Experience

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  Loomis Chaffee School

  • Windsor, Connecticut

  • Specialty Cook

    • Apr 2019 - Present
    • Windsor, Connecticut

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  Chef Donna Fisher, LLC

  • Longmeadow, MA

  • Independent Business Owner

    • 2007 - Present
    • Longmeadow, MA

    Personal Chef - Chef Donna Fisher. Presenting creative private dinners and special occasion catering featuring local seasonal upscale contemporary American cuisine. Also offering individual cooking classes and group demonstrations.

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  Junior League of Greater Springfield

  • Professional Volunteer - sustaining member

    • 1980 - Present

    Sustaining member

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  Suffield Academy

  • Suffield, CT

  • Chef de cuisine/garde manger

    • Aug 2017 - Jun 2018
    • Suffield, CT

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  Restaurant Associates

  • Hartford, Connecticut Area

  • Senior Line Chef

    • Nov 2016 - Aug 2017
    • Hartford, Connecticut Area

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  Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

  • Hartford, Connecticut Area

  • Executive Sous Chef

    • Dec 2015 - Nov 2016
    • Hartford, Connecticut Area

    Executive Sous Chef Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in The Museum Café & Museum Catering. Run by Healthy Source Catering.

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  The Outermost Inn

  • Aquinnah - Martha's Vineyard

  • Chef De Garde Manger

    • Jul 2015 - Sep 2015
    • Aquinnah - Martha's Vineyard

    This was an island summer season gig. Big pay, great experience!!!

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  Max Restaurant Group

  • Max Burger Longmeadow

  • Chef De Garde Manger

    • Jun 2012 - Jul 2015
    • Max Burger Longmeadow

    This gig is a total work-out. I don't need a gym membership. Need I say more?!!!

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  Forest Park Farmers' Market

  • Chef

    • Apr 2009 - Oct 2013

    I am THE local "Chef-to-Market-Chef"...having dreamt up this "new" concept, way back in 2007. Chef Donna Fisher engages market shoppers in a “Whole Food Market Experience” by offering farmer vendor items artfully prepared for take home or on site enjoyment "on-the-fly" with seasonal week-to-week, farm vendor produce and proteins.

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  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

  • PROMENADE AT EVERGREEN WALK, South Windsor, CT

  • Seasonal Sales Associate

    • Oct 2011 - Jan 2012
    • PROMENADE AT EVERGREEN WALK, South Windsor, CT

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  Max Restaurant Group:

  • Chef

    • Jun 2009 - Oct 2011

    Chef-to-Farm dinners.

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  Apogee Catering

  • Executive Chef

    • Mar 2011 - Aug 2011

    Apogee is a high-end, off-site boutique catering company, dedicated to providing premier cuisine, peak service and the ultimate catering experience for our/their valued clients. With Apogees's home base in the beautiful Berkshire Hills, Apogee offers complete catering and event planning services in Western Massachusetts and beyond.

  • Sous Chef

    • Mar 2011 - Apr 2011

    After three short weeks of working at Apogee, I was advanced from the position as Sous Chef to Executive Chef. Need I say more?!!

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  Max Restaurant Group

  • Visiting Chef at Chef-to-Farm dinners at Rosedale Farms

    • Jun 2009 - Sep 2009

    Visiting Chef at Max Restaurant Group Chef-to-Farm summer season dinners at Rosedale Farms, Simsbury Connecticut

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  Onyx Fusion Restaurant

  • Springfield, Massachusetts Area

  • Line Cook

    • 2008 - 2008
    • Springfield, Massachusetts Area

    Garde Manger Chef. Onyx closed down in four short weeks, just after I started there. Sad. Bad Management. Worse Ownership.

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  Abigail Kirsch Catering

  • Chef

    • Oct 2007 - Dec 2007

    NYC style, way upscale, onsite and off-site catering. I'm talking $$$$$, big $$$$$. Outstanding events. Big and bigger. For guests like that of Martha Stewart, Donald Trump, etc. Venues at the Botanical Gardens, Tappan Hill Mansion, The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers.- See more at: http://www.abigailkirsch.com/exclusive-locations/about-our-exclusive-venues/#sthash.A9bcXGms.dpuf

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  Blue Hill at Stone Barns

  • Extern Chef

    • Jun 2007 - Oct 2007

    Extern position - was the only applicant chosen from a field of more than 500 applicants.

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  Connecticut Culinary Institute

  • Student Tutor

    • Nov 2006 - Jun 2007

    Tutored challenged students toward earning and learning their core classes. Exceeded expected results - both student and tutor.

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  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Associate Producer, Distance Education & Multimedia

    • 1999 - 2000

    Produced multimedia graphic-enhanced teaching tools for graduate school students and educators for distance education via. computer/video conferencing. pre. 2001.

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  Hampden County Bar Association

  • Massachusetts Bar Association, Springfield, MA

  • Case Coordinator

    • 1998 - 1999
    • Massachusetts Bar Association, Springfield, MA

    Mediation and Arbitration - provided case coordination for judges, attorneys, and clients.

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  Longmeadow Flowers and Gifts

  • Sales Manager

    • 1995 - 1998

    Selected and purchased items for retail sales - via. buying trips, managed sales team. Sales.

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  Bay Path College

  • Executive Secretary to the Registrar

    • 1973 - 1976

    Major responsibility: Registered students for all classes - while maintaining focus within their core curriculum/major. Otherwise, the ongoing responsibility of correspondence i.e. transcripts, filing, phone, etc.