Complaints procedure

Chefs Jobs UK is committed to providing the highest levels of care to all our customers. If you are in any way dissatisfied with our products or service, then please let us know as soon as possible. This will help us continually improve our service to you.

If you have a complaint, we will always try to resolve this informally and amicably. In the first instance, please contact your Recruitment Consultant, on 01254 355666. They will be more than happy to hear your complaint, and hopefully resolve it quickly and to the satisfaction of all parties involved.

Next steps

  1. Should you still feel you need to take a more formal approach, you can contact our Chief Commercial Officer, Andrew Gardner by email on andrew@cumminsmellor.co.uk or by letter to Chefs Jobs UK, One Cathedral Square, Cathedral Quarter, Blackburn BB1 1FB.

  2. We will send you an acknowledgement of your complaint and ask you to confirm or explain the details set out. You can expect to receive this communication within 5 days of us receiving your complaint.

  3. We will record your complaint in our central register within a day of receiving it.

  4. We will acknowledge your reply to our acknowledgment and confirm what will happen next. You can expect to receive our acknowledgement letter within 5 days of your reply.

  5. We will then start to investigate your complaint. This will normally involve the following steps;

  6. We will thoroughly examine the information you have provided for us.

  7. Andrew Gardner will then invite you to discuss this further by telephone or face to face meeting and hopefully resolve your complaint. He will do this within 5 days of the end of our investigation.

  8. If you do not want a meeting or it is not possible, Andrew will send you a detailed reply to your complaint. This will include his suggestions for resolving the matter. He will do this within 5 days of completing his investigation.

  9. At this stage, if you are still not satisfied, you can contact the recruitment industry governing body, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) on 020 7009 2100.

  10. If we have to change any of the time scales above, we will let you know and explain why.