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 What employees? We don’t have them anymore’: Fast food places can’t find workers to flip burgers A quarter-century ago, there were 56 teenagers in the labour force for every “limited service” restaurant — that is, the kind where you order at the counter. Today, there are less than half as many, which is a reflection both of teenagers’ decreasing workforce
Continue reading Good cooks are quitting the kitchen, and that’s bad news for your favourite restaurant If I hadn’t gone to cooking school or spent six years working in Toronto kitchens, I wouldn’t be who I am today: a writer, not a cook. Cooking is a wonderful art, skill, trade and craft. But as a career, it stinks: The ratio of work
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