2017 to Present)
Design and decorate the wedding, the celebration and the bespoke cakes to each client brief.
Built a wedding-cake line that became the bakery's most-requested and most-photographed offering by far.
Work in fondant, buttercream, royal icing, sugar flowers and hand-painting to a really high finish.
Consult with the clients to turn their vision and their theme into a finished cake.
Manage the multiple orders to firm deadlines, staying calm right through the peak wedding season.
Teach the occasional decorating classes and help mentor the junior bakers on the whole team too.

Manchester Artisan Bakery - Manchester, UK

Baker / Junior Decorator

(August 2015 to March 2017)
Baked and finished a range of cakes, pastries and celebration bakes.
Developed solid decorating skills across fondant, piping and the buttercream work.
Gained the advanced sugarcraft and wedding-cake certification to specialise further there.
Moved into a dedicated cake-decorator role creating bespoke celebration cakes from there.

Manchester Artisan Bakery - Manchester, UK

Bakery Assistant

(June 2013 to July 2015)
Worked in a busy bakery baking, finishing and serving on the counter.
Learned baking, basic decorating and the food hygiene on the job.
Discovered a real talent for decorating and started training in it.
Then earned the move into a junior decorator role from there.
Education

Manchester College of Food

Level 3 Diploma in Patisserie & Confectionery

September 2013 to June 2015
Diploma in patisserie and confectionery covering baking, pastry and cake decoration, with a bakery placement. The placement built real production speed and skill. Established the craft foundation behind decorating work.

British Sugarcraft Guild

Advanced Sugarcraft & Wedding Cake Certification

January 2017 to May 2017
Advanced certification in sugarcraft and wedding-cake design covering sugar flowers, structure and finishing. It deepened the specialist decorating skills clients prize. Applied directly to the bakery's wedding-cake line.
Languages

English (UK)

Native or Bilingual Proficiency

French

Limited Working Proficiency
Selected Cakes

Multi-Tier Wedding Commission

Cake Decorator (June 2021 to June 2021)

Designed and built a large multi-tier wedding cake to a couple's brief, hand-crafting the sugar flowers and detailing and delivering it intact and on time to the venue.

Sculpted Birthday Centrepiece

Cake Decorator (March 2022 to March 2022)

Created a sculpted, hand-painted centrepiece cake for a high-profile birthday, working to a tight brief and an immovable date to a finish that became the room's talking point.
Highlights

Signature wedding-cake line

Built a wedding-cake line that became the bakery's most-requested and most-photographed offering. Cakes that get shared and recommended bring in the next wave of bookings.

Calm under deadline

Delivers intricate tiered cakes on time through the busiest wedding season without dropping quality. Brides remember the cake, so it has to be right and on time, every time.
Certifications

Advanced Sugarcraft & Wedding Cakes

British Sugarcraft Guild (May 2017 to Present)

Advanced certification in sugarcraft and wedding-cake design covering sugar flowers, structure and finishing. It deepened the specialist decorating skills clients prize. Applied directly to the bakery's wedding-cake line.

Sugar Flowers & Hand-Painting

British Sugarcraft Guild (April 2019 to Present)

Certification in sugar-flower craft and cake hand-painting techniques. It supports the intricate, bespoke detailing that sets the bakery's wedding and celebration cakes apart.
Technical Skills
  • Cake Design
  • Fondant Work
  • Buttercream Finishing
  • Royal Icing & Piping
  • Sugar Flowers
  • Hand-Painting
  • Wedding Cakes
  • Cake Structure & Tiering
  • Client Consultation
  • Order Management
Personal Skills
  • Creativity
  • Attention to Detail
  • Patience
  • Composure
  • Reliability
Activities & Interests
Yoga
Smoking
Poker
Fishing
Karate

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