For employers

Hiring for a private home, a luxury hotel, a fine-dining kitchen, an estate or a great dining room.

Founder-led and built on twenty years in professional kitchens: chefs and senior front-of-house assessed by someone who knows what a luxury operation needs, and every search handled with discretion.

Permanent placements

We take a detailed brief, draw on an established network of senior chefs, front-of-house and management, and introduce only candidates we would hire ourselves. You interview, you decide; our fee is invoiced only when your chosen candidate starts.

  1. The brief. We listen first: role, accolades, team, salary and the important details a job advert can't capture, taken properly by phone or in person.
  2. The shortlist. A small number of genuinely suitable and carefully vetted candidates, each spoken to about your specific role before their details reach you.
  3. Interview and trial. We coordinate interviews and trial shifts around service, and handle feedback in both directions.
  4. Placement. Offer managed, start date confirmed, fee invoiced on commencement.

The replacement commitment. Every permanent placement is backed by a 20-week sliding-scale replacement commitment: if a placement does not work out, we replace. Full details are set out in our Terms of Business.

How we work

One standard, handled with discretion.

Permanent placement on a contingency basis: you pay only on a successful hire, and every placement is backed by our replacement guarantee. Private clients and their households are handled with complete discretion, and only candidates we would hire ourselves ever reach you. Full terms are set out in our Terms of Business.

Tell us what you need.

A brief takes ten minutes and costs nothing: by phone, by email, or right here. We'll tell you honestly how we can help, and nothing is invoiced until your chosen candidate starts.

Call 01330 476782 or email ian@cairnity.co.uk and you will hear back the same working day.

Want the paperwork first? Our Terms of Business set out fees and the 20-week replacement commitment in full.

Start a brief