We are currently at 49 relief chefs out working in Scotland and North England. This is the highest since September 2020.
We are at 12 jobs confirmed for the week, so far ……….
We are still keen to see if there are any chefs that have availability, If you have please pop over your CV to jojo@chefsinscotland.co.uk or call 01683 222830
We have a couple of permanent placements also for the week 😊
Here are a few chefs we have out just now
Colin Thomson is booked out at the Glengarry Castle in Invergarry as sous Chef
James Finlayson is down in Dumfries helping at an event at the Easterbrook Hall
Carlos Noriega new to relief is at Hotel Eilean Iarmain in Skye
Carrie-Ann Mckenzie and David Low are at Mhor 84 in Balquidder
Lorne Brown is back at The Calley Palace in Gatehouse of Fleet
Nadia Sergejeva is at The Winnock Hotel in Drymen
Anthony Howard will be finishing at Friars Carse to take up a permanent position in Edinburgh
Stuart Agnew is at The Ardfin Estate on the Isle of Jura
Dougie Gillies celebrates his birthday in Tobermory still working away at The Western Isles Hotel
Mark Shaw has been extended another couple of months at Altskeith Country House in Stirlingshire
Thanks to ALL our relief chefs out working and waiting to start jobs we appreciate your support 😊
We have 43 relief chefs out working in Scotland and North England with 19 jobs confirmed for the week so far 😊
We have had 21 adverts placed also this week and a few CV’s out a permanent placement and some interviews arranged.
We currently have 35 jobs still waiting to be filled, slowly they have been coming off this list but more have been registered.
We can only do what we can do and some of the chefs are not as well known to us as others.
Here are a few chefs we have out just now
Ryan Williamson is at Kinloch Lodge in Skye
Marc Taylor just finishing at Ednam House and is heading to the Cairngorms to visit some friends before another stint at The Cairngorm Hotel
Stuart MacColl is at The Sure Hotel / Dryfesdale Hotel in Lockerbie
Glyn Musker has been extended at The Clachan Grill in Ballater
Ross Hunter is at the Schloss Roxburghe Hotel in the Borders
Gary Tedfrod in in Carlilse at The Cumbrian Park Hotel
Carrie-Ann McKenzie new to CIS all excellent feed back from her 1st job out with us from Pebbles Spa and is not fitting in really well at Mhor 84.
As I am writing this I have got another 2 adverts and relief jobs confirmed so I’ll cut it short and get on with placing chefs 😊
You are all brilliant and we appreciate all that you do x
We have managed to maintain the amount of relief chefs out work at 39. We have managed to get 7 jobs confirmed.
Dribs and drabs of chefs becoming available some who are well known to us and some who are new.
If you are a chef who is well known to us and has availability, please get in touch even if it is just a few days it may be really helpful to give another chef a few days off.
I will be off Friday and Monday but Michael will be in 10am to 12 noon and 2pm to 4pm.
Here are a few we have out working
Gordon Murphy is at The Black Bull in Lowick and has been offered the permanent Head Chef job.
Marc Taylor finished at Nevis Bank Inn, he travelled to do a little wild camping and popped his head in at The Kinloch Lodge where he has worked on relief and then made his way down to Kelso to work at Ednam House.
Scott MacIntyre finished his stint at Kames Hotel and is now at Fishers Hotel in Pitlochry.
Glyn Musker is back on the circuit and is up in Ballater at The Clachan Grill with head chef Barry Owen.
Wojciech Pajdosz has been asked to stay longer at Glenmoriston Town House in Inverness.
James Finlayson who we dealt with at The Scores Hotel has also joined CIS and is at The Old manor Hotel.
Sean Angus who stays in Stornoway is at The Harris Hotel
There are a few chefs just starting jobs in the next day or so, I hope you have a safe journey and settle in to the new relief job well.
Thank you to ALL our chefs for your support and hard work 😊 xx Stay Safe
We currently have 39 relief chefs out working, 6 jobs confirmed for the week so far.
We still have lots of permanent positions available on our website www.chefsinscotland.co.uk
If you are a chef who is looking at doing relief work then please email over your CV and reference details to jojo@chefsinscotland.co.uk
Here are a few chefs we have out at the moment
Gordon Murphy is at The Black Bull Hotel in Lowick, Northumberland
Ally Brown is back at The Kames Hotel in Tighnabruich, Scott Macintyre and Shaun Murray have both just finished.
Mark Shaw is at The Altskeith Country House in Stirlingshire
Robert Mckillop is at Falls of Dochart Inn in Stirlingshire
Michael Njoroge is commuting daily to Portnacraig Hotel
Peter Carr is back on the circuit and is at The Kylesku Hotel in the Highlands
Frank Davie is at The Cairngorm Hotel in Aviemore
John Taylor is at The Grant Arms Hotel in Grantown on Spey
Stephen Flindall is at The Glen Nevis Holidays in Fort William
Stuart MacColl is at The Sure Hotel in Lockerbie
Thanks you each and everyone of all our relief chefs, your hard work and support is really appreciated 😊 xx
We currently have 42 relief chefs out working as at today.
I am off tomorrow and Monday so Michael will be in both days with Kayleigh in on Monday for a couple of hours also.
We are keen to see if you have any availability for relief work as we still have a number of jobs on our list.
Drop me an email jojo@chefsinscotland.co.uk or call 01683 222830.
Here are a few new chefs we have out working for us on relief
Donald Morrison joined us in May and went to The Bridge of Orchy Hotel as Chef de Partie, Donald used to work for the SEC in Glasgow, he finished there on the 18th June to go down to work at Wimbledon and is due to go back to the Bridge of Orchy Hotel.
Philip Robertson went to The Lovat Loch Ness as Chef de Partie for a couple of weeks, he has worked in a variety of establishments mainly short-term contracts.
Adam Kaczalski was kept busy during lock down working in takeaways in Aberdeen until he decided he would like to try out relief work, he was placed at The Old Manor Hotel in early June and is currently still there.
Gillet Libadau was a Head Chef over in Berwick upon Tweed for many years, he took on the Relief Sous Chef role at Balcary Bay Hotel on the 3rd June and is currently still working away.
Lee Robertson went over to help Yan at The Sea Salt Bistro in Islay and was extended, Lee was offered a contract over in Norway which he will start late July / early Aug.
Gary Tedford took up his role as relief Chef de Partie at The Loch Melfort Hotel and is getting on excellent and has been extended.
Robert McHugh worked a 4 week stint at The Duisdale Hotel (with excellent feedback) and has now taken a permanent position close to home.
Mike Struthers who we dealt with for many years as head chef at Tilmouth Park, he is currently at The Old Manor Hotel where he finishes on Friday then is off to help a friend in need.
Grant MacPherson also known to us from years ago is at Mhor 84 as Relief Head Chef and is 2 weeks into his 4 week stint.
Martin Ross is in Skye at The Isle Ornsay Hotel (we look forward to more pictures and updates of Life on Skye)
That’s to all our new and long standing relief chefs 😊
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