Chef Recruitment -North East and Scotland

Do you know a good, reliable chef who might benefit from an introduction to our agency? Due to a massive boom in demand we are expanding our brigade of experienced, dedicated and professional chefs to support our many clients.

We can offer them improved rates, pay for every hour spent in the kitchen, weekly pay, flexibility and a choice of seasonal positions as well as permanent opportunities. Adkins and Cheurfi Recruitment are the leading provider of high calibre hospitality staff and we supply hundreds of clients from our base at the BIC, Sunderland. Our team are available to support our staff and answer all questions seven days a week and we specialise in chef recruitment.

Our clients range from gastro pubs in North Yorkshire to five star hotels in the Scottish Highlands and EVERYTHING in between.

We offer £50 for every successful chef referral…….so what are you waiting for? 0191 516 6118 is the number to call or email christine@adkinscheurfi.co.uk today.

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Summer News – what’s going on in the North East

We are delighted to be supporting all the major sporting and music events taking place in the North East this summer. Though numbers might be limited the drinks will be flowing and the sun will be shining we are sure!

Lucy is busy finalising staff for all racing events at Newcastle race course in the next few weeks and we look forward to welcoming back events staff new and old. If you are interested in working any of our future events then contact Lucy Connolly on 0191 516 6118. We have plenty of weddings at various locations coming up too so dust off your bottle openers and get involved.

We have been finding new and creative ways to recruit chefs in a difficult climate. We have improved rates where possible and are looking at different avenues to source high quality hospitality professionals for all of our clients. If you are an experienced chef who would be interested in hearing about any of our temporary or permanent vacancies then Liam can be reached on 0191 516 6118.

There is a general feeling of optimism in the office now now and we are hearing so many positive stories from our clients who are seeing all their business return….and then some! The bars, restaurants and hotels are buzzing and it is going to be a great summer for the hospitality industry in Great Britain.

 

Chefs in the UK – listen up….

So in response to the reopening of the UK hospitality industry we are back on the hunt for quality chefs of all levels. We have vacancies nationwide and can offer live-in, live out (and shake it all about). We truly believe that you don’t have to burn yourself out to work in a top kitchen. Let us what we can offer you:

• improved hourly rates
• choose how you get paid – PAYE or Umbrella
• no nasty split shifts
• book your time off stress free
• no naughty unpaid overtime

Take advantage of our CHEF REFERRAL scheme. Refer a chef to us and bank yourself a tasty £50, oh and we will give them £50 too.*

To register with us CLICK HERE and we will do the rest!

*terms and conditions apply

We would like to offer a warm welcome to our new FOH consultant Lucy Connolly. Lucy has come to us following a successful stint helping run the show at Customs House, South Shields. She is a local graduate and has recently earned her degree in Events Management at sunny Sunderland University. Lucy will be taking over our busy Front of House desk supplying all of our events clients with hospitality staff and we wish her the best of luck in what promises to be a busy busy summer.

When she’s not at work or drinking cocktails, Lucy can be found in front of the camera modelling for the bridal industry. We look forward to working with her and growing our fantastic team further.

Lucy can be contacted via her email address lucy@adkinscheurfi.co.uk or on the usual office number 0191 516 6118.

 

Hospitality Jobs….the come back is on!

Well it’s official, the great hospitality come back is full steam ahead and we are gearing up to supply the massive demand across the industry for quality staff.

We are really excited about seeing our favourite clients reopen and we look forward to regrouping our squad of chefs, FOH and kitchen staff as bars, restaurants and hotels in the UK experience records booking rates for the Summer and beyond. We are pleased to welcome our furloughed staff back in to the workplace and thank you to our key worker staff who have been at the coal face throughout the pandemic.

If you are a chef, waiter or bartender who was wondering where to work when things reopen, come and join our relief and events team. Experience the working environment with different clients before committing to your next permanent position.

We can offer you a host of benefits, including:

• improved rates of pay
• the option to work PAYE, which will ensure you receive holiday pay and the furlough entitlement should the need arise
• free uniform
• full career support
• access to FREE training, eg. Food Safety and Allergen
• weekly pay direct to your bank every Friday
• access to the latest permanent vacancies before they reach the market

If you have worked for us in the past and we haven’t spoke to you then pick up the phone! You can catch us at the office on 0191 516 6118. Have a chat with us about your expectations and get yourself involved.

We are always looking for talented hospitality professionals to join our team. If you know an experienced chef then put them in touch with us and receive a handy referral fee of £25 when they start working for us.

We look forward to hearing from you and helping the hospitality industry bounce back in 2021.

New Year Office Update from Adkins and Cheurfi

We hope you all enjoyed your Christmas and New Year

In light of the government announcement to lock down the country again until the end of February we can’t say we were shocked…… We are looking forward to a Spring time comeback for hospitality which when everyone is free to dine out, have a beer and go to a football match again! With the vaccine being rolled out this week we can finally see some light at the end of this long tunnel and we urge you all to keep your chin up and weather the storm!

We will still be reachable on the office phone and here to answer all your queries and help you in any way we can. Christine and Cath will be working on the healthcare and education sector (where possible) to keep us ticking over until the good times roll back around, which they will.

In the mean time keep safe and look after each other.

The A&C Office Team

 

Merry Christmas 2020 from the Adkins and Cheurfi Team!

Well another year has flown over and it’s Christmas Day in a few days. Dean, Melika and the entire office team would like to thank all our staff for your cooperation, hard work and patience during what has been a difficult year for everybody. We would also like to thank the clients that remained loyal and understanding during what would have been a very worrying time for them personally. We don’t need to state the obvious but we are looking forward to a brighter 2021 and remain grateful for the great working relationships we have maintained through the biggest challenge the hospitality industry has ever faced.

We hope you all enjoy Christmas with your families and hope that chefs who perhaps don’t usually get to enjoy Christmas Day at home due to work commitments in particular enjoy your day….. hopefully someone else will be cooking the turkey!

We genuinely believe the only way is up from here and we feel confident that when we return to the office January there will be plenty to shout about. In the meantime you can still contact your consultant and Susan via the usual channels.

We love hospitality; it is an exciting, inspiring and most of all a massively resilient industry with the amazing potential to bounce back quickly and we can’t wait to see our beloved clients and favourite haunts thriving again.

Wishing you all the Merriest of Christmases and the Happiest of New Years!

Dean, Melika, Cath, Susan, Liam and Christine 🙂

 

Latest News from Adkins and Cheurfi

Hello everyone, we thought it was about time we gave you our latest news. Despite the current climate we have got lots of positive things to communicate!

Dean and Melika will be on hand to manage chef bookings as usual and Christine is continuing with education and care recruitment. Demand is booming for school staff at the moment so get in touch to make yourself known if you want to try your hand in the education sector.

We are really proud of the fact that many of our staff have coped really well and have stayed working with us where possible over the last few months. We are in a constant state of flux but the latest government rules regarding PPE and contact tracing are important for us all to note. For example, it is now mandatory for a chef in a care home to wear a mask on shift – if you have any questions about PPE or what may be expected of you please email christine@adkinscheurfi.co.uk.

We have this week initiated our own system which enables us to accurately report COVID-19 cases within our workforce. If you have received a government text telling you to self isolate then you must contact us and forward that text on immediately to allow us to mitigate the spread among clients and staff alike. Thank you for your cooperation.

Anyway….we have saved the best piece of news for last. We are overjoyed to welcome Memphis Vibrans to our team. Memphis takes his place alongside the existing feline contingent and will be operating as Head of IT…which is handy because he knows a lot about printers 🙂

We will leave you with a picture of the handsome new IT guy and remember, thank you for all your hard work and commitment as ever and keep up the good work.

Team Adkins Cheurfi