The availability for relief work is starting to come in for the festive period.
I have called every relief chef I have got marked available.
I am keen to get more availability for Christmas and New Year.
The rates are £12 - £16 per hour with double time payable on both days.
Accommodation available at no charge.
Return travelling expenses paid either at cost price or 30p per mile.
Minimum of 40 hours per week over 5 days or 8 hours per day.
Pushing for weekly pay or paid on completion for short stints.
Please get in touch with any availability. You can PM me or drop me an email jojo@chefsinscotland.co.uk.
Relief is quiet as expected for this time of year.
We do however still have over 50 chefs out working.
We are keen for you to get in touch with your availability for over the Christmas and new year period.
Double time is payable on Christmas day and new years day.
Still out working David Low is working near home at The Kings Seat in Dollar, Scott Russel is over in Oban at the Caledonian Hotel, new relief chef Gareth Connelly is up at The Tor Na Coille Hotel in Banchory, Allen Jack, Scott McKenzie and Bill Brankin are working near Forfar at The Drovers Inn, Dmitrij Cvilij and Stuart MacColl are down in Buttermere at The Bridge Hotel, Lillian Clarkson is coming to the end of a 6 week stint at The Links Hotel, Andrew Bruce is in Pitlochry at Scotland’s Hotel, Graham Smith at The Old Mill Inn in Brodie, Don Craig, John Ferguson and Mark Bellingham are over working in Shetland this is just a few to name.
Thanks for all your hard work over a very busy season.
If any of you are on holiday just now whilst it is quiet please send us some snaps and we will get CIS pens sent out.
We are now into the winter season and work is as to be expected at this time of year. So we are busy in the office this week getting up to date on all of our files and making sure we are ready for the season ahead.
We already have some positions registered for January and February 2016 as hotels are aware that the recruitment process can sometimes take a few weeks to get the right person for the job. I have been getting lots of relevant CVs out to hotels and restaurants all over Scotland and arranging lots of interviews as well.
In reflection of the past 7 months in Chefs In Scotland I have made some great placements. So thanks to all the chefs who are doing well in their jobs, we have been getting some excellent feedback. These include the head chef at a 2 rosette restaurant in Linlithgow; this was my first 2AA rosette placement at this level. Also the head chef at a hotel in the North of England in Northumberland, this was my first head chef placement and the feedback from the hotel is that the chef is getting on very well. One of the most satisfactory placements was a chef de partie at an exclusive club in the highlands where I worked previously and it’s great to touch base with my previous colleagues. Another one was a 1 rosette hotel in Dumfries and Galloway for a chef de partie role, a place I also worked at previously.
During my short 7 months here I have realised that there are many different aspects to making permanent placements and that it is not just a case of getting in a CV and sending it over to hotels, there is much more to it than that.
So as you can see it can take many different processes to make the permanent placements and a lot can go wrong but when it does go right and the chef takes the job and gets on well it is very rewarding and satisfying.
Jessica
Well the season is coming to an end and relief will start getting quieter.
We still have over 50 relief chefs working in Scotland and North England.
Stuart MacColl, Dmitrij Cvilij and Derrick Bartley are helping out down in Buttermere at The Bridge Hotel and John Cook is working at The Golf Hotel in Silloth.
Jamie Atkinson has been working all year starting off at The Bridge of Orchy Hotel, Moorings Hotel Fort William and long stint at The Golf View and is currently working at The Kingsmills Hotel in Inverness.
Neil Hawthorn is back working until the end of the season at Airds Hotel in Port Appin.
Paddy Farren and Stuart Agnew are both working away in Skye at The Isle Ornsay Hotel.
Michael Njoroge is 3 weeks into his stint at The Isles of Glencoe.
Bill Brankin who joined the relief circuit this year has been to the Isle of Arran and Fiddlers’ Music Bar & Bistro, and The Burnett Arms in Banchory.
Lillian Clarkson has been extended for another 3 weeks at the Links Hotel in Montrose.
Ryan Williamson is finishing up after 7 months at The Ben Nevis Hotel.
I just want to say a BIG thank you to all of our relief chef for all your support and hardwork.
If you want to get in touch and update me with your availability for over the Christmas and New Year period please PM me.
Relief has remained busy up until October but we are expecting the work to slow down in November as expected for the time of year before picking up again in December.
If you are not working and have availability please do send a copy of your CV in and we will chase references as standard.
We can mark you available but priority is given to those working on placements via CIS over the summer.
For existing chefs who have done work all year round would suggest 40 – 60% chance of getting you work over the winter.
If you can also get in touch with your availability for Christmas and New year.
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