The Caithness Collection

Company

The Caithness Collection

The Caithness Collection consists of three family run hotels located in the North of Scotland.

Location

The Pentland Hotel

Hours

5 day on, 2 off

Type

Full Time

Salary

30 -35k negotiable

Head Chef

Job Posted:

11th June 2026

Applications Close:

25th June 2026

The Pentland Hotel, Thurso, is one of three hotels in The Caithness Collection, an established family hotel business, with over 35 years of hospitality experience.

The hotel has 42 rooms, which caters for tour buses from April to October, we have a strong local client following allowing us to stay open all year round.

The bar has 60 covers, dining room 60 covers and a ballroom which dines 120 for events.

Our previous Head Chef has moved to our sister hotel, has been with us 17 years.

Head Chef Responsibilities

  • Responsible for a team of 6-8 staff, food preparation and overseeing the standards of food quality.
  • Ordering, rotas, menu planning and organisation of the team.
  • Hands on cooking and developing the kitchen team
  • Managing the cleaning , monitoring of food safety standard records

Benefits

  • Nice working environment, friendly team and fair bosses
  • Working for a company with low staff turnover
  • Known locally for good quality food and service
  • Able to join company pension scheme
  • 5 day working week

We seek someone who enjoys cooking and loves hospitality, this could be a first position for someone looking for career progression, we are happy to speak to anyone looking to make that change. A relocation package could be looked at if the successful person wanted to move to Caithness and needs help to make that transition.

We look forward to receiving your CV or enquiries to Vicky Mackay at [email protected]
www.pentlandhotel.co.uk