Restaurants are booming in Britain, but the chronic shortage of chefs and other staff is threatening the industry Restaurants are booming in Britain, but the chronic shortage of chefs and other staff is threatening the industry
Continue reading Lonely in the kitchen: Restaurant worker shortage hits Louisville It was a busy Thursday evening in early June at Lilly’s: A Kentucky Bistro, the venerable Bardstown Road restaurant owned and presided over by much-honored chef, Kathy Cary, and there was a notable difference in staffing. Cary usually exchanges her chef’s jacket for a more relaxed and fashionable outfit at dinner
Continue reading Shortage of retail and restaurant workers becoming acute Some of the most entry-level of jobs are now getting harder to fill, as a skills shortage grips certain industries. Both retailers and the fast-growing hospitality sectorare reporting difficulties getting the right staff. In Otago’s Moeraki, acclaimed restauranteur Fleur Sullivan wasstruggling to get visas for chefs and kitchen staff at Christmasbecause no
Continue reading Line cook shortage is changing metro Detroit’s restaurant industry Halloween may be over but many of metro Detroit’s restaurantscontinue to be haunted by ghosts of a different type. “We’ve had people with relatively easy, mellow prep jobs walk off in the middle of a shift. We’ve had people that seem phenomenal on paper just not show up for work and
Continue reading Affordability and demand: A recipe for a shortage of Seattle cooks Citing a “severe shortage of trained cooks in Seattle,” Roxy’s has resorted to modifying its menu to offer “simpler” versions of its potato dishes. It’s not clear how long the message has been posted on the diner’s menus. MyNorthwest reached out to the owner of Roxy’s for a comment,
Continue reading Restaurants are booming in Britain, but the chronic shortage of chefs and other staff is threatening the industry It is almost impossible to turn on the television without seeing a celebrity chef putting aspiring young cooks through their paces. But leaders in the restaurant industry have warned it is in the depths of a recruitment crisis that could force some
Continue reading Six tips for beating skilled staff shortages Here are six innovative, creative, and success-oriented ways you can handle the shortage of qualified staff. 1) Play nice: Kitchen Nightmares is over. Seriously. Young professionals know that the world is their oyster, and they’re not going to waste their time working somewhere that makes them unhappy all the time. Create a pleasant working environment,
Continue reading San Diego Restaurants Struggle to Hire Cooks Some San Diego eateries are struggling to fill positions in the kitchen as a labor shortage is felt across California, restaurateurs tell NBC 7. The California Restaurant Association said the hiring hurdles are a problem happening across the state. Locally, some restaurants are finding workers in short supply to fill line cook positions
Continue reading Not Enough Cooks in the Restaurant Kitchen The drumbeat began about five years ago, as the restaurant industry started to recover from the recession. The sound was faint, but chefs noticed. Openings for junior jobs like prep cook and line cook were taking longer to fill, and the applicants had weaker skills. Cooks with just one or two years of
Continue reading Restaurant industry explores ways to deal with shortage of cooks and chefs The owner of Solly’s Bagelry likes the idea of changing her company’s work schedule by introducing a four-day week of 10-hour shifts as a way to retain staff. Leah Markovitch said like many food service businesses, her three retail stores and one manufacturing outlet are dealing with a labour shortage.
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