Renee Shelton

Current

Fishing Editor at Bellaonline.com
Feature Writer Healthy Cooking at Suite101.com
Owner, Corporate Pastry Chef at Beach Cuisine Inc

Freelance Writer at Freelance Writer Renee Shelton

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Past

Restaurant Pastry Chef, Wedding Cake Designer - Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel at The Ritz-Carlton Club

Education

Western Culinary Institute
Central Piedmont Community College
Saddleback College

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Connections

13 connections

Industry

Food & Beverages

Websites

Renee Shelton’s Summary

Entrepreneur
Website Creator
Graphics Illustrator
Food Writer
Wedding Cake Designer
Pastry Professional

Renee Shelton’s Specialties:

branding and identity, html, dreamweaver CS4, business start ups, federal trademark, pastry chef, weddings, food writer

Renee Shelton’s Experience

Fishing Editor

Bellaonline.com

(Privately Held; Information Services industry)

March 2009 — Present (10 months)

Fishing Editor and Moderator for the Fishing Forum
Feature Writer Healthy Cooking

Suite101.com

(Privately Held; Online Media industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

Suite101.com Feature Writer.
Owner, Corporate Pastry Chef

Beach Cuisine Inc

(Privately Held; Retail industry)

November 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

Owner Beach Cuisne, Inc, world wide provider of specialty culinary tools & equipment and unique fish art.

Website creator, content writer & editor and information architect for the following websites: beachcuisine.com, pastrysampler.com, pescadoprints.com, fishingchef.com, and many more.

Produce and test pastry recipes and desserts. Consult with new cake decorators and established pastry chefs. Write pastry articles and how to guides for pastrysampler.com.
Freelance Writer

Freelance Writer Renee Shelton

(Writing and Editing industry)

January 2003 — Present (7 years )

Freelance writer - written hundreds of articles on the following topics: food, pastry, healthy cooking, fishing, gardening and sewing for many online magazines, blogs and websites.
Restaurant Pastry Chef, Wedding Cake Designer - Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel

The Ritz-Carlton Club

(Public Company; Hospitality industry)

March 1993 — January 2002 (8 years 11 months)

Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel

As the formal 'The Dining Room Restaurant' pastry chef, was the Quality Leader for the restaurant culinary staff. Produced nightly desserts and dessert specials. Met with guests as needed for custom dessert orders. Produced nightly mignardise and petit fours.

In the pastry shop, was lead cook and pastry trainer, consulted with brides regarding specialty wedding cakes and designs as needed, responsible for wedding cakes being produced and delivered, trained and taught cake design.

Was twice the recipient of the Ritz Carlton 5 Star Employee Award.