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Opening Stock plus purchases - closing stock =
cost of goods sold
to work out Gross Profit %
(Sales - Cost of goods Sold) divided by Sales = then multiply by 100 to get the
Gross Profit %
Eg:
(100 - 30) = 70 divided by 100 = .7 x 100 = 70%
We currently have 36 relief chefs out working. Relief this week has been quieter but unfortunately, it’s that time of year.
We have had a few more jobs in for over the festive period, if you can let me know what your availability is for over this period by private messaging me.
We have our Christmas opening times confirmed and these will be posted next week.
I will be popping along to The Lowand Brewery and Black Bull Hotel’s 1st Birthday party where we will get to try the new beer “Santa’s Little Belta”. If you are near Moffat then why not pop in and give it a try, it’s on from 7pm.
Here are some chefs we currently have out
Alan Macpherson is back at Eden Court after celebrating his grandson’s 1st birthday 😊
Norbert Waniek is finishing today at the Golf View Hotel
Roddy Mackinnon is at the County Hotel in Stornoway
Paul Nisbet is also at Eden Court
Tim Morris is back at Perth Racecourse
Ross Hunter is at Columba Hotel in Oban
George McCallum is back in Shetland at the Scalloway Hotel
Michael George is at Ailean Chraggan in Perthshire
Taylor Mcfarlane is at the Pinetrees Hotel
Thanks to ALL of our chefs 😊
We currently have 40 relief chefs out working and 12 relief jobs confirmed for the week so far.
This week has been a good week for hits with 3 permanent placements.
We are still looking for some of our chefs to get in touch with their festive availability. Double time is payable on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
I was off for just under 2 weeks and it was nice to recharge the batteries, I was down in Cockermouth for a hen weekend, we rented a large country house with a hot tub and BBQ hut, it was lovely and the weather was kind to us too!!
I then went to Benidorm for the annual Fiesta Festival we arrived on Tuesday and the big British Fancy Dress is on the Thursday, this year our theme was Braveheart 😊 We went our for a few nice meals in the Old Town where there was lots of fish, seafood and steaks it was all lovely. We arrived back in a very cold Glasgow on Sunday.
Jessica is finishing up today for 2 weeks, she is off to NEW YORK NEW YORK to spend time with her family who moved there a few months ago. Jade and myself have already put our order in for Cannoli’s from Carlos’s Bakery……………………..
Here are some of the chefs we have out working now
Daniel Haig has now finished at The Lovat and went to the Inch Hotel for a few days as Sous Chef
Dale Paton is at Tontine Hotel in Peebles
Jo Fenner is back at The Comrie Hotel
Colin Thomson is at Etive Care Home near Oban
Craig Morris and Virginijus Tiskus are both at The Fife Arms in Braemar
James Pratt is in Aberdeen at the Fishmarket @ Soul
Steve Cameron is at The Classroom in Nairn
Stuart MacColl and Shaun Murray are at Thainstone Events in Inverurie
Sarah Pozzi is at The Ship Inn in Elie
Just want to say hope Denzil is feeling better and on the mend soon
Thanks to ALL our relief chef for all your hard work and support 😊
On Saturday, myself and my partner visited Six by Nico in Edinburgh. The theme this time was 'Mad Hatters Tea Party'. I am a big Alice in Wonderland fan so I was really excited to try this menu! We were visiting for the opening of the Christmas Markets so this fitted in nicely with our trip.
We currently have 41 chefs out working all over Scotland and North England. We have 7 jobs confirmed so far for the week.
If you are happy to work Christmas and New Year (double time is payable both days) please get in touch to let us know.
There are some relief jobs coming in, but it is much quieter which is what we expect for the time of year.
Here are some of the chefs we have out working now:
Stuart Sullivan who is new to us this year is at The Scores Hotel where he has been working for the last few weeks.
Stephen Mcculloch is up in Shetland working at The Brae Hotel.
George Mccallum is finishing up at the Waterside Inn in Peterhead.
Bobby Ainsworth is at The Loch Ness Inn for the second time this year.
Andy Westwood and Scott Macintyre are working at The Kings House in Glencoe.
Al Mancini is working at Saorsa which is a vegan restaurant in Pitlochry.
Jason Paxton is finishing up at Skeabost this week.
Scott Mckie is at The Inverary Inn.
Norbert Waniek is at the Golf View Hotel in Nairn.
Thanks to all our chefs for your hard work and continued support 😊
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