Yip, we’re growing and we need your help. We’re looking for a passionate food and kitchen tool lover to fill a customer services role at Yuppiechef.

We’re based in Cape Town so you need to be in the area or need to be willing to move to the most beautiful city in the world. You’ll join us during the course of July as we need you as soon as possible. We don’t mind about your age or whether you’re a boy or a girl but there are a few things we know we’re looking for in this unfound star:

1. You’ve had at least 2 years experience in a customer service role and know that looking after customers is the most important thing in life.
2. You are a good writer and your English compares to that of the queen, darling.
3. You get passionate about your work and are looking for something to get your teeth into.
4. You’re outgoing, you like people and people like you.
5. You’re able to work under pressure and can deal with difficult and sometimes unreasonable customers (did I say that?) with a smile on your face, always looking for the best outcome.
6. The web is your second (or third) home. Facebook, blogs, Twitter and other social media are your weekly staples.

Things that will keep you busy in this role include:

1. Chatting to customers daily to make sure they are happy with their purchases and helping arrange whatever needs to be arranged when things go wrong, as they sometimes do in life.
2. Managing the booking, co-ordination and organisation of all sorts of great Yuppiechef events.
3. Working alongside other Yuppiechef team members at trade shows like the Good Food & Wine Show telling the world about who we are. These shows require lots of energy and are great fun. Take a peek here.
4. Keeping in touch with our fast growing base of lovers through Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and our blog.
5. Co-ordinating the writing of our hand-written notes and making sure things like this are included in every package we send.
6. Bringing cupcakes and other nice treats into the office every now and then to surprise us and keep us smiling.

If you think you’re cut out for this role or you think you know someone who would be perfect, please drop us a line at jobs@yuppiechef.co.za and tell us a little about yourself, why you think you’d like to work with us and attach your CV for us to have a squizz.

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Getting the lettering

In a nutshell, it was fantastic. We put in loads of effort into getting our stand just right and thanks to James Mudge (designer, craftsman and genius extraordinaire), the result was out of the top drawer. The design and construction was meticulous to the last detail: beautiful solid bamboo table tops; our bright pink logo on dark backboards and floating display boxes held together by industrial rubber bands and a large orange seat belt with not a nail or screw in sight!

Paul showing off his apron

We worked hard: from 8am to 9pm every day from Thursday to Sunday, on our feet, telling the world about Yuppiechef. And we loved it.

Definitely a future customer

We learnt many lessons, too. We now know that in future we can eat more regularly than once every eleven hours by keeping a small team cooler bag under the table filled with the odd sandwich and coke.

Shane, the original Yuppiechef

We also learnt that we took too much stock, not because were expected to sell it all (although that would have been nice) but rather, because we were unsure what would sell so tried to cover all bases. We now know a lot more about what you (our customers) like when they have our tools in front of them and next time we’ll trust our guts and will get better at choosing what we take.

One of our show specials

Most importantly for us, we met hundreds of nice, new people we really liked.

Our sexy, environmentally friendly bags (plus happy customers)

Most of them had never heard of us before (something which, surprisingly, we were over the moon about) but after spending a bit of time with us, we think they liked us, too. Whether this was because of Adam’s American accent or the ‘Kiss The Tools’ aprons we were wearing, we’ll never be sure. But we certainly made a whole lot of new friends.

No, m'am, those are poach pods!

As a team, it was fantastic to be on the stand together. Andrew kept his eye on sales and operations, Shane was consumed by the merchandising and product selection and I (I am Paul) was focussed on telling the world about who we are.

The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker... and Adam.

We had invaluable help and guidance from Adam who worked as many long hours a day as any of us. Sarah’s planning of the show, the stand and the merchandise was brilliant. We’re going to miss you, Sarah! Jemma from Swiss Diamond was a star (no pun intended) and added necessary chocolate brownies, humour and good looks to the stand; Charise & Debbie did an incredible job, leaving their kids at home with their pets to be at the show to tell the world the Yuppiechef story. And to the team back at the office, Frank, Mike, Dale & Jason, who supported us behind the scenes: you all rock. Thank you.

Jemma working Swiss Diamond

To our suppliers, thank you so much for your support. Greg, it was great to finally meet you. Ben, we were privileged to be opposite the Le Creuset stand at the show and I am glad we had a chance to meet. Wings, FH Richelmann, Bialetti, Handle Hands, PJ Marketing and anyone else we’ve left off, we really appreciate your support. We all know that without you we would not have been able to do it the Yuppiechef way.

Some of our new friends

Thanks to the Good Food & Wine Team. Aside from the normal challenges here and there, the show was great. We know you worked hard on this. And finally, a big word of thanks to Brandon & Glen at Kikibag who turned around our awesome brown, environmentally friendly bags in a record time – you played out of your boots and the bags were a great success!

So now the time has come to crawl home and sleep… and sleep… and sleep. Bye for now.

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Some crazy looking old folk once told us that sharp gifts can slice friendships to smithereens unless a lucky coin is given with the gift. We like lasting friendships so we figured we’d throw this in, just incase the old folk aren’t as crazy as they looked.

Thanks to Uli, Ant & Christine (in reality not such crazy looking old folk) for the wisdom. You guys are great

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To be completely honest it was really a food festival with the emphasis placed on cheese – and luckily so. After the 48th mouthful of cheese, one starts realising that your stomach probably wasn’t built to cope with a kilo of cheese moving around in your bowels. It was in this moment that a massive realisation came upon me… cheese isn’t meant to be enjoyed on its own! What a discovery! As marvelous as it is alone, unless you’re the expert shopping for your store, it’s far better enjoyed with a little biscuit, with perhaps some cherry tomatoes or smoked salmon but ideally on a torn off chunk of baguette with some quality meat.

Considering the price of milk has become exorbitant it was actually with some appreciation that I took in the price of most cheeses. Discovering that it’s actually quite a performance to culture a good cheese I really started to appreciate all the fine cheese on offer for free. The highlights at the event were the offerings at the French Pavilion, those fabulous olives that I can’t remember the name of anymore and most of all the unique cheeses you wouldn’t normally find in your day to day ramblings around your local market – be it organic or super.

All in all it was a great day out of the office, taking in the sights of the countryside, soaking up the foodie atmosphere and spoiling myself with some of the finer foods in this life.

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Put your pizza wheels together for Natasha Mion who cracked the code in Friday’s Easter Egg Hunt – she is now a R250 voucher gazillionairess.

And to everyone else who managed to find their way to the Global Cook’s Knife 20cm G-2 and to those who helped us make the first Yuppiechef Easter Egg Hunt a huge success…We thank you.

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Put your can openers together for Laura Tim who took the cake in Thursday’s Easter Egg Hunt – she is now a R250 voucher billionairess.

Thank you to everyone else who managed to find their way to the Krups Kitchen Machine with Stainless Steel Blender Jug.

You still have one more chance of winning…so keep hunting!

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To all a happy Easter!
We hope you’re relaxing at home.
Eating hot cross buns,
Upon your mortal throne.

Our bunny has hidden one more egg,
In a place you’d never guess.
This last hunt will take skill and cunning,
You’ve got 72 hours and no less.

So you’ll need a sharp mind,
As good as the Irish Intelligence.
You can’t afford to be wrong,
So ensure you proceed with patience.

Go hunting! Click here.

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Put your spatulas together for Kerry-Anne Gilowey who stole the show in Wednesday’s Easter Egg Hunt – she is now a R250 voucher millionairess.

Thank you to everyone else who managed to find their way to the Kyocera Ceramic Chefs Knife Small 14cm.

You still have two more chances of winning…so keep hunting!

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I hope you solved the clue,
To the knife a la ceramic.
The clues are only getting harder,
And a little more dynamic.

So you might need to find an alliance,
With a friend up to the task.
We wouldn’t want your chances,
To end up in a long wooden cask.

So weigh up your options,
This one’s going to be a lengthy process.
Put all the ingredients in the mix,
And it will creep on you like osmosis.

Go hunting! Click here.

If you haven’t found the previous clues, it’s not too late! We choose a winner every day, so finding just one clue puts you in line to win a prize. Enter every day to increase your chances.

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Put your tongs together for Gail Christie who ruled the roost in Tuesday’s Easter Egg Hunt – she is now R250 richer in vouchers.

Thank you to everyone else who managed to find their way to the Joseph Joseph Multi Colour Nesting Set 6 Piece.

You still have three more chances of winning…so keep hunting!

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