Job Ref: MEL1138
Branch: Meldrum House
Location: Meldrum House, Aberdeenshire
Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Posted date: 06/06/2025
Closing date: 08/07/2025
Due to our ongoing popularity and commitment to excellence and innovation, we’re looking to increase our brigade with the addition of a Commis Chef. We welcome the opportunity to showcase the very best of Scottish food, drink, scenery, and warm hospitality to our guests.
Our unique features include our award-winning, locally sourced cuisine, our 800-year-old Cave Bar with an impressive collection of over 120 whiskies, contemporary luxury dining domes and an exceptional golf course, ranked among Scotland’s top 100. 51 luxurious bedrooms and several diverse event spaces, including a ballroom with breathtaking views and the outdoor Titan Sky Bar dome, allows us to cater for various celebratory occasions by delivering excellence and a memorable experience.

You’ll meet great people, have fun at work, develop new friendships, learn new skills, and of course you will also receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which includes:

• 29 days holiday
• Training and development from day one
• Employee events and celebrations
• Inhouse company interactive employee communication APP
• Entry to our state-of-the-art gym and pools
• Healthy meals to enjoy while you’re working.
• Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme
• Financial Wellbeing App Wagestream, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date.
• Referral bonus when your friends or family join the team.
• Contributions to a pension plan.

Following your first successful 3 months, you’ll also receive ……

• Access to our discounts and wellbeing platform “Treat Yourself Here”, unlocking savings and experiences for you and your family.
• Involvement in our employee of the quarter and annual recognition schemes
• Long service recognition
• Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two
• Discount in our restaurants
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family
• Spa treatments and product discounts

As a Commis Chef, you’ll be responsible for delivering a high level of food to all our guests. Whether working in our newly refurbished and extended state of the art main kitchen or spacious banqueting kitchen, you’ll be responsible for:

• Preparation of lunch and dinner to Company standards, always ensuring guest satisfaction.
• To assist with the preparation of mis-en-place, cooking and the service of food to the required standards.
• Ensuring equipment and workspaces are kept clean and tidy and in line with food hygiene requirements.
• To be responsible for the cleanliness of the section and all associated areas, relating to both storage and preparation, ensuring health and hygiene regulations are followed at all times in line with departmental cleaning schedules.
• Gaining extensive knowledge of our menus and food offerings.
• Adhere to all food safety and health and safety guidelines.