Cook/Housekeeper, Chelsea – Up to £55K GPA

We are looking for a Cook/Housekeeper to join a private family in Chelsea. The main focus of the role will be cooking lunch and dinner for the family, who enjoy healthy, home-style food and are looking for someone confident preparing a varied menu using high-quality ingredients.

You’ll work alongside the family’s current housekeeper, helping with daily kitchen and household cleaning where possible, as well as ironing and other general housekeeping duties.

The family would welcome candidates from a private household, yacht or chalet background who have strong cooking skills.

Duties:

• Preparing and cooking delicious lunches and dinners for the family

• Helping with daily housekeeping and general upkeep of the home

• Grocery shopping from the local greengrocer, butcher, and so on

• Ironing and assisting with other household duties where needed

The ideal candidate:

• A strong, confident cook who loves preparing family meals

• Well versed in healthy, home-style cooking

• Solid housekeeping background, or happy to get stuck into cleaning tasks

• Energetic, efficient and proactive

• Warm and caring nature well suited to working in a family home

• Excellent checkable references

Days/hours:

Term time: 50 hours per week across 5 days, including one weekend day (flexible on which). Working hours are either 9.30am–7.30pm or 10am–8pm.

School holidays: For around four months of the year, when the family travel, hours reduce to 9am–3pm, Monday to Friday (30 hours per week).

There is also an opportunity to travel with the family to their second property overseas, four weeks per year — candidates who are open to travel would be a bonus, though it is not essential.

Salary: £55k gpa

Start: Ideal start is ASAP, but happy to consider candidates with up to a one month notice period.

To apply please email your cv and food photos to cv@silverandbow.com