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Chef / Cooks Vacancies

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Travelling Chef ~ France/Middle East etc

A personal travelling chef is required to accompany our client and his wife to his various properties in France and the Middle East. The chef must be able to provide a high level of international cuisines. The client entertains guests on a fairly regular basis and the chef must be able to quickly adapt to last-minute changes to guest numbers and menus. Depending on the chef’s country of residence the client is willing to either be invoiced on a monthly basis or alternatively the chef will be contracted and salaried in the usual way.

Duties will include:

  • Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner 6 days per week for the two main Principals + visiting family/guests when required

  • Prepare informal and formal meals

  • Ensure the kitchens are meticulously cleaned and maintained

  • Prepare staff meals when necessary

  • General shopping

  • Menu planning with Principal and his wife

Requirements:

  • Excellent previous high-level experience in restaurants/private homes

  • Photo portfolio of own plating

  • Excellent letters of reference

  • Flexible and calm approach

  • Works well in a team

  • Liaise with and  take direction from the Butler/Manager when required

  • Speak good English

  • No dependents – free to travel extensively

  • Driving license

Salary: €TBD
Start date: TBD

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Kitchen Assistant/Staff Cook ~ Mougins ~ 1 July to 19 July POSITION NOW FILLED

An experienced kitchen assistant/staff cook is required to provide support to a private chef employed during this period by a large family staying at their vacation home close to Mougins.

The assistant will help the main chef with general food preparation throughout the day and will also be responsible for helping to prepare simple meals for the numerous household staff working at the property. Applicants should have good cooking skills and experience working as a chef’s assistant.

Candidates must speak a good level of English and because this role does not offer accommodation, candidates should live within easy travelling distance of Mougins and have their own transport.

Salary: €25 net pr hr

Start date: 1st July

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Housekeeper/Cook ~ Mouans Sartoux POSITION NOW FILLED

An experienced is being sought by a British client who has a 400m2 , 5 bedroom luxury property close to Mougins. This couple are in residence for 4-5 months each summer at which time longer working hours will be required, the overtime accrued will be taken as ‘time off in lieu’ during the off-season months. In the summer months when the property is busy with guests, the employers will employ a professional chef however when it is only the couple staying at the property, they will require the housekeeper to prepare very simple meals, salads, a quiche, or pasta dish etc. Especially in the out of season months, the employer would like the housekeeper to keep an eye on the general running of the property, informing them if a plumber or external contractor may be required. A garden maintenance and pool service are already employed at the property.

Duties will include:

  • 5* Housekeeping

  • Setting and clearing of meal tables

  • Very simple meal preparation

  • Shopping

  • Setting up pool area with towels etc

Requirements:

  • Excellent previous experience and references

  • Fluent English and some basic spoken French to communicate with contractors

  • Some basic cooking skills

  • Capable, organised and efficient

  • Keen eye for detail

  • Proactive and reactive

  • Driving license

  • Flexible, warm approach

  • Able to work longer hours when required in high season with any time off accrued over the summer, being taken between October and March.

  • Able to assess any external service providers required - especially off-season

Salary: TBD

Start date: TBD

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Live-Out Summer Chef ~ Cannes~ 5-6 months POSITION NOW FILLED

A personal chef is required for a 5-6 month contract for our client who will be staying at his private property in Cannes this spring and summer. The chef must be able to provide a high level of international cuisines, live within easy travelling distance of Cannes and have their own transport. Working 6 days per week, breakfast, lunch and dinner for 2-10 guests dependent on the month. This role can either be declared on a CDD or alternatively the chef can invoice the client via a French microenterprise or similar. Applicants must speak a good level of English.
Salary: €6k net per month
Start date: April TBC

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Live-Out Summer Chef ~ Cannes~ April to Oct POSITION NOW FILLED

A personal chef who has extensive knowledge and experience in traditional and contemporary Japanese cuisine is required to work a 6 month contract in a large luxury villa in Cannes this summer. This client is passionate about Japanese cuisine and his tastes extend far beyond the usual requests for sushi, sashimi, tempura etc therefore his chef must be very confident in, and accustomed to, preparing Japanese menus. Other cuisines will also be required however chefs without the solid experience in Japanese cuisine cannot be considered for this role.

This position does not offer accommodation therefore applicants must live within easy travelling distance of Cannes and have their own transport. Working 6 days per week, the role offers a French CDD contract, alternatively the client can consider chefs who are able to legally invoice via a micro-entreprise or similar entity.

The chef will be required to start in April, (date still to be decided) and will finish their contract in October, (date still to be decided).

Salary: €6k net per month

Start date: April

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Please note: Applicants for positions based in France MUST have a current working visa/carte de sejour or be the holder of an EU passport

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