It has been all over the news regarding the shortage within the Chef market. We have been trading for 15 years and we have insights of the market. Over the past 15 years it has not been like this in the chef world. 1st of all you have a chef shortage for the below reasons, you then have energy and food price increases, to top it off any kitchens are having to use Agency chefs which cost more, Agency chefs should just be for peak period not all year round. As well as this page to explain what is happening in the chef market, we also have a page for our predictions for 2023 in the chef market
What is going on?
Many Kitchens have been closed for nearly a year in 2020/21 and this has meant some workers have left the industry and others have not returned to the UK. This is a mixture of many factors. Many kitchens are reporting shortages, including Kitchens that we have never really seen shortages at in the past. Even a year later, some still have not come back to the trade. The public also did not go out for a year, so there is so much demand in 2022 to then go out, which made many places full. This in turn then pushed up inflation around the world, which then has increased prices.
Chef left the industry?
Yes. Some Chefs have left the industry. In the trade some chefs work on a freelance basis (before IR35 rules started), this meant that many chefs could not get Furlough. You also find that March is a key month for new starters, this was the case in 2020. This meant these could not get Furlough.
The chef market has been high hours for years and some chefs are now looking for something different.
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