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Out and about Friday 27th July

We have over 70 chefs out working, 20 chefs booked out this week so far.

We have a very large list of jobs needing filled, I update this list regular so if you just let me know which number you would like more details on I will either call or PM you with them. If you are a new chef looking to register for relief work we ask that you email over your updated CV and contactable work references.

We have been meeting relief chefs also so if you want to set up an informal meeting please get in touch for our availability.

Chefs out working are

Tom Williams, Michal Mozdzen and James McInally are at Dalhousie Castle in Bonnyrigg

Robin McCrindle is at Inverlochy Castle

Jim Miller is at Portavadie

Bobby Ainsworth is at Bakur Bar

Johan Sikkema is at Carrbridge Kitchen

Craig Morris is just finishing at Deeside Inn and heading to The Glenburn Hotel

James Hardy and Scott Bolton are both at Glenburn Hotel

Jonny Lewis is at Deeside Inn

Tim morris is at Go Glasgow Urban Hotel

Steve Ali is at The Kastille

Ionel Rizea is at Mackays Hotel

Thanks to everyone for all your hard work we have been getting some excellent feed back 😊

Last week in the CIS office.

Now that the brewery is close to completion I will be moving out of the Chefs In Scotland office and into the Brewery in Lockerbie full time. From the 1^st of August my desk will be occupied by Jade who the girls in the office will train up to take over junior chef recruitment.

When I started at Chefs In Scotland I wasn’t expecting to do much chef recruitment but as things worked out with the brewery and waiting for various council departments to process us I have been talking to chefs left right and centre!

Initially I was doing more of the admin work; producing invoices, calling references, some filing and interviewing chefs on the phone. As time went on the girls taught me how to search for chefs in our database and how to find the right chefs for each job. In October last year I placed my first chef at Monachyle Mhor in Perthshire. As 2018 kicked off I developed my own way of trying to place chefs; rather than look through the database for the right chef for a job I would look for a good chef then find them a job that suits. With my new technique I began placing more chefs. In total there are almost 30 chefs still working at hotels and restaurants that I have placed.

I am ready to move to the brewery now for a new challenge. It has been great getting to know our regular chefs and meeting some of the ones who popped down to Moffat. I never thought that I would learn so much about the hospitality industry!

Out and about 15th June 2018

With over 80 chefs out working I am getting closer to my 100 chefs out working at once 😊

We have been busy again in the office this week with 20 + adverts being placed 20 + relief chefs out and 5 permanent chefs placed.

We are meeting chefs again we are available Tuesday AM or PM Wednesday AM or Thursday AM or PM. Feel free to get in touch if you are looking to have a chat regarding relief work or senior permanent positions.

Here are a few chefs we have placed at the end of May…………………….

Taylor McFarlane at Fife Arms Turriff

Ally Brown at Balmacara Hotel

James McInally at Old Mill Inn Pitlochry

Karl Becker Glenmoriston Arms

John Tyson at Oban Bay Hotel

Adam Glover at The Granary Restaurant

Michael Njororge at Tormaukin Hotel

Leon Sinclair at Inn at Ardgour

Ally Elder at Dalhousie Castle

Jim Miller at Pentland View Care Home

Chris Wright at Letterfinlay Lodge

Stuart Agnew at Scripture Union at Lendrickmuir

Dmitrij Cvilij at Saucy Mary’s in Skye

Mick Kitson at Buccleuch and Queensberry Hotel

Richard Clark at Moorings Hotel Fort William

Zander Yule at Old Manor Hotel

Yousef Shengheer at La Piazza and Victoria’s Restaurant

Sebastian Held at Deeside Inn

Mark Shaw at Lomond Hills Hotel

Sarah Pozzi at Carfraemill Hotel

Most chefs are known to us and some are not – we have been getting some excellent feedback from establishments – keep up the good work 😊

Back at it after two weeks of Scottish sun.

It has been a busy couple of days back at the office this week after my two week holiday.

I spent my time off entertaining some of my Canadian friends who had come over to visit me. I decided that it would be good to show them as much of Scotland as possible as it was their first trip here.

We started off on the island of Gigha off the Mull of Kintyre: it is a beautiful 6 mile long island and has one of our clients- The Boathouse- a few hundred yards from the ferry. The food was excellent!

The next stop was Arran, and after a very brief night we left thanks to an ignorant campsite owner!

On to Aberfeldy we went passing a few more of our clients; The Bridge of Lochay hotel, The Waterfront at Kenmore and the Three Lemons in Aberfeldy. After a couple of nights there we went onto Dundee and then to Perth for a volleyball tournament.

We ate at a Mexican restaurant in Perth with a large group of my volleyball friends from back in my uni days, it took 2 hours to get our food! But thankfully we had good enough company to not notice the wait too much!

After Perth we had another brief stop in Aberfeldy before going onto the Isle of Skye. We stayed at the campsite at the Sligachan hotel and had a great couple of days on Skye.

On the journey back to Moffat we passed a few more hotels that use us for chefs, the Drovers Inn and the Ardlui hotel on Loch Lomond side.

The weather was beautiful for the two weeks we were exploring and it definitely gave my Canadian friends a false impression of Scotland but it was great fun!

Now I’m back we are pushing on with the brewery and the chef recruitment office seems even busier than before.