NHS Western Isles says it may have to provide ready meals for patients, due to chronic shortages of kitchen staff at an island hospital. The health board said it had advertised three catering jobs at Uist and Barra Hospital 20 times in the past four months without any success. The vacancy rate in the hospital’s catering department is at 46%
Continue reading 350 Bakehouse and Cafe is experience short shortages, forcing them to stop their hot breakfast and lunch options for the time being. (350 Bakehouse Cafe/Facebook) Kelowna’s 350 Bakehouse ending grill options due to staff shortage Cafe will focus on grab-and-go and deli items, as well as baked goods The pandemic hit many people and businesses hard and the effects are
Continue reading Leading AI company Bear Robotics is launching Servi, an innovative new robot set to revolutionise the food service industry. Servi helps hospitality and care home businesses, assisting staff by utilizing AI and autonomous robot technology to serve drinks and food and clear tables. This, in turn, allows waiting staff and care home employees to focus on spending quality time and
Continue reading Nearly half of hospitality operators are cutting trading hours or capacity in order to cope with ongoing staff shortages. The loss of business resulting from reduced trading has cost the industry £21b in lost revenue and an estimated £5b tax loss for the Exchequer. A joint survey conducted by UKHospitality, the British Institute of Innkeeping, and the British Beer and
Continue reading Almost two-thirds of hospitality businesses expect to see no improvement in recruiting kitchen staff this year, with employers calling on staff to work longer hours over the recent festive period, new research has shown. Data from workforce management specialist Bizimply revealed that more than half of businesses report that Christmas and New Year trading was as strong as they had
Continue reading Top New York chefs can earn $300,000, while those in the Hamptons can earn $160,000, said Alfred Ehrlich, a chef turned executive search/personnel consultant who heads Kitchen Maestro. 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
Continue reading 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 a labor shortage and rising demand to dine out after pandemic lockdowns, according to interviews with chefs, restaurant
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 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
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