- Food justice advocate, working to address food insecurity and promote access to healthy, affordable food
- Enjoy experimenting with different ingredients and flavors in the kitchen
- Crafting homemade beer using specialized equipment and brewing techniques
- I enjoy cooking for friends and family gatherings
Dammika Jayawardena
Winsdor Park
Summary
To obtain a position as baker in a facility where I can use my acquired skills, and learn new things to help reach the top of my profession.
Professional baker with experience and high standards, prepared for delivering top-quality baked goods. Skilled in bread, pastries, and cakes, with strong emphasis on precision and consistency. Known for effective team collaboration and adapting to changing needs, ensuring reliability and results. Focused on maintaining clean, efficient workspace and following safety protocols, with unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Baker
Countdown supermarket
01.2006 - 01.2016
- Responsibilities include:
- Weighing and measuring ingredients, using measuring cups and spoons.
- Mixing ingredients to form dough or butter by hand using electric mixer.
- Rolling and shaping dough, using rolling pin and cutting dough in uniform portions with knife, divider, and cookie cutter.
- Moulding dough into desired shapes, placing dough in greased or floured pans, and trimming overlapping edges with knife.
- Other duties include: Checking production schedule to determine variety and quantity of goods to bake, spreading or sprinkling toppings on loaves or specialties and placing dough in oven using long-handled paddle, covering filling with top crust; and adjusting drafts or thermostatic controls to regulate oven temperatures.
Baker
Orphanides supermarket
01.2001 - 01.2005
- Responsibilities included:
- Weighing and measuring ingredients, using measuring cups and spoons.
- Mixing ingredients to form dough or butter by hand using electric mixer.
- Rolling and shaping dough, using rolling pin and cutting dough in uniform portions with knife, divider, and cookie cutter.
- Moulding dough into desired shapes, placing dough in greased or floured pans, and trimming overlapping edges with knife.
- Other duties include: Checking production schedule to determine variety and quantity of goods to bake, spreading or sprinkling toppings on loaves or specialties and placing dough in oven using long-handled paddle, covering filling with top crust; and adjusting drafts or thermostatic controls to regulate oven temperatures.
Commis III Baker
Sri Lankan Airlines
01.1992 - 01.2001
- Responsibilities included:
- Weighing and measuring ingredients, using measuring cups and spoons.
- Mixing ingredients to form dough or butter by hand using electric mixer.
- Rolling and shaping dough, using rolling pin and cutting dough in uniform portions with knife, divider, and cookie cutter.
- Moulding dough into desired shapes, placing dough in greased or floured pans, and trimming overlapping edges with knife.
- Other duties include: Checking production schedule to determine variety and quantity of goods to bake, spreading or sprinkling toppings on loaves or specialties and placing dough in oven using long-handled paddle, covering filling with top crust; and adjusting drafts or thermostatic controls to regulate oven temperatures.
Education
No Degree - House Keeping
Vocational Education Center - Hotel School
Sri Lanka, Colombo07-1991
Skills
- Level III certificate in cookery Sri Lanka 1990
- More than 30 years experience in bread and pastry manufacturing techniques
- Extensive knowledge of bakery raw materials, production processes and quality control techniques
- Highly trained in high volume bakery and pastry production
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Food Hygiene course – Air Sri lanka Catering Services Ltd
- Food safety and sanitation
- Attention to detail
- Oven operation
- Time management
- Dough handling
- Bread making
- Kitchen equipment operation
- Waste reduction
- Minimize ingredient waste
- Team collaboration
- Mixing methods
- Baking techniques
- Reliable and responsible
- Multitasking
- Dough preparation and baking
Accomplishments
- Named [Title] in [Name] Bakery profile by [Publication] in [Year].
Interests
Timeline
Baker
Countdown supermarket
01.2006 - 01.2016
Baker
Orphanides supermarket
01.2001 - 01.2005
Commis III Baker
Sri Lankan Airlines
01.1992 - 01.2001
No Degree - House Keeping
Vocational Education Center - Hotel School