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Join the Pub Brigade
Sector is striving for change in the kitchen
The eating out sector has fared enormously well since the end of the recession...so why are pub kitchens finding it so difficult to hire and retain skilled people?
Opinion: Josh Eggleton of the Pony & Trap on why he's pushing for more apprentices to join the chef world
Read a guest column by the award-winning chef.
The battle for the kitchen crew
Despite the encouraging growth currently being experienced by the eating out sector, operators are finding it particularly difficult to get boots on the ground in the kitchen. Daniel Woolfson reports.
Mass mobilisation
Finding and retaining chefs for an independent or leased pub can be hard enough, but imagine trying to find and recruit enough chefs to maintain and drive kitchens at — in some cases — hundreds of sites. Daniel Woolfson reports.
The agents...
Meet the chefs wanting you to #JointhePubBrigade...
Videos
Tom Kerridge of the Hand & Flowers on the shortage
Andrew Fishwick of the Truscott Arms on the Living Wage
Emily Watkins of the Kingham Plough on hiring chefs
