Tag Archives: private household

Wine glasses are delicate and require extra care and tenderness. Preparation, maintenance, and serious cleaning routines are essential. Butlers and headwaiters should know the proper way to clean glasses, it is a daily routine in a household or in a Hotel. Crystal is the most preferred material when it comes …

Employing foreign staff in a domestic household is a common practice in the UK. There are many advantages to hiring foreign workers in a UK household if they come with a wealth of skills and knowledge of a second or sometimes third language. According to a recent study by the …

The number of homes who hire domestic staff, such as a House Manager, team of housekeepers, a gardener, a private chef, etc. that do not conduct regular staff meetings always amazes me. Yes, yes I know that time is precious and that staff is hard-pressed to get their daily jobs …

I recall when I first spoke with “Sam.” [I am using a pseudonym for the purposes of discretion and maintaining the privacy of the individuals involved in “Sam’s” story] At the time, over 12 years ago, I was working for my previous employer and interviewing House Managers for an important …

The moment the last ball had been hit at Wimbledon, all of us upped sticks from SW19 and headed south to France. The family’s grand old private villa had been a wedding present to my female boss, for one of her early marriages. It was nestled on top of a …

Being a part of the yachting industry offers an exciting, unique career – one which many of us were never expecting to be a part of.  Time seems to pass so quickly; before you know it, you have worked your way up the ranks, and all those things which seemed …