The demand for experienced restaurant staff has put salaries on a fast boil – with pay skyrocketing as much as 75% and one recently hired chef scoring a $400,000 deal, Side Dish can report. The salaries are soaring thanks in large part to alabor shortageand rising demand to dine out after pandemic lockdowns, according to interviews with chefs, restaurant consultants
Continue reading HONOLULU (KITV4) — Mask and seating restrictions have been lifted for Hawaii restaurants, but not all have been able to return to full capacity. One of the reasons is: there are not enough chefs to fill island kitchens. Things heat up in The Surfing Pig’s kitchen, as chefs cook for the lunch crowd. But not every restaurant is lucky enough
Continue reading Businesses are having to turn down bookings as employee numbers remain low following the pandemic and Brexit “We used to be able to do 26 (people for a Christmas party booking) but we absolutely can’t do that now. The max we can do now is 10,” said the York restaurant’s owner, Clarrie O’Callaghan. The shortage means that anyone who called
Continue reading Second Charleston restaurant points to labor problems as reason for closure in same week CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) – A downtown Charleston restaurant’s announcement on Friday that it was shutting down effective immediately cited the same issue a West Ashley eatery says led to its decision to close. Kitchen 208 was located at 208 King Street and was known for breakfast,
Continue reading Building a Chinese-Food Empire Andrew Cherng started working in the United States at 18, while he pursued an undergraduate degree in mathematics at Baker University, in Kansas. Starting in 1967, he began spending his summers in New York City, working in a restaurant where his father had connections. It was his first real job. The work was fast-paced, his English
Continue reading 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,
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