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Out and About 19th July

The Moffat Office

73 relief chefs currently out working and that we are still charging for

If you are interested in registering or you have availability if already known to us please get in touch

Please call 01683 222830 or email your CV to jojo@chefsinscotland.co.uk

Here and some that are out and about - please feel free to share any photos of where you are

Monique Paul is at The Selkirk Arms, Kirkcudbright

Ally Beattie is back aa Loch Melfort Hotel and Jason Taylor wiill be finishing up this weekend

Ben Donaldson is back at Cove Bay, Aberdeenshire

Phil Knox is at The Bridge Hotel, Buttermere

Antonel Moraru is getting on well at Glencoe Inn

Scott Duthie is at Portavadie Resort

Andy Westwood is at Bridge of Orchy Hotel

Carlos Ragone is at Cairngorm Hotel, Aviemore

John Ferguson is getting on really well at Marcliffe and has confirmed to stary a further 4 weeks

Nadia Sergejeva is at Kastille, Turriff

Michael Njoroge is at The Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness

Glyn Musker is at Ednam House, Kelso

Craig Coulson is at Loch Ness Inn, Drumnadrochit

Thanks once again for all your hard work and continued support :)

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Out and About Friday 22nd March 2024

We currently have 53 relief chefs out working over Scotland and England. Which is 9 more than this time last year

The availability of relief chefs is still decent but this will change as we head into next week for Easter.

If you do need cover or an extra help in the kitchen please get in touch with either Ruth 07565989429 or Myself 01683 222830

Happy to register new relief chefs – email your CV’s to ruth@chefsinscotland.co.uk or jojo@chefsinscotland.co.uk

Martha Doyle has just joined CIS and has been kept busy first job was at The Hospitalfield Café in Arbroath, she is now over at Glensada Quarry and has her next 3 stints booked in, thanks for the stand out work so far Martha

Pawel Sawiki he joined CIS back in 2022 and although he has only been booked for 3 or 4 jobs with us he has never been without work, his 1st job was at Cairngorm Hotel when he stayed for over a year then on to Nairn Golf Club and is currently at Bunchrew House

Paul Sim joined us at the beginning of 2022 and he too has been kept busy since starting his journey as a relief chef at Airds Hotel, Kinloch Lodge, Old Manse of Blair, Marcliffe Hotel, Royal scots Club Edinburgh (3 times) George and Dragon Hotel, Skeabost Hotel and is due to start his next job on Wednesday in Lauder – thanks Paul

After finishing a stint for us at Armathwaite Hall Rory Gaughan is over at Sligachan working with Stephen Flindall and Craig Davies.

Lee Burrell is at Achray House where his partner Sophie is also working front of house. Lee is from the Borders and has completed jobs for us at Creggans and the Black Bull at Gartmore. He starts a permanent position in mid April at Portmahomak

Prakash Srinivasan is working at the Shetland Hotel, this is his second job on Shetland for us as completed a long stint at The Brae Hotel.

Thank you to all our Relief Chefs for your continued support and hard work

Out and About Friday 16th February

Out and About 16th February.

Ruth and myself have 19th chefs out workking, we are hoping there is a turn in the next week and more relief jobs will be registered.

If interested in doing relief work please email ruth@chefsinscotland.co.uk or jojo@chefsinscotland.co.uk please include up to date CV, reference details and hygiene certificates.

Priority of the work will go to the chefs better known to CIS until there is a steady flow of work coming in.

Here are a few chefs we have out just now

Scott Maciejewski is currently working at Knipoch Hotel near Oban, Scott has been doing relief work with CIS on and off for a few years now. Scott last year speant most of his time at The Kinloch Lodge Hotel in Skye where he will be returning for 2024 season, he did a couple of short stints at the Boat Inn in Aboyne at the start of this year also. A great chef with excellent feedback.

Fraser Dingwall he is at the Portree Hotel, he has been lucky enough to be kept busy since starting back with CIS last year his first outing being The Oyster Inn in Connell, Portree Hotel, The Dunavon Hotel, Howies in Edinburgh and back in Skye. He tends to get asked back which says a lot its self. Keep up the good work Fraser and hopefully this season will be another busy one

Colin Thomson is currently at The Bridge Hotel in Buttermere this is Colin’s 2nd time being there the last time was 2021 Colin also has spent a lot of time at The Mackays hotel in Wick, last years seen him at The Bothy Bistro in Burghead, Toravaig House, Glencoe Inn and here in Moffat at The Moffat House Hotel.

Jamie Marshall moved up from Cornwall to Alexandria and is currently on relief at Thainstone House. Jamie is a solid, hard working chef who has completed jobs for us at Loch Fyne, Salutation in Perth, Loch Fyne again and Skeabost, Isle of Skye

David McMillan currently working at Killin Hotel as relief Head Chef, previous job include The Pickled Haggis and Cabarfeidh, Stornoway

Thanks once again to ALL our chefs for your hard work, patience and support