Out and About 2013 We are moving rapidly towards September and the phones are ringing away merrily in our offices as we move towards the butt-end of the summer season. The demand for chefs still remains high and I expect it to for at least another month. Top Guys and Girls of the season on relief Pawel Halicki has been excellent on the very few jobs so far this year, currently at The Lovat, before that at The Western Isles Hotel on Mull and Isle Ornsay on Skye. Has achieved a grade 1 status very quickly. Dziekuje bardzo as they may say in Poland. Gary McGirr seems to go about his business in an excellent way getting on very well on relief and completing jobs. Kinnaird House in Perthshire, Dumfries Arms, The Pierhouse in Appin and Gartmore amongst others. Antonio Demir has also been excellent and has a one hundred percent completion rate, currently up in the Scottish Highlands and getting on very well. Grant Buchanan is over on Bute and is posting some lovely photographs on face-book (cue for me to try and make a link to photos. https://facebook/photo.php?fbid=10201921659584221&set=a.2936870021920.2156340.1266207474&type=1&theater https://facebook/photo.php?fbid=10201921657664173&set=a.2936870021920.2156340.1266207474&type=1&theater I should maybe just cut and paste, lovely photos Grant and all jobs going well. Many thanks Jamie Greenhorn is over working at Onich way at The Four Seasons Restaurant and will be getting on well I am sure as ever. All relief jobs seem to start at either Tongue or Onich. Jamie has a new website on the go and all the best. chefquick.co.uk for anyone looking to fill a permanent vacancy. Peter Snelgar has only been on 3 jobs via Chefs In Scotland, going back to 2006. Seven years at The Dryburgh Abbey Hotel in Melrose (this was a perm placement) a month or so at Burts in Melrose and now up to Habitat Café in Perthshire. 100% completion rate over 7 years is a good effort. Thanks Peter. Heidi Cuddy is a new lady on our books and hails from Cults, outside of Aberdeen where I spent the first ten years of my life. One job at Moorings and another at Knockomie Hotel. Third job starts next week. Andy Mill is the man in situ up on Tongue at the moment, working alongside other Chefs In Scotland placement Mark Wildman. Two excellent chefs up in Tongue, both members of the “Magic Fifteen” club. Meanwhile, up at Sligachan, without which a short written word is never complete, we have Scott Russell from Ayrshire alongside Piotr Miga from Glasgow to complement the head chef Simon Miners. Three Chefs In Scotland placements getting on well. Billy Gibson, who spent his own time, on Skye at The Isles Inn and Sligachan is currently working on relief up on the Shetland Islands, he may have found a wife? Not sure but all the best Billy. Paul Waters, Number 1, is currently over in Banchory working at the Burnett Arms. Tongue, Skye, Melrose (travel expenses from gary??) Onich, just a few times, Banchory yes before, The Pierhouse. Yes, Paul has been there, seen it and written the book. Our gain was England’s loss when Paul moved up the road. OK, good to get “Out and About back” on the new website and will make an effort to get it back on every
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