Monday 28th October
That is me now back in the office after being off on annual leave for a week. I spent my week with my partner in Marmaris, Turkey at the Golden Rock Beach Hotel and it was nice to take some time off to re-charge the batteries.
We enjoyed a boat trip out to a few of the smaller local islands and ate down at the Marina twice where we enjoyed some delicious fresh seafood. We were able to pick our own prawns and mussels and they were cooked to our liking; prawns in a garlic and chilli butter and the mussels were cooked in a white wine and cream sauce. We were given our own private balcony to enjoy our meal which was a nice touch with a view over the Marina.
The weather was hot, around 27-30 degrees most days, a cold week according to the locals. We had our hottest day on the Thursday that just sat above 30. Our hotel had a private beach which we preferred to the pool area and the sea was very calm and warm. We were all inclusive so enjoyed a buffet breakfast and lunch and we ate dinner in the hotel a few nights. They had a rotisserie area available most nights and some fresh seafood too but it can get repetitive eating in every night.
We walked along the beach front most nights as that was where most of the bars and restaurants were. Still rather warm in the evenings with hardly any breeze. The locals were friendly as were all the hotel staff which certainly makes your holiday more enjoyable.
We would definitely go back to our hotel as it was central to where we wanted to be, clean and the weather was great, despite it being October.
Now that our holiday is over, its time to focus on the next big event… Christmas! Dare I say it.
Jade Porteous
We currently have 64 relief chefs out working.
The availability of relief chefs is very good, the jobs coming in are slowing down and this is expected for the time of year.
We have been getting some bookings for over the festive period, if you are available to work please get in touch.
We are keen to meet chefs here in Moffat and we are available Tuesday to Friday just get in touch to check our availability.
We have been getting lots of CV’s sent out this week.
Jade will be back to work on Monday after having a lovely week off in the sun.
Here are some of the chefs we have out at the moment
David Carroll is at The Craig Manor Hotel in Windermere
Tomi Burns was at The Gathering Place Bistro in Braemar
Shaun Murray is just starting at Thainstone Events in Inverurie
Brian Ferguson is back at Inverlochy Castle
Craig Morris is at The Golf View Hotel in Nairn
Alan Roberts is at Leapark Hotel
Stuart Sullivan and Gian Devey are both at The Scores Hotel in St Andrews
Stephen Mcculloch is in Shetland at the Brae Hotel
Marc Wohner was at Auchen Castle
Richard Gunn, Jo Fenner and Andy Westwood are all at The Kings House Hotel in Glencoe
Alan Macpherson is at the Golf View Hotel in Nairn
To all of our relief chefs thanks for all your hard work and continued support 😊
Here are some things that might help to attract applicants:
Bonus suggestions for head chefs
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 have 78 relief chefs out working this week, the jobs coming in are steady.
Relief work will start to tail off as we get closer to the end October.
We are happy to get chefs registered but this will be for 2020 season which will begin in March.
We are going to be meeting a lot of chefs now the winter is here. If we have not met and you would like to come to Moffat for a chat about relief or permanent work we are available Tuesday to Friday 11am or 2pm.
Jade is on annual leave so Jessica and myself will be picking up junior recruitment, answering her emails and Facebook messages.
Chefs we have out working just now:
Rosie Robertson is filling in at The Fife Arms Turriff
Lee Donaghy is at The Bridge Hotel in Buttermere
Craig Morris is at The Old Manor Hotel in Lundin Links
Ryan Williamson is at The Inveraray Inn
Steve Lyall is at Killiecrankie Hotel in Perthshire
Sean Macgregor is at the Inch Hotel in Fort Augustus
Cheryl Radwell is at Kirkcudbright Bay Hotel
Leon Edgson is at Braeval Hotel in Nairn while helping at Rocpool Reserve 2 days per week
Richard Clark and Ben Mailer are both at The Rav in St Andrews.
Thanks to ALL our relief chefs for all your hard work and support
Thursday 17th October
As we approach the end of our third week in October and with Halloween and Christmas in sight, the work in the CIS office continues to come in. This week I have been starting to learn more about property within the CIS company. We have many properties throughout Dumfries and Galloway as well as the apartment in Spain. It is sometimes nice to take a break from Chef recruitment and focus myself on something else for a change.
Permanent jobs are still being registered and the CV’s are still coming in. There appears to be more chefs looking again as a lot of the seasonal jobs have now finished for the winter. However, with the Brexit deal hanging in the balance, many chefs who have come from abroad are now unsure of where their future stands here in the UK. We will soon see come the 31stof this month…
I will be on holiday for a week as of the end of today and will be back in the office on Monday the 28th. Jessica and Johanna will be picking up my emails and Facebook messages and will continue with the junior chef recruitment on my behalf.
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