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 1st 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!
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