Work and Travel in Europe

[sammael]

Hello
Im young cook, witch 3 years experience. Im spend 2 years in UK, working in the kitchen. Now, I love to go to Spain, France, Italy and other beauty country in Europe, and then Asia, to met people, working witch other chef. Id like see difrents, on the way how they thing about food, work etc
If some one from forum did something like that, maybe can give me some tips and advice. How that change your life ?

greetings form Scotland

[david g]

hi
when i lived in england ,and was looking to move to europe i got copies of the michelin guide ,relais and chateau,and other guides for top european hotels and restaurants.i wrote letters to many many places with my resume and got many offers of employment.now is a good time to write as seasonal places look for staff to start in april,another good place to look for jobs in europe is in the french paper le hotelerie.

[RedBeansNRice]

L'Hotellerie et Restauration actualment! Putain.

[justwingit]

Another good source is the hotelier and caterer (is the name I think) its a weekly publication, and used to be my link to what was happening in the rest of the uk, and they had a good recruitment section.

Another spot might be to try

www.chefsinscotland.co.uk

Again not a plug to them, just a good resource!

happy hunting,

Tom

[sammael]

Thnx a lot. Another fantastic website for chef jobs in Europe its on this adress: http://ec.europa.eu/eures/home.jsp?lang=en

Enjoy
and Im waiting for more opinion from you guys

[shaun_bayarea]

im not sure what the kitchen is like where your working but if your working for a "well known" chef then you shouldnt have to leave without a job lined up. if you work hard for a chef i've found that they work just as hard to get you into the best kitchen possible and good uk chefs have alot of connections with the rest of europe.

[yves_sou]

Hi
How about a job on the cruise line?
Travel around the mediterranean sea, taxe free money but work hard 7/7 12 hours per day.
Yves

[chefcp]

Hey sammael,
I worked 5 years in the UK as a chef for hotel chain RadissonSAS. The standards in most of the hotels are quiet high as well, I'm sure you've heard of the Radissonsas in Glasgow, where I worked for one and a half year.
Depends on what your goals are, but I think it is easier to work for a good chain rather than an independant restaurant. You can learn about local cultures whitout losing that "international" feeling.I'm back in my native belgium now, if you have questions about anything, just post them to me...

Bonne chance...

[eknatheknath]

hello cheff
ill be working in england once i get my permit can u tell me abt the work culture in england and abt the facilities thy give to the staff...i mean in redissonsas, do u any idea how much thy pay for demie cheff de partie pastry .
regards eknath .....

[chefcp]

hey eknath,

have a look for vacancies on www.radissonsas.com (follow the "about us" link). A demi chef earns between £11500/A and £14000 /A before tax and ofcourse depending on experience. this is for a standard week, so overtime would be extra, depending on your contract. In london salaries might be higher, but living there is more expensive, to say the least.
Good luck