I hope everyone is settling back in to work and for those not opening until the 17th May I hope all preparations are in hand and coming along nicely.
We currently have 7 relief jobs confirmed for the week so far with a few pending. There are currently 18 relief chefs out working all over Scotland.
A few permanent placements this week (some are on 1 week trials) and plenty adverts being placed.
The availability of relief chefs remains pretty tight, if you are a chef who is known to us then please email a copy of your up to date CV to jojo@chefsinscotland.co.uk
Here are a few chefs we have out just now
Dougie Gillies is up in Ullapool at the Ceilidh Place as relief Breakfast Chef
Patrick Johnstone is heading to Skye to got to the Skeabost Hotel as Relief Chef de Partie
Keren Tweedie is down in Dumfries and Galloway at The Springkell as Relief Sous Chef
Kirsty Hamilton is over in Port Appin at The Creagan Inn as Relief Sous Chef
Ally Brown is in Tighnabruich at The Kames Hotel as Relief Chef de Partie
Sarah Pozzi is also on Skye at The Kinloch Lodge Hotel as Relief Chef de Partie
Tim Morris is at The Old Manse of Blair as Relief Head Chef
Ollie Rankin is back helping at The Drovers Inn as Relief Chef de Partie
George McCallum is at The Clachan Inn in Aberdeenshire as Relief Sous Chef
Craig Eggers is in Portpatrick at The Old Colfin Creamery as Relief Chef de Partie
Bobby Ainsworth is at the Royal Golf Hotel in Dornoch as Relief Head Chef
Stuart Agnew is at The Airds Hotel in Port Appin as Relief Sous Chef
Thank you to all our chefs for your hard work and support 😊
We still have 5 chefs out working, no chefs recruitment hits this week unfortunately ☹.
We have been selling lots of beer both from Well Street in Moffat and deliveries.
I am on holiday from tonight and I will return back to work on Tuesday 8th December. Michael will be looking after Chefs In Scotland if you need to get in touch with him please email Michael@chefsinscotland.co.uk he will also be busy with the Brewery.
This has certainly been a very strange time for everyone, we really appreciate ALL of your support and hard work 😊
Stay safe everyone x
We have got 10 chefs still out working in Scotland and 2 permanent head chef jobs advertised both for Aberdeenshire.
We are also selling Michael’s book Chopped Parsely….. anyone that would like a copy please drop us a message it is £7.00 posted to anywhere the UK.
We also have cases of beer from Lowland Brewing 12 x 500ml bottles (Dryfe Blonde, Twa Dugs and Rabbies Drouth) £24.00 and can be delivered locally at no charge. £40 to be delivered anywhere in the UK.
We also have nice gift boxes that hold 3 x 500ml bottles and either a pint or ½ pint glass £12 - these are available for delivery in Lockerbie or Moffat and in between.
Anyone buying a case of 12 bottles or 2 x gift boxes up until 31st December 2020 will be entered in to our competition for 1 week’s free accommodation at our apartment in Nerja anytime in 2021 (depending on availability).
To place an order you can PM me, email jojo@chefsinscotland.co.uk or call 01683 222830.
Here are the 10 chefs we have out working and still charging for
Robert Mckillop is at Deans of Huntly as head chef
Gordon Smillie is at The Shieldaig Lodge in Ross-shire as sous chef
Ed Stankaitis is at The Scores Hotel in St Andrews acting head chef then moving down to sous chef
Douglas Gillies is at The Kenmore Hotel as Sous Chef, finishing this weekend
Dave Mcconnachie is at Stonefield Castle as CDP/Breakfast chef
Jason Paxton is at Friars Carse Hotel in Dumfriesshire as CDP
Tony Orr is also at The Kenmore Hotel as CDP, also due to finish next week
Craig Wood is at The Isle Inn in Portree as sous chef
Martin Kelly is at The Kinloch Lodge in Skye as CDP
Trevor Williams is at The Duisdale Hotel in Skye
Thanks to you ALL for your hard work and support
Stay Safe 😊 x
We currently have 24 relief out working, with no jobs confirmed this week so far.
Just got a job in for Stonehaven and working on getting a local chef …………………….
Here are all the chefs we have had out since coming out of lockdown (75 in total)
Dave Mcconachie, Glyn Musker, Peter Norrie, Alan MacPherson, Stuart MacColl, Michael Njoroge, Damian Bolton, Daniel Haig, Alan Rennie, Colin Thomson, Ally Brown, Martin Kelly, Jo Fenner, Julian Robinson, Jason Keenan, Barry Owen, Ryan Williamson, Dino Magnotta, Ally McGeachy, Lisa Campbell, Craig Eggers, Ed Stankaitis, Chloe Hay, Glenn Richards, Ionel Rizea, Norbert Waniek, Kevin Berry, Ian Godfrey, Patrick Johnstone, Vytis Baltrunas, Lee Tomlinson, Trevor Williams, Douglas Gillies, Phil Smith, Paul Hackland, Derrick Bartley, Michael George,, Paddy Farren, Colin Galway, Mark Shaw, Lorne MacDougall, Colin Thomson, Reece Watkins, Steven Mathieson, Leslie Kehoe, Ezekiel Ochieng, Tim Morris, Martin Ewart, Lukasz Kranz, Chris Hetherington, Lee rodger, Ally Elder, Nadia Sergejeva, Corno Cloete, Martin Nel, Brian Murphy, Steven Gannon, Graeme Kennedy, Jason Paxton, Andy Spence, Leon Edgson, Gordon Smillie, Mark Bellingham, Richard Wire, Bobby Ainsworth, Ollie Rankin, Andy Westwood, Robert McKillop, Robin McCrindle, Richard MacPherson, Tony Orr, James McPherson, Ben Donaldson, Jordan Drysdale, Craig Wood.
Thanks to you all for your hard work and continued support
Stay Safe 😊
The availability of work coming in is poor, we do however still have 29 relief chefs out working and have confirmed 5 jobs this week. Fingers crossed for another couple today.
We are also selling Michael’s book Chopped Parsely….. anyone that would like a copy please drop us a message it £7.00 posted to the UK.
We also have cases of beer from Lowland Brewing 12 x 500ml bottles (Dryfe Blonde, Twa Dug’s and Rabbies Drouth) £24.00 and can be delivered locally at no charge. £40 to be delivered anywhere in the UK.
We have also got nice gift boxes that hold 3 x 500ml bottles and either a pint or ½ pint glass £12 - these are available for delivery in Lockerbie or Moffat and in between
Anyone buying a case of 12 bottles of 2 x gift boxes up until 31st December 2020 will be entered in to our competition for 1 week’s free accommodation at our apartment in Nerja.
To place an order you can PM me, email jojo@chefsinscotland.co.uk or call 01683 222830. (Michael usually delivers on a Wednesday and Saturday)
Back to our chefs……………………
Here are a few we have out at the moment
Gordon Smillie is at thh Shieldaig Lodge in Ross-shire
Kevin Berry and Ed Stankaitis are both at The Scores Hotel in St Andrews
Douglas Gillies is back the The Kenmore Hotel as Sous Chef and Tony Orr has just been extended
Norbert Waniek is still at The Glenburn Hotel
Barry Owen is at The Stonefield Castle
Derrick Bartley still at The Cairngorm Hotel
Michael George also still at The Ben Nevis Hotel
Thanks to ALL our chefs for your hard work and support
Stay Safe 😊
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