Chef

Elgin Limited; Elgin; Remote; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnstons of Elgin invites a friendly and proactive Chef to join our onsite kitchen team. You will cook from scratch, ensure top quality and maintain stock control while following strict food safety and hygiene standards. This full-time role includes weekend work and daytime hours, contributing to a balanced lifestyle.

Experience in a busy kitchen and passion for local ingredients are valued. You will thrive in a collaborative team and help shape daily specials and menu changes.

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy kitchen is preferred.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, order-driven environment.
• Commitment to high hygiene and food safety standards.
• Knowledge of local sourcing is advantageous.
• Excellent teamwork and communication.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook items from the main menu.
• Maintain high standards of food quality and presentation.
• Control stock and store food, equipment and cleaning items.
• Adhere to food safety procedures at all times.
• Maintain kitchen hygiene and cleanliness.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Communication skills

Food safety

Allergen awareness

Local ingredients

From-scratch cooking

Attention to detail

Fast-paced kitchen

Job description

We are looking for a friendly and proactive Chef to join our kitchen team. Our onsite eatery holds a 5-star VisitScotland rating and offers breakfast, coffee and tea, lunch, and afternoon tea. You will play a key role in creating fresh, high-quality dishes from scratch and ensuring our high standards are consistently maintained.

This is a permanent, full-time role, working 37.5 hours per week. The role includes working some weekends, so flexibility is required.

This is an ideal role for anyone looking for a healthy work-life balance due to our daytime operating hours.

About the role

You will be

• Preparing, cooking and baking items from our main menu
• Ensuring the quality of dishes are of a high standard on all occasions
• Maintaining excellent stock control and storage of food, equipment and cleaning items
• Adhering to food safety procedures at all times
• Ensuring the highest standards of hygiene and cleanliness within the kitchen

Experience is preferred.

About you

Key qualities we’re looking for:

• Excellent interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills

• Strong knowledge of food allergies cook safe
• A passion for sourcing and utilising local fresh ingredients and making dishes from scratch
• Experience of working in a busy, fast-paced kitchen where food is made to order
• Attention to detail in the presentation of food and commitment to quality
• Enthusiasm for discovering new food trends and contributing ideas to the daily ‘specials’ items and menu changes

About Us

Founded in 1797, Johnstons of Elgin is an innovative, luxury clothing brand celebrating over 225 years of experience in working with the world’s finest fibres. Across three centuries, our family-owned company has carefully sources cashmere and fine woollen fibres from around the world, applying the latest technology and highest quality craft expertise in our very own vertical Scottish mills. Employing over 1,000 staff, our valued employees and communities are at the heart of everything we do, producing unique, high-quality designs that are made to last. Our brand is focused on sustainability, working with natural, renewable, and biodegradable fibres and we are committed to maintaining a minimal environmental footprint.

Johnstons of Elgin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer wholeheartedly supporting the principles of equality and diversity to build an inclusive workforce. Our aim is to embed diversity and inclusion in everything we do to create an environment where our employees feel safe to be their whole authentic self without having to downplay or change parts of their identity. We celebrate diversity in all its forms, which goes beyond those characteristics protected by law to include everything that makes us unique, from our backgrounds and experiences to our personalities and ways of thinking.

We endeavour to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and encourage any candidate who requires assistance to contact us at [e-mail].

Don’t meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single requirement or qualification. At Johnstons of Elgin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but think your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Please note all applicants must be able to provide evidence of their right to remain and take up paid employment in country job is based.

Closing date – 26th October 2026