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Out and About 6th November

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 31^st 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

Out and About Friday 23rd October

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 😊

Out and About Friday 16th October.

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 31^st 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 😊

Out and about 9th October 2020

We still have 30 relief chefs out working this figure has held up quite well.

There have been only 4 relief jobs confirmed for the week so far.

It is the annual CIS Golf Competition this weekend, it will be nice to see some familiar faces 😊

Here are some of the chefs we have out working

Ally Brown at Kenmore hotel he is starting today at 10am

Dave Mcconnachie at Stonefield Castle in Loch Fyne

Leon Edgson at Ness Walk in Inverness

Lee Tomlinson is still working a few days per week at The Collingwood arms

Craig Wood at The Isles Inn in Portree

Jordan Drysdale at Balcary Bay Hotel

Robin McCrindle has just finished at The Gables in Gretna

Chloe Hay and Corno Cloete are both still at The Blue Bell Inn

Martin Kelly is at The Kinloch Lodge in Skye

Andy Westwood also at The Balcary Bay Hotel

Michael Njoroge is at The Bridge Hotel in Buttermere

Trevor Williams is at Duisdale and Colin Nicolson has mainly been working at Toravaig in Skye they welcomed new permanent Sous chef Thom O’Sullivan at the beginning of October

Lisa Campbell has also accepted the permanent sous chef position at Skeabost Hotel

All in all everyone is getting on well and work hard. Thanks to you all for your support at these difficult times.

Stay Safe 😊 x