As I prepare to go to New York at the end of this week I have been trying to sort out a brief itinerary for the 5 nights that we are there. One of the main sights I am keen on seeing is the 9/11 memorial and the Empire State building. I am a big fan of Friends, so I have always wanted to see the building that they stay in, even though the series was filmed in LA. We are staying just a street away from Times Square, so we are very central to all the sights. Myself and my boyfriend are big foodies so we are very keen to try as many restaurants/ styles of food as we can during our stay. There are two main foods I want to try; one is a proper New York Bagel and the other is a corn dog. I am also very keen to visit China Town to try some authentic cuisine. The weather is very cold now and it has been lightly snowing over the weekend which I am very excited for as I have always wanted to visit New York in the snow. We also plan to either visit Jersey Gardens or Woodbury Commons for a spot of shopping during our stay.
If anyone has any sights or restaurants that they can recommend, then please let me know! We like all types of food. We plan to visit Gallaghers Steakhouse for my birthday which is on Saturday, they have a 3-course lunch time deal which looks really good, so we are excited to try this too, and possibly a few cocktails to celebrate too.
The CIS team all helped me celebrate early on Saturday as I had my 21st party at Hugo’s here in Moffat. A great night had by all and just the start of the celebrations.
We have had a few more jobs confirmed this week on relief. We still have 26 chefs out working all over Scotland which is the same as last year.
We are happy to meet new relief chefs here in Moffat if you would like to arrange please get in touch to check our availability.
Jessica and Jade have been getting lots of CV’s sent out and interviews arranged which will see lots of permanent placements being made 😊
Here are the chefs we have out working
Alan Macpherson is at Eden Court
Dave McConnachie is at Cuillinhills Hotel
Paul Nisbet is at Eden Court
Ian Godfrey is at Deans of Huntly
Ross Hunter is at Thainstone House
James Avery at Stonefield Castle
John Cameron is at Three Lemons
James Pratt is at Isles Inn
Jason Paxton is at Old Manor Hotel
Andrew Kelso is at The Fat Pheasant
Stuart Sullivan is at Tontine Hotel
Daniel Haig is at Stonefield Castle
Pat Johnstone is at Inveraray Inn
Ally Elder is at Banff Springs Hotel
Bobby Bessant is at Cove Bay Hotel
Stuart Maccoll is at Nethy Bridge Hotel
Michael George is at Townhouse Melrose
Shaun Murray is at Thainstone Events
John Cowie is at The Lerwick Hotel
Jo Anne Fenner is at Comrie Hotel
Peter Pete Hard Core Norrie is at The Kastille
Lee Pattie is at Scalloway Hotel
Roddy Mackinnon is at The County Hotel
Pawel Halicki is at Kinloch Lodge
Dale Paton is at Knockomie Inn
James McPherson is at Isle Ornsay Hotel
Thanks to all our relief chef for your support and hard work
We currently have 26 relief chefs out working all over Scotland
6 confirmed for the week so far.
The relief work coming in a quiet as expected for the time of year.
Happy to meet chefs here in Moffat if you would like to discuss relief work further. Just get in touch to check our availability.
Here are a few chefs we have out
Patrick Johnstone is over at the Inveraray Inn
Geoffrey Mshila is finishing his 2 week stint at The Isle Ornsay Hotel
Chris Wright is at The Old Manse of Blair
Ally Elder is at Banff Springs Hotel
Jessica Bell is at The Fife Arms Braemar
Jim Miller is at The Milton Inn
Bobby Bessant is at Cove Bay Hotel
Stuart MacColl is at Nethy Bridge Hotel
Glenn Richards is at The Waterside Hotel, Peterhead
Thanks to all our relief chef for your hard work and support we really do appreciate it 😊
Monday 6th January 2020
The first out and about of 2020.
We currently have 31 relief chefs still out working which is just slightly down on this time last year which was 33.
We are expecting a busy week next week when we will be open from 8.30am-5pm all week as normal and Jade is in the office tomorrow from 10am – 12.30pm.
Here are a few chefs we have out working on relief now:
Jason Paxton is at The Ardlui Hotel then heading over to The Old Manor Hotel in Lundin Links.
Blair Mackay is at the Thainstone House in Inverurie working with Gordon Smillie the head chef.
James Avery is at Stonefield Castle in Loch Fyne.
John Cameron is going back to the 3 Lemons in Aberfeldy.
James Pratt is at The Isles Inn in Portree in Skye.
Tim Morris is at The Pinetrees Hotel in Pitlochry
Stephen McCulloch is at Scotland’s Hotel, also in Pitlochry.
Thank you for all your hard work and continued support. Happy New Year to you all and all the very best for 2020.