Looking for a Cook?
Orchards Cookery offers a recruitment service to ski companies and private chalets (and increasingly to private individuals and villa companies) to help them source quality, well trained cooks.
Well trained staff who can cook beautifully and are polite and personable are the key to guest satisfaction and Orchards Cookery produces some of the best trained chalet staff in the industry. Some companies inform guests on their website that their chalet staff are trained by Orchards Cookery so that guests know they can expect excellent food and service.
Orchards Cookery has an excellent reputation within the ski industry and many ski companies benefit from our recruitment services. Some ski companies pay for their staff to come to Orchards Cookery to be trained each year and lots of ski companies use our recipes and our menus in their chalets.
As we stay in touch with past students we are often able to source a wide range of cooks, from students who have recently done a course, to students who we trained years ago who have since gained a wealth of cooking experience.
In addition to Chalet Cooks the sorts of jobs past students have done include cooking for:
Villa holidays
Shooting lodges
Hunting lodges
Fishing lodges
Shoot lunches
Private family holidays
Yachts
Private dinner parties etc
If you are interested in learning more about the services we offer please contact Nicholas Burt by telephone: 01789 490 259 or by email: nicholas@orchardscookery.co.uk.
Well trained staff who can cook beautifully and are polite and personable are the key to guest satisfaction and Orchards Cookery produces some of the best trained chalet staff in the industry. Some companies inform guests on their website that their chalet staff are trained by Orchards Cookery so that guests know they can expect excellent food and service.
Orchards Cookery has an excellent reputation within the ski industry and many ski companies benefit from our recruitment services. Some ski companies pay for their staff to come to Orchards Cookery to be trained each year and lots of ski companies use our recipes and our menus in their chalets.
As we stay in touch with past students we are often able to source a wide range of cooks, from students who have recently done a course, to students who we trained years ago who have since gained a wealth of cooking experience.
In addition to Chalet Cooks the sorts of jobs past students have done include cooking for:
If you are interested in learning more about the services we offer please contact Nicholas Burt by telephone: 01789 490 259 or by email: nicholas@orchardscookery.co.uk.
AN EXAMPLE OF THE SORT OF LETTERS WE RECEIVE FROM SKI COMPANIES GUESTS WHO WE HAVE NEVER MET!
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"My family have just returned from a skiing holiday in Les Arcs and we had the above young lady [Ellie Purden] as our chalet host. We have had the most fantastic week and what made it all the more special was the cooking delights of Ellie. She was a joy to have host us and the food she provided was a joy to eat. It was better than any previous hotel food we have eaten in that part of the world before. The only skiing holiday where we have all come back heavier than we went out!!!
I thought it only fair to pass on the compliment to her teachers, whom I believe to be yourselves."
I thought it only fair to pass on the compliment to her teachers, whom I believe to be yourselves."
Tim McCreath
"Just had a weeks holiday under the care of Poppy & Emma Rogers @ Ski Basics in Meribel, all I can say is whatever you are teaching at your place, keep it up – they were sensational!!"
Charlie Woodall
"I have just returned from a Ski holiday in Les Arcs 2000 where our chalet host, Jo, mentioned that she had trained at your cookery school. I would like to commend Jo on her fabulous cooking - every meal was beautifully cooked, presented and absolutely delicious. Her no-fuss attitude and speed was really enviable and our party of 8 people were all so impressed with her."
Lucy Beaufrere
FEEDBACK ABOUT OUR PRIVATE COOKS
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"Laurie and Alex were utterly delightful young people and it [cooking for a family holiday] was an enormously successful arrangement for us. They did all the shopping, using mostly local produce, and cooked us very good lunches and suppers for 15! They also prepared picnic lunches for us on a couple of days... they were so willing and cheerful all the time! Of course it was a real holiday for me not to be in the kitchen. I was very good and hardly went into the kitchen and was happy to just let them get on with things!
I would very happily use them both again and I've told them I will give them references anytime. I have been telling my friends what a successful idea it is to employ ex-chalet students... thank you very much for the introduction. I will come back to you if we undertake a similar venture in the future."
I would very happily use them both again and I've told them I will give them references anytime. I have been telling my friends what a successful idea it is to employ ex-chalet students... thank you very much for the introduction. I will come back to you if we undertake a similar venture in the future."
Sally Simon
"Nina was a triumph - I don't know how to manage life in the future without her. Our 9 year old was in tears most of the day after she left.
She cooked two delicious dinners - 3 courses with lots of loud over excited people milling around. All perfection and much better than I could cook myself and I pride myself as a fairly good cook. She chose the menus out of our various cookbooks and bought all the food and just made it all happen. And she cooked the most amazing picnics. Our box has never been so full once word got around that we had a Nina picnic."
She cooked two delicious dinners - 3 courses with lots of loud over excited people milling around. All perfection and much better than I could cook myself and I pride myself as a fairly good cook. She chose the menus out of our various cookbooks and bought all the food and just made it all happen. And she cooked the most amazing picnics. Our box has never been so full once word got around that we had a Nina picnic."
Tamara Henriques
"Thank you for sending so many fantastic people our way. Silver Teal has very high standards and I can always rely on my Orchards cooks – not just in their cooking ability, but their attitude to work and enthusiasm to get it right. Thank you!"
Silver Teal Cooks - Fiona Chalmers-Watson
"Cindy Webster Cooks is always pleased to hear from past and present Orchards Cookery students. The courses may be short but we are happy to recommend The Orchards’ cooks and assistant cooks to our clients in the full knowledge that they are thoroughly prepared for many of the vacancies we have on offer in private homes and sporting lodges."
Cindy Webster Cooks - Cindy Webster
"All the candidates were impressive, efficient, respectful, fun and great ambassadors for Orchard Cookery School. It has been an extremely helpful and well organised approach to filling theses posts for which I am very grateful. We can’t understand why we haven’t done this before!"
SB
"Thank you so much for providing us with 2 wonderful girls, Sarah and her friend, Maddie, who both did a wonderful job for us.
They were perfect and produced delicious food to suit all generations - the ice cream bar for the kids was a huge success, as you can imagine!
They were friendly, hard-working, helped with whatever needed doing and left everything tidy on their departure. What more could we want!"
They were perfect and produced delicious food to suit all generations - the ice cream bar for the kids was a huge success, as you can imagine!
They were friendly, hard-working, helped with whatever needed doing and left everything tidy on their departure. What more could we want!"
KN
"I have absolutely loved the people we have had come through from Orchard’s – I think you run a fantastic ship and do a great job".
JD
Feedback from cooking agencies about our cooks
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"Thank you for sending so many fantastic people our way. Silver Teal has very high standards and I can always rely on my Orchards cooks – not just in their cooking ability, but their attitude to work and enthusiasm to get it right. Thank you!"
Fiona Chalmers-Watson - Silver Teal Cooks
‘Cindy Webster Cooks is always pleased to hear from past and present Orchards Cookery students. The courses may be short but we are happy to recommend The Orchards’ cooks and assistant cooks to our clients in the full knowledge that they are thoroughly prepared for many of the vacancies we have on offer in private homes and sporting lodges.’
Cindy Webster Cooks - Cindy Webster
FEEDBACK FROM SKI COMPANIES WHO EMPLOY OUR STUDENTS
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"Keep up the good work – yours is still the best course for chalet staff bar none."
Snowlife Chalet Holidays - Ashley Faint
"Mike is returning with us next season and he was officially our most successful member of chalet staff last winter."
Lotus Supertravel
"The Orchards send us consistently well-trained staff. It is amazing how much students learn in just 2 weeks. Lucy and Isabel manage to convey their love of good food and cookery to every student and it shows when these students come to us for interviews. However, it's not just the cooking they learn, The Orchards' students also learn how to clear up, keep a kitchen clean and be charming hosts and hostesses!!"
YSE - Fiona Easdale
"We have been fortunate enough to have some Orchards trained chalet staff working for Ski Cuisine for the past few seasons. The course provides them with an excellent grounding in all aspects of running a chalet and providing delicious menus for their guests. All the students come away with a great range of skills, fantastic organisation and confidence."
Ski Cuisine - Anne Woolley
"Hattie came from Orchards and was keen to provide petit fours which was a refreshing addition to all the hard work that goes into providing a successful catered week - being more organised thanks to Orchards training allowed for such impressive extras. Many thanks."
Snowy Pockets - Helen Onions
"Having employed over 15 students from The Orchards in 2006 they were all fantastic for our company, and all lasted the whole winter. In our first year of using The Orchards, we were pleasantly surprised with the high standard of the students and will continue to use the school in the future."
Ski Olympic - Charles Woodward
"We love the fact that the handful of people who come to us from Orchards Cookery, have a thorough understanding of exactly what is entailed in the role of a chalet host."
Ski World - Rachelle Cramp
"The staff who come to work for us from Orchards Cookery are always fantastic."
Ski Armadillo - Julian Bickerton
"We always hear such fantastic feedback from you ex pupils and are really impressed with the knowledge that they gain at Orchards."
Ski Basics - Julia d’Armenia
"I can't thank you enough for teaching Charlie so much last week, he love the course and is really enthused with his cooking now."
Ski with Julia – Julia Beldam
"We really appreciate the start you gave us, couldn't have done it without you."
Chalets USA - Helen & Rob Brown
"I just wanted to email to say a huge thank you for the fantastic 2 week course Hannah, our daughter, attended at your cookery school. She thought it was excellent and really did enjoy herself. She is so much more confident with her cooking and will make an excellent chalet girl with her new knowledge."
Pisteside Chalet Holidays - Debbie Isaac
"Thanks for another excellent candidate, I am spoilt for choice."
Snowlife Chalet Holidays - Georgina Faint
"Applicants have always gone on to complete very successful ski seasons."
Snowline VIP - Emily Cunningham