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Domestic Couple
A Domestic Couple with exceptional cooking ability is required on a 35-acre estate in Bordeaux. Your employers are a British couple with two young children aged 2 & 7, therefore candidates must be extremely child friendly.
Applicants must have conversational French and hold a clean driving licence.
Although this is a ‘live-in position’, staff do not live on-site. A staff apartment will be arranged for you nearby.
Between the couple, you will be required to cater for the household and any guests. Preferred cuisines include; Mediterranean dishes, salads, grains, fresh fruit/vegetables, sushi & sashimi, Indian, Japanese, Thai. The family are keen cooks and enjoy a variety of worldwide cuisine with an emphasis on a healthy and balanced diet.
General housekeeping, laundry, pool maintenance and general repairs will also be required.
Pets/allergy info:
2 large dogs
2 cats
Responsibilities
The responsibilities of this role include the following:
- Cooking and baking with the children on a rainy day (cupcakes, pizza, cookies etc)
- Light driving duties, errand running
- Catering for family and guests
- Housekeeping & laundry
- Dry cleaning drop off/pick up
- General security/gatekeeping
- Vehicle care and ensuring vehicle docs are kept up to date (booking servicing/MOT etc)
- Pool maintenance
- Installing a simple irrigation system
- Supporting groundsman and professional gardener who attend weekly
- Watering and simple gardening/deadheading
- Small DIY tasks such as fitting shelving in the garage
- Running maintenance list (missing roof tiles, lightbulbs, general maintenance, reporting breakages)
- Simple admin, appointments, liaising with external contractors
- Bins & recycling
- Cleaning terraces, clearing leaves, sweeping paths
- Dog walking when required
- House sitting/pet sitting
Key requirements
To be suitable for this role, you must be/have:
- Child friendly (no direct Nanny duties)
- Conversational French (required to oversee external contractors, make appointments and see to general admin)
- A tractor or chainsaw licence would be a bonus (for larger maintenance projects on-site)
- Driving licence
- Strong standard of cooking
- Friendly, easy-going yet professional approach
- Excellent personal presentation
- This role is based approx 1 hour from central Bordeaux (applicants must enjoy a rural lifestyle)
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