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.
Continue reading Too few cooks in the kitchen: Victoria faces chef shortage The shortage of chefs in Victoria is so bad one restaurant is shutting down its operations for the entire month of August. North 48, a local restaurant known for its eclectic menu, has not been able to find replacements for three line cooks that had to leave Victoria. Chef and
Continue reading HOW A STAFF SHORTAGE IS FORCING RESTAURANTS TO GET CREATIVE The owner of Taco Bamba Taqueria peered out from the kitchen at the line of customers snaking around the corner at his latest spot in a suburban Virginia strip mall, and felt terror. Who was going to cook, serve and clean up for all these people? “The cooks had left,”
Continue reading Help Wanted: Shortage of employees choking growth of local economy Glen Cook’s moving company has been a going concern in Windsor for three generations, but now he can’t find new employees to expand. Cook said he would hire six to 10 workers and add new trucks if he could find the help. “I have to turn down about 30 per
Continue reading Why is a good cook so hard to find these days in L.A Rumors of a labor crisis in the Los Angeles restaurant industry began about four years ago as a grumble — whispering at the farmers market, the occasional kvetching on social media — but as more and more ads for line cooks go unanswered and scheduled interviews bail
Continue reading LISTEN: What’s the future for the restaurant industry in B.C. as chef shortage continues With ever-advancing technologies and artificial intelligence creeping into the workforce, job security for current and future generations has never been more worrying. CKNW’s Future of Work series focuses on how British Columbia’s job market is going to evolve and how to help workers get the best possible
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