Head chefs
If paying good money and in a central location such as Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, Dundee, Aberdeen and Perth the availability of head chefs is good, basically, the more central and the larger local population the better availability
What is good money for a head chef? This can vary from a small pub to a large five star or 3AA Rosette Hotel and can be anything from £16 per hour for a one-man job cooking simple food to £45,000 and upwards.
For a standard hotel job, we would suggest in the region £35,000+ with overtime paid pro rata over 45 to 48 hours as sanctioned by management.
Bonus schemes always help and can be based on getting a gross profit margin of over say 65 to 70% and it is always advisable stressing in advance how often the bonus is paid and what the exact criteria are. Other bonuses may be based on increase in sales. Keeping wages ratio down and helping to achieve certain net profits subject to maintaining quality of food, kitchen cleanliness and staff retention.
In more rural Scotland it is harder to get and retain chefs and often accommodation should be offered to attract suitable candidates.
Sous chefs
The availability of sous chefs in rural Scotland is average. Sometimes, a mature former head chef will be happy to take a step back to work alongside head chef.
In more central Scotland, there are some candidates about if paying decent money (i.e. upwards of £28,000 or £13-14 per hour) and offering good working conditions.
In rural Scotland, there can be a need to think outside of the box to retain and attract good sous chef candidates. Its is almost essential that you will need to provide accommodation in rural areas.
Chef de parties
Availability is ok in Glasgow, Edinburgh and the central belt.
In rural Scotland with accommodation there are some candidates and you may get applicants if wages are decent, suggesting £11 to £12 per hour or a salary of between £23,000 - £25,000. The more money you can pay the better the availability there is. We are also suggesting thinking outside the box such as including one weekend off a month, working 4 days a week and other training and incentive schemes.
Commis chefs
There are a few candidates available centrally or further afield if offering accommodation.
Pastry Chefs: this is quite a specialist position and there can be a couple of specialised pastry chefs looking, not always though.
Enclosed link to minimum wages which are increasing as of April 1st 2019.
www.minimum-wage.co.uk/
Availability of Relief Chefs changes, and we can advise daily. The rates of pay are £12.50 to £18.50 per hour according to the position.
The stability of employment can be transformative though, he says. "It gives routine. It builds up self-confidence and self-respect. Someone can say 'I earn my own money now, I pay taxes. I'm not a charity case anymore'. We need to make them feel human."
It’s good to see that Gary Usher has gave someone the opportunity to get themselves off the street and back into employment. There is a bad stigma around the way employment works in our country. I was watching a programme on the BBC last night about offenders getting back into work in Glasgow. Some of these offenders have totally changed their lives around and are keen to start fresh again and enjoy the rest of their life. You find a lot of places will not employ ex-offenders due to their past and it is sad to see because how will they ever get out of the cycle of being unemployed? I know that there is a company situated in Dumfries that focuses solely on helping ex - offenders find employment again. Companies like these are needed in this society, or the cycle will never be broken for these people.
Everyone deserves a second chance at life and it’s nice to see that Gary has provided this chance to this man.
We have the most chefs out so far this week with 80 this is up by 13 on last year.
We currently have 29 relief chefs confirmed for the week so far.
If you have any availability please get in touch, we have lots of relief jobs needing filled.
There will be the usual list to follow.
To get registered for relief work please email your CV to jojo@chefsinscotland.co.uk along with contactable work references and your hygiene certificate.
Here are 10 chefs we have out working
Jordan Clements is new to CIS and have ventured up to Thurso for his 1st job out to Pentland View Care Home
Scott Macintyre is in his home town at the Ballachulish Hotel
Colin Thomson is back on the circuit after being at Crosskeys Hotel for nearly 2 years he is working at Brotherswater Inn in Cumbria.
Jenny Quashie is up near Dundee at Glenclove Hotel
Sarah Galloway is at The Duisdale Hotel on Isle of Skye
New relief chef Csaba Brunner is working at Penton Bridge in Cumbria
Tony Vinter is at The Cabarfeidh Hotel
Kai Stutzkeitz is still over on Isle of Harris at the Harris Hotel
Frank Davie is at Fishers Hotel in Pitlochry and has been extended
Leon Edgson is at Carrbridge Kitchen
Thanks to ALL our relief chefs you are all great and we appreciate your hard work and continued support 😊
Self-employment accounts for 45 percent of the growth in employment since 2008 and now stands at over five million people.
The availability of relief work coming in is very good, we currently have 76 relief chefs out working and 27 jobs confirmed for the week so far.
We have welcomed some new relief chefs and the feed back has been excellent so far 😊
We are still happy to meet chefs here in Moffat this can be to discuss permanent or relief work, just get in touch with us to check our availability.
Here are some of the chefs we have our working
Keren Tweedie is now 4 weeks in to her 6 week stint at the Greenwood Loch Holiday Park
Daniel Haig is at The Drovers Inn near Loch Lomond along with Dougie Gillies
Chris Wright and Shaun Gibson are both at Balcary Bay Hotel
Stephen Flindall is at the Inn on the Tay for a 4 month stint
Allan Baird is over in Stornoway with Sebastian Luszczynski at the County Hotel
Also in Stornoway is Ian Hoey and Tony Vinter they are both at Cabarfeidh Hotel
Glyn Musker is back at The Black Bull Lowick
Scott Mckie is at the Moorings Hotel in Fort William
Peter Norrie and Phil Smith are both at The Ben Cruachan Inn
Thanks to all of our relief chefs who are out working, your all doing a great job and we really appreciate your hard work and support 😊
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