Head chefs There are head chef candidates in central Scotland if paying good money in excess of £28,000 and upwards for head chef jobs.
In rural Scotland including Inverness and all the highlands and islands, there are a few head chefs and we advise offering accommodation with permanent head chef jobs to attract candidates. Otherwise you may have to wait some time until a relevant local candidate becomes available.
In rural Scotland and particular 2AA Rosette country house hotels relevant candidates are scarce. Skye, Shetland Islands and rural Argyll there are candidates if paying good money (about £35,000 for 2AA Rosette head chef)
Suggest paying £28,000 upwards to £40,000 according to requirements and demands of the job. Ideally we advise for a five day week and over-time paid on a pro rata basis for extra days worked and for hours in excess of 48 on a pro rata basis. Northumberland, Borders, Cumbria, Aberdeenshire, Dundee and East coast, and Perthshire there are quite a few Head Chefs registered.
The more central, the more candidates you will expect to get and the more rural, the harder it can get.
With all the social media currently available, many chefs are becoming very savvy about where they wish to work and establishments with records of poor chef retention may find it harder to attract good quality permanent candidates. Scotland is quite a small country.
For seasonal head chefs advise paying an hourly rate of pay of £14-£16 per hour with accommodation provided depending on location. This will attract candidates which may be of mixed quality.
Sous chefs If it is a live in position for 3 or 4 star hotel suggest paying £24,000 to £30,000.
In central areas such as Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth and Stirling can try live-out and there are a few relevant chefs. In rural Scotland, it can be harder to get candidates and there are very few candidates available depending on the package in place.
2AA Rosettes there are very few available. Suggest wages of £25,000 - £28,000 upwards to £30,000 for 3AA Rosette sous chef.
A good way to attract candidates is to pay hourly rates for every hour worked by chefs. For sous chefs suggest £12 to £14 per hour this will help to attract and retain good candidates. If paying salaried, we suggest five day week with overtime pro rata over 48 hours.
Chef de parties Availability is ok in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perthshire and central belt. Quality can be mixed. In rural Scotland with accommodation there are a few candidates if wages are decent, suggesting £9.50 to £11 per hour.
The availability of chefs who are looking for more rural jobs such as Fort William, Invernesshire and West Coast is poor although there may be some chefs looking for live in accommodation that may be happy to relocate.
If paying by salary £19,000 for a 45 hour week works out £8.11 an hour which is on the low side. Suggest paying up to £22,000 with live in accommodation at a small charge. We would hope you will get decent candidates with this.
Commis chefs Very few bodies available. Enclosed link to minimum wages. www.minimum-wage.co.uk/
Availability of Relief Chefs changes daily and we can advise.
I am a student at the University of Edinburgh studying
Business and Accounting. I was fortunate to spend my third year studying on
exchange at the University of Melbourne. I arrived home at the end of June and
was very grateful to have been offered a summer position at the Chefs In
Scotland Office before I start my fourth year in September. I grew up in
Moffat, where CIS is based, and so working here allows me to live at home, see
my family as well as earn some money - a necessity for any student!
Whilst on my summer placement I have worked on chef
recruitment, answering phones, emails, and sending out invoices as well as
working on projects set out by Michael.
These projects include the brewery, the Moffat Golf Club and helping
sort out the Financial Year End. Learning in a real business environment is
very different from learning at University, no text books involved and no
assignments!
We now have 79 relief chefs out working in Scotland which is
up on last years by 10 chefs.
There have been a few new chefs starting with us on relief,
if you are interested in doing any relief work please get in touch with a copy
of your updated CV and reference details and we will call you to get you
registered.
If you are a chef who is known to us and have any
availability or if you are relief chef out working and are due to finish then
please PM me or call with your finish dates.
We are still meeting chefs at our office in Moffat if you
want to make an appointment to discuss any work – just get in touch and we will
check our availability.
Carrying on with the other chefs I placed in June
Mark Shaw at Ramnee Hotel
Sean McCurrach at Dryburgh Abbey Hotel
George McCallum at Loch Melfort Hotel
Patrick Johnstone at Carfraemill Hotel
Kathryn Hill at Seaview Hotel
Craig Eggers at Fiddlers Music Bar and Bistro
Craig Brown at The Winnock Hotel
Mick Kitson at The Lodge on the Loch Aboyne
Seabastian Luszczynski at East Haugh House Hotel
Glyn Musker at Western Isles Hotel
Jason Paxton at Loch Insh Watersports Centre
Graham Smith at Scalloway Hotel
Gary Rodgers at Kingsmills Hotel
Alfie Cranwell at Royal Hotel
Stephen Kessell at Eden Court Theatre
Vladimir Sviridenko at Park Hotel
Ben Mailer at Scalloway Hotel
Kirsty Hamilton at Glengarry Castle Hotel
Ben Wright at Tongue Hotel
Ryan Williamson at Crusoe Hotel
Dixon Chireri at Old Manor Hotel
Ally Elder at Duisdale Hotel
Johan Sikkema at Carrbridge Kitchen
Alan Kaye at Glensander
Scott Bolton at Mustard Seed Restaurant
Peter Mallia at Buccleuch & Queensberry Hotel
Tim Morris at Three Lemons
Martin Furlong at The Links Hotel
David Ironside at The Links Hotel
Yousef Shengheer at Victoria’s Restaurant
Craig Brown at Ramnee Hotel
Stuart MacColl at Cross Keys Kelso
Blair Mackay at Mackays Hotel
Ricky Leyland at Stotfield Hotel
Mark Bellingham at Letterfinlay Lodge
John McCormick at Loch Melfort Hotel
Derrick Bartley at Queens Hotel
Daniel Haig at Kings House
Douglas Gillies at Gartmore House
Shaun Murray at Old Mill Inn
Stuart Palmer at Springkell House
Leslie Kehoe at Cressfield Hotel
Alan Anderson at Cawdor Bistro
Gary McGirr at Glengarry Castle Hotel
Jamie Atkinson at Tigh an Eilean Hotel
Stuart Agnew at Victoria Hotel
Kirsty Hamilton at Pierhouse Hotel
Robin McCrindle at The Wheatsheaf Hotel
Craig Eggers at The Rowantree Hotel
David Bedo at Dores Inn
Mick Kitson at Rothesay Rooms
Chris Roberti at Fishers Hotel
Steven Sinclair at Parkdean Holidays
Graham McLeish at Tigh and Eilean Hotel
Thanks to each and every one of you for all of your hard
work.
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