We have over 65 chefs out working in Scotland, England and Wales.
Relief remains busy as expected for the time of year.
In Skye and the Highlands we have Michael Njororge, Graham McLeish, Alan Baird, Richard Booth, Johan Sikkema, Grant Buchanan, Kris Nairn, Sean Angus, Alan MacPherson, John McInnes, Peter Norrie, Tom Tateson, John Geddes and Vytis Baltrunas.
West Coast we have Sebastian Luzszynski, Del Bonini, James MacRae, Jamie Atkinson, Donald Haughey, Scott Devine, Ally Elder, Scott Bolton, Kirsty Hamilton and Philippe Alamichel.
Central Belt we have Lillian Clarkson, Graham White, Lewis Thompson, Andras Rethi, Steve Moffat and Pawel Cimek
In Dumfriesshire and the Borders we have Ross Murdoch, Calvin Jeff, Roger Brown, Colin mooney, Stuart MacColl, Ryan Williamson, Gary McGirr and John Hyslop
In Aberdeenshire and Shetland we have Dale Harwood, Max Nisbet, John Ferguson, Barry Gauld and Sara Jayne Moffat.
In England and Wales we have Mark Shaw and Bobby Ainsworth.
Thank you all for your hard work and flexibility.
With over 65 chefs out working relief remains busy.
We are still happy to meet new and registered relief chefs at our office in Moffat, please get in touch for our availability.
We have Johan Sikkema, Kris Nairn and Grant Buchanan working at the Dores Inn, Inverness-shire, Chris Daily is at The Grant Arms in Grantown on Spey, Dale Harwood is over at the Shetland Hotel, also in Shetland is Kai Stutzkeitz at the Queens Hotel, Gary McGirr is finishing out the season along with Ryan Williamson at Tillmouth Park in the Borders, Alan Macpherson after finishing at Moorings Hotel he is now over on Skye at The Isle Ornsay Hotel working with Martin Nel and Ross Duncan, Sebastian Luszczynski is still at the Alexandra hotel along with new relief chef Del Bonini, Phil Smith is back at The Sligachan Hotel, Tim Morris getting on well at The Grant Arms in Monymusk, Piotr Miga is at Pittormie Castle, Chris McSevney at The Glencoe Hotel, Lillian Clarkson has been extended at The Alyth Hotel, Ionel Rizea at Tormaukin Hotel, Carlos Ortiz is up in the Highlands at Borgie Lodge, Peter Norrie at Archiestown hotel, Richard Booth working not too far from home at the Ben Loyal Hotel, Sarah Jeffrey was out on her 1st job a couple weeks ago at The Ballachulish Hotel where Jamie Atkinson has been on relief since March and Lewis Thompson is working in Edinburgh at Field Restaurant.
Thanks to all for doing a great job.
Chef Alan Gibb
I didn’t know that Chef Alan Gibb was a relatively young man or that he was born in Aberdeen.
Alan registered with CIS when he finished at The Cluny in Forres back in the mid noughties. He was of a mind to do a bit of relief work, but picked up a head chef position at the City Inn in Glasgow before making his way back to Gleneagles.
Over the following years, we occasionally sent out via email to him for work references. Without fail, he would take the time to fill in the work reference answering honestly and send them back to us. I am sure we were one of many such requests that he would deal with in a busy day.
I still remember the name of the first chef we placed at Gleneagles, Rosemary Phelan, this would be back in 2000 or 2001 and when the ladies from HR at Gleneagles phoned me up, sitting in my back room in Glenmore on Skye, I was astounded that I was thought worthy of trying to find them chefs. The check stub was pinned up on the wall. We placed a few chefs at Gleneagles at that time.
Ten or so years later and we weren’t dealing with Gleneagles but a good young chef from Stranraer, Ryan McCutcheon, registered with CIS and I did up his CV and popped it over to Chef Gibb.
The HR department queried our 200 pound plus VAT fee. I emailed Chef Gibb and said it is ok, just leave the fee. He said no, if HR wouldn’t pay it, it would come out of his kitchen budget. HR paid the fee.
A man of decency and integrity in the small world of Scottish Hospitality.
Our sincere thoughts are with Alan’s wife Karen and son Liam.
Chef Alan Gibb
I didn’t know that Chef Alan Gibb was a relatively young man or that he was born in Aberdeen.
Alan registered with CIS when he finished at The Cluny in Forres back in the mid noughties. He was of a mind to do a bit of relief work, but picked up a head chef position at the City Inn in Glasgow before making his way back to Gleneagles.
Over the following years, we occasionally sent out via email to him for work references. Without fail, he would take the time to fill in the work reference answering honestly and send them back to us. I am sure we were one of many such requests that he would deal with in a busy day.
I still remember the name of the first chef we placed at Gleneagles, Rosemary Phelan, this would be back in 2000 or 2001 and when the ladies from HR at Gleneagles phoned me up, sitting in my back room in Glenmore on Skye, I was astounded that I was thought worthy of trying to find them chefs. The check stub was pinned up on the wall. We placed a few chefs at Gleneagles at that time.
Ten or so years later and we weren’t dealing with Gleneagles but a good young chef from Stranraer, Ryan McCutcheon, registered with CIS and I did up his CV and popped it over to Chef Gibb.
The HR department queried our 200 pound plus VAT fee. I emailed Chef Gibb and said it is ok, just leave the fee. He said no, if HR wouldn’t pay it, it would come out of his kitchen budget. HR paid the fee.
A man of decency and integrity in the small world of Scottish Hospitality.
Our sincere thoughts are with Alan’s wife Karen and son Liam.
Thursday 23rd June
As it stood we have over 60 chefs out working all over the UK.
Relief work remains busy as expected for this time of year.
In Wales we have had Al Manini working as well as Mark Belligham, Stuart Agnew will be moving from Cornwall to Wales, also we have Grant Buchanan in Cumbria at the Dovenby Hotel.
In Scotland Michael Njoroge at The Eden Court Theatre, Andras Rethi at The Old Manor along with Douglas ‘Denzil’ Gillies, Lillian Clarkson was over in Braemar and the Braemar Lodge and currently at The Nethy Bridge Hotel, David Ironside is working close to home at The Drovers Inn in Memus, Stuart MacColl finished his stint at The Nethy Bridge Hotel and is currently at Ardvasar Hotel with Calvin Jeff, Stuart Palmer was working a second stint at Loch Melfort, Steve Moffat also working in his home town at the Black Bull Hotel Lauder, Alan Baird was over in Stornoway the County Hotel where he will be going again after finishing at The Northern Hotel, Graeme Kennedy has been over at The Lodge at Carfraemill in the Borders, Richard Booth has been working weekends at the Gathering Place Bistro in Braemar and also working at The Cromdale Outdoor Centre near Grantown on Spey, Chris Roberti was over at The Hotel Hebrides and is now back at The Oban Caledonian Hotel, David Errington also help out for a couple of weeks at The Loch Melfort Hotel, Jason Paxton and Sarah Pozzi are working up on Skye at the Duisdale Hotel, Lisca Cample got on very well at Spean Bridge Hotel, Donald Haughey was at The Oban Caledonian and is now working at The Isles of Glencoe Hotel, Lewis Thomson finished a long stint at Fonab and is currently in Lockerbie at The Dryfesdale hotel, Philippe Alamichel was over in Inverness-shire at the Dores Inn then to The Clachan Inn in Drymen and is now going back to Knockomie House Hotel in Forres, Sebastian Luszczynski is at The Alexandr Hotel in Fort William.
There are lots more chefs out working and doing a great job.
Thanks all for all your hard work and continued support.
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