Live-in Housekeeper Cook for couple in Central London

Job Descriptions

Exceptional Housekeeper Cook for couple in Central London 

HNW couple are looking for a very experienced housekeeper cook to join them Monday – Friday from 1.00pm – 9.00pm with flexibility. 

Full Housekeeping duties to include:

• Maintaining adequate stocks of food and household provisions
• Overseeing all maintenance issues and engaging trades people as necessary
• Managing all tradespeople, attending all appointments
• Overseeing all ensuing invoices from trades people and general housekeeping
• Managing a monthly float, keeping an accurate account of expenditure and receipts for monthly accrual
• Liaising closely with all household staff and office staff related to the owners of the property
• Providing assistance on prepping for travel including packing and unpacking travel suitcases
• Overseeing all cleaning provided by the cleaner is completed to required standards
• Managing and running ad hoc errands as necessary
• Looking after 2 small dogs, walking them when necessary and providing day to day care
• Providing overall management of the household to ensure all day to day matters are processed to a high standard in the time frames required.

Cook duties to include:

• To provide health meals on a daily basis for lunch and supper (one gluten free)
• To be able to experiment and come up with new menu ideas
• To use fresh produce in all food preparation
• Cater for up to 8 people for dinner parties
• To remain flexible to requirements and be able to react to new requests positively

Person Requirements

• Proven experience as a Housekeeper and Chef
• Ability to work with little supervision and conversely manage a high level of requests
• Have a ‘can’ do’ positive personality, happy to respond to changing requests
• Prioritisation and time management skills
• Ability to work quickly without compromising quality

Location: Central London (Starting in Regents Park, then moving to their newly refurbished property in Marylebone at the end of year)

Accommodation: in both properties is an annexe with bedroom, bathroom and living space.

Starting: ASAP

Salary: DOE circa £40,000 - £50,000 

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