Published October 6, 2015

Group Recommends Using Oversees Cooks to Combat Britain’s Chef Shortage

Hospitality recruitment company The Change Group recently came out with a study claiming that looser immigration restrictions are needed in Britain to ensure that enough foreign chefs can work in the country. The Change Group’s director Craig Allen believes that there is a looming chef shortage in Britain, and that the best short-term solution is to allow more oversees cooks to work in Britain. Currently, non-EU chefs must make the equivalent of £29,570 annually to be permitted to work in the UK. This is an onerous requirement for cooks in many countries, according to the vice president of the Bangladesh Caterers Association.

Currently, 42 percent of vacancies for cooking jobs are considered “hard to fill.” The only long-term solution is to get more British people interested in a career in cooking. It is interesting to compare the plight of British restaurants to the situation in America, where foodie culture has inspired thousands of people to give up their day jobs for their kitchen dreams.

Read the full article here: Relax immigration laws to help address chef shortage, says recruiter

Link: http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Business/Relax-immigration-laws-to-help-address-chef-shortage-says-recruiter?utm_source=RSS_text_news&utm_medium=RSS_feed&utm_campaign=RSS_Text_News