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Out and About 12th May

We currently have 73 relief chefs out working.

The availability of chefs is quite tight as you would expect for the time of year.

If you are looking for work, please email over your CV to either ruth@chefsinscotland.co.uk or jojo@chefsinscotland.co.uk

Rates of pay for relief – Head Chef £22 p/h, Sous Chef £20 p/h and CDP £18 p/h PAYE or invoice direct (must be self employed registered) – all chefs must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Accommodation is provided to you at no charge, if accommodation is not available you will be paid daily return travelling expenses.

Working a minimum of 40 hours per week over 5 days or if single days minimum of 8 hours per day.

Here are a few chefs out working just now

Ross Hunter has extended at Rowardennan hotel, Drymen

John McCormick is finishing his 2 week stint at The Buchanan Arms, Drymen

Michael George is at The Shapwells Hotel, near Penrith

Martin Ross is at SU Scotland, near Aviemore

Nadia Sergejeva is at The Cairngorm Hotel

Frances Dunlop is at The Harris Hotel

Andy Westwood has just finished his 6 week stint at The Bootleggers/Bothy Bistro in Burghead

Chris Daily has just finished at The Mishnish, working with Ross Caithness

Sam Carswell is still at The Raasay Distillery

Lukas Kommy is getting on well at The Skeabost Hotel and will likely be extended

Steve Lyall getting on excellent at Greshornish House, Isle of Skye

Dougie Gillies headed up to Isle of Harris to work at The Borve Lodge for 6 weeks

Taylor McFarlane has extended his time at Stobo Castle, Peebles

Nastasia Costinea is at The Kirktown Garden Centre, Stonehaven

Thank you to all our chefs your support and hard

Out and About 5th May

We currently have 68 relief chefs out working with 25 relief jobs confirmed for the week so far.

If you are looking for work, please email over your CV to either ruth@chefsinscotland.co.uk or jojo@chefsinscotland.co.uk

Rates of pay for relief – Head Chef £22 p/h, Sous Chef £20 p/h and CDP £18 p/h PAYE or invoice direct (must be self employed registered) – all chefs must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Accommodation is provided to you at no charge, if accommodation is not available you will be paid daily return travelling expenses.

Working a minimum of 40 hours per week over 5 days or if single days minimum of 8 hours per day.

Here are a few chefs out working just now

Glen Cameron has been extended at The Bank in Huntly

John McCormick is at the Buchanan Arms, Drymen

Marius Spanu is at Tigh an Eilean Hotel, Strathcarron

David Parry is at The Royal Scots Club, Edinburgh

Alicia Englefield is coming to the end of her extended contract at Toravaig Hotel, Isle of Skye

Ross Caithness and Chris Daily are both at The Mishnish, Tobermory

Keren Tweedie is at The Station Hotel, Portsoy

Juanvi Salelles and Stuart MacColl are at The Glencoe Inn

Leon edgson is still at The Oban Bay hotel

Prakash Srinivasan finished his stint at The Porter House Restaurant, Inverurie

Both Scott Maciejewski and Tony Vinter have extended their time at Kinloch Lodge, Isle of Skye

Thank you to all our chefs your support and hard work is much appreciated 😊

Chef Recruitment from Overseas

“Chefs In Scotland is pleased to announce, that in collaboration with Vira International of India, we are looking to recruit Indian Chefs to work in the UK.

In the mid 2000’s CIS also brought over many quality chefs through Vira International.

Conditions do apply but if they are met, what we found was that the Chefs who came over had excellent training in 4 and 5 star establishments and were stickers, usually remaining in the same place for many years.

Vira International are hugely experienced in this field.

Ideally, you will have the sponsorship license and we will do all the rest.

This is a reasonably costly process but please do contact me for a quote or to discuss the process and or to register your position with us.

Recruitment costs are a percentage of salary and are as follows:

£26,000 to £35,000 is 12%

£35,000 to £50,000 is 13%

The whole process takes on average 12 to 16 weeks depending on how quickly the home office is working.

These positions are from chef de partie upwards and a minimum wage of £26,200 for a 45 hour week will apply.

We will then, with Vira, suggest the best candidate for your position.”

Please feel free to contact me for further information or to talk through your requirements.

Ruth – 07565 989429

ruth@chefsinscotland.co.uk

Prices

16th April 2023

Chefs In Scotland has been offering the same 3 services since 2001 which is when our first website went live, 3 years after starting out on the journey of self-employment.
We had placed our first relief chef a year earlier in 2000, up to Tongue Hotel. We didn’t charge for that first one.
By the end of the year 2000 we were charging £50 plus VAT per week for a temp placement, up to a maximum of 6 weeks. The early rates for temp chefs were £8 to £8.50 per hour which was quite a lot back then.
Not a huge amount has changed since, we offer adverts on the CIS website, where candidates can apply directly to the jobs.
We also can try to source chefs for you if the job is doable.
For All New Relief jobs registered from tomorrow, Monday the 17th of April, the rates payable directly to the Relief Chef are going up until the end of October 2023.
Rates are £18 for Chef de partie
£20 for Sous Chef
And £22 for Head Chef.
The rate that CIS charges is also going up for new jobs registered from tomorrow, Monday the 17th of April. We will charge £70 plus VAT per week to a maximum of 10 weeks.
The price of adverts and permanent placements will remain the same for now.
Lowland Brewing, which is mostly owned by CIS, did it’s last brew yesterday, a new one called “Lockerbie 80”
It will be wound down and it’s last day of trading will be the 30th of June 2023.
Cheers
Michael

Out and About Friday 14th April

We have 53 relief chefs currently out working

17 relief jobs confirmed for the week so far…. And a couple of permanent placements too 😊

If you are looking to join #TEAMCIS then please email over your CV and references to jojo@chefsinscotland.co.uk or call 01683 222830

Rates of pay for relief – Head Chef £21 p/h, Sous Chef £19 p/h and CDP £17 p/h PAYE or invoice direct (must be self employed registered) – all chefs must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Accommodation is provided to you at no charge, if accommodation is not available you will be paid daily return travelling expenses.

Working a minimum of 40 hours per week over 5 days or if single days minimum of 8 hours per day.

Relief work is a great way to see Scotland and some of England, you get to meet some great folk and friendships are then made and will last a life time 😊

Here are a few chefs we have out just now

Ally Mcgeachy is at the Lord of the Isles hotel and has been extended for a further 2 weeks

Fraser Dingwall is at The Oyster Inn, Connell

Derrick Bartley is up in Harris at The Harris Hotel

Leon edgson has also been extended at The Oban Bay Hotel

Juanvi Salelles is at The Glencoe Inn

Brian Ferguson is at Duisdale Hotel in Skye

Steve Lyall is at Greshornish House in Skye

Paul Wilkinson is at The Alexandra Hotel in Fort William

Philippe Alamichel is at The Glenesk Hotel, Edzell

James Naylor is at Thainston House Hotel in Inverurie

Thanks to ALL our Relief Chef for your hard work and support 😊 xx

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