Villa Chef

The Chef must have plenty of ideas for delicious summer menus, including simple breakfast (eggs, cured meat and fruit platters, homemade muesli and freshly baked bread and pastries from the local bakery), poolside BBQ’s, light lunches, beach hampers and formal dinners when the Principals are entertaining.

A member of the family is a diagnosed coeliac, therefore applicants must have plenty of experience cooking gluten free alternatives and be highly-organised at all times to avoid any level of contamination (separate butter knives, use the grill not a toaster for gluten free toast, use gluten free flour to thicken sauces etc).

Favourites of the family are fresh fish platters (a sensational fish market is located 10 minutes drive from the villa), grilled lobster, Mediterranean salads, seafood paella, pork fillet wrapped in Parma ham, baked goats cheese with honey, whole fish/catch of the day, Menorcan ‘tomato bread’ with plenty of olive oil, albondigas (meatballs in a rich tomato sauce) and grilled squid.

A car is available for work use and provisioning.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities of this role include the following:

• Cooking for up to 10 guests (family of 5 plus lunch/dinner guests)
• Careful preparation of gluten free meals
• Using local meat and fish markets daily (local village grocer is within a 5 minute drive for fruit and vegetables)
• Beach hampers using local produce
• Assisting the Housekeeper with table service
• Shopping and provisioning
• Sourcing the best local ingredients from local markets
• Engaging with Principals and guests

Key requirements

To be suitable for this role, you must be/have:

• Private Chef experience
• Candidate with conversational Spanish would be of particular interest, but this is not essential
• Clean driving licence
• Friendly and polite demeanour
• Highly organised when catering for special diets
• Sharp presentation of dishes
• Ability to cater for relaxed BBQ’s and more ‘fine dining’ plated dishes as required