Ella Canby

Ella Canby

Freelance Private Chef

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Director and Owner at Sugarella Cooks & Staff - assisting private clients with all their staffing needs. We find chefs, cooks, nannys, housekeepers, butlers, drivers and couples all over the UK and internationally.

  • Education

    • Leith's School of Food and Wine

      2004 - 2004
      Diploma in Food and Wine Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant

      Diploma in food and wine

    • The grange cookery school

      2002 - 2002

      4 week intensive cookery & 1 week chalet course

    • Bedgebury School, Goudhurst, Kent

      1997 - 2002
    • Burgess Hill School for Girls

      1994 - 1997
  • Experience

    • Private Chef

      Jan 2002 - Oct 2015
      Freelance Private Chef

      Freelance Private Household Chef for a variety of clients all over the UK and abroad.

    • Greycoat Lumleys

      Feb 2006 - Jan 2008
      Recruitment Consultant

      Recruiting permanent and temporary chefs and waiting staff for a variety of private household and corporate jobs.

    • Greycoat Lumleys

      Jan 2009 - Feb 2011
      Recruitment Consultant

      Recruiting permanent and temporary chefs and waiting staff for a variety of private household and corporate jobs.

    • Venturi's Table

      Feb 2011 - Jul 2013
      Events Manager

      Organised all in house and outside corporate and private cookery classes and events.

    • Sugarella Cakes Ltd.

      Nov 2012 - Aug 2017
      Director at Sugarella Cakes Limited

      Owner and creator of Sugarella Cakes making cakes for all occasions in addition to a mail order shop with a main focus on beautifully packaged brownie gift boxes which are available to order on our website to send in the post, or buy at Fortnum and Mason on the lower ground floor.

    • Tiger Recruitment Ltd

      Sept 2013 - Sept 2014
      Administrator / Accounts Assistant

      Supporting the Temporary and Permanent Consultants with all administrational needs, including the weekly payroll and collation of timesheets, invoicing, accounts assistance and all round general office help.

    • Brown Shipley

      Oct 2014 - Mar 2015
      Private Client Administrator/Secretary

      Supporting two investment management teams with a wide range of secretarial and administrational duties including: diary management, typing (including audio), formatting documents and letters, payments, transfers and data amendments, archiving and filing and all general office assistance including collection and opening of post, stationery orders and answering phones.

    • Victoria Wall Associates

      Apr 2015 - Sept 2015
      Finance and Operations Manager

      Weekly temp payroll, temp administration, candidate care and tax enquiries. General all round office help.

    • Sugarella Cooks & Staff

      Oct 2015 - now

      An agency for cooks, chefs, Nannies, housekeepers and other private household staff. I can assist with recruitment for private clients in the UK and abroad including: Nannie’s, chefs, cooks, housekeepers, private PAs, butlers, gardeners, drivers and more. A bespoke recruitment agency for chefs, cooks, Nannie’s, housekeepers and all private staff for private households and events.www.sugarellacooks.co.uk

      • Director

        Oct 2015 - now
      • Director/Owner/Recruitment Consultant

        Oct 2015 - now
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Diploma in Food and Wine - Leiths