Chef de Partie

JOB DESCRIPTION: If you are the sort of chef who enjoys sourcing seafood right off the coastline in front of your eyes, buying herbs, veggies, and edible flowers from the Raasay Walled Garden outside your kitchen door, or building relationships to get the best wild venison from your doorstep then Raasay is your ingredient heaven! We are currently looking for a CDP to join our team who has demonstrated an ability to work a busy service. You would be working within a team of five skilled chefs to provide stunning food in a happy, cohesive environment. Our hotel has 24 rooms of varying sizes, which means we have up to 70 guests staying with us each night. Typical covers in our restaurant range from 80-100 at dinner service during the summer months and 30-50 covers at lunchtime. This role will also include preparing dinner for up to 30 staff. We focus on Scottish food using locally sourced ingredients wherever possible. We pride ourselves on our tasty meat and seafood alongside inventive vegetarian options. We also prepare breakfast for about 50 guests each morning, which is done by a separate kitchen team. Our full-time kitchen team consists of the head chef, 3-4 chefs de partie, 1.5 breakfast/day chefs, and two kitchen porters. The team gets smaller in the quieter months. WAGE This is a seasonal position offering an hourly rate of £12.60 - £14 per hour wage, depending very much on experience, plus tips. DURATION OF EMPLOYMENT LIFESTYLE BENEFITS: Our business is a seasonal one and we work very hard in the 8-month season that we are open. A typical work week is anywhere from 40-48 hours, spread over five or six days. We close all Sundays. All employees get a 30-minute unpaid break on shifts that last for more than 6 hours. We also offer paid leave calculated at 12.07%, equivalent to 28 days annually. We take fair pay very seriously and use a straightforward system to clock in and out on all shifts, which means you are paid for every minute you work. Raasay is a very small island, so we offer subsidised accommodation as part of our staffing package. You can stay in a room in the staff house in Inverarish village (about 20 minutes’ walk from the hotel) or a single wooden cabin on site if you prefer (1 minute walk from the hotel). All staff meals are included every day, whether you are working or not. Other benefits include free outdoor activity sessions, wildlife boat trips, free bike hire, and discounts throughout the hotel for you and your friends and family. We participate in the ride-to-work scheme as well as UK pension and other employee benefits. Please note that we have plenty of waiting, housekeeping, bar, reception, and other kitchen jobs available so feel free to include a CV for your partner or a friend when applying. All candidates must be able to demonstrate that they are legally allowed to work in the UK. CLIMAVORE Raasay House is a committed supporter of the CLIMAVORE project, which explores how we eat as the climate changes. We are offering an exciting opportunity to work with us to create dishes for Raasay House that proactively responds to the climate emergency. See their website for more information: https://www.climavore.org/ ABOUT US: Raasay House is a unique island hotel and outdoor activity provider. With our roots in outdoor activities, we have evolved over the last 40 years into a highly rated hotel activity provider with a good reputation for providing a range of services at a high standard. We offer experiences from half-day kayaking sessions to relaxing stays in deluxe rooms and lots in between. We are a family hotel operating in a beautiful tastefully renovated country house overlooking some of the most stunning scenery you will see anywhere in Scotland. Our guests rave about our food and our staff. If we get something wrong we listen to our guests. We are constantly looking for ways to improve and provide an even better experience to the thousands of guests we welcome to this unique Scottish island every year. We are already highly rated online and we are only aiming higher...are you ambitious too? We were voted 'Best family friendly, Best Historic hotel, Best Hotel under 50 rooms in the West'' by Prestige Hotel awards over the last number of years. The Hotel rates 4.5 out of 5 on TripAdvisor The Restaurant rates 4 out of 5 on TripAdvisor Booking.com has us at 8.8 out of 10 Google Reviews have us at 4.5 out of 5 *All candidates must be able to demonstrate that they are already legally allowed to work in the UK. START DATE March / April 2025 Read more