Chef Shortage

May 29, 2015 By David Hall

The Most Brutally Honest Chef Job Advert Ever

A restaurateur/chef in Glasgow (that’s in Scotland) has attracted lots of attention by posting a Chef Job Ad that holds absolutely nothing back. He held so little back that the site hosting the Chef Job Ad [note link goes to our job board, we have to get a plug in for ourselves somewhere along the way too – the link to the actual chef job advert in context is provided toward the bottom of the article] has forced him to censor the ad.

Even censored though, the ad is eye wateringly honest. Speaking of honesty, go here if you’d like to know how do chef recruitment agencies work?

No chef turning up for an interview at this place could ever say he hadn’t be warned, and well warned, in advance about the, ahem, job challenges which lay ahead. Keep reading Chefs because the juicy details are coming. Anyway the job ad was for a Sous Chef and no amount of meta commentary by me can ever do justice to the advert itself, which we’ll be getting to very soon, that’s a promise.

August 1, 2013 By David Hall

Dear Chef De Partie here’s your Job Requirements! Now shut up and apply!

In a recent post I raised the question of whether Chefs Pay and Benefits are a Problem in Ireland? In the course of examining the thorny topic of chefs pay I found that before long I got to the subject of competing for chefs, competing for their services and how, it seems to me at least, despite everest sized pile of data that says a real competition is in play, most caterers, hoteliers, and restaurateurs etc have somehow managed to

strict photo — Is This What People See When They See Your Ad?

July 18, 2013 By David Hall

Chefs Pay and Benefits a Problem in Ireland?

It’s acknowledged that there is a severe shortage of chefs in Ireland right now. Not just right now, it’s been ongoing for a several years already and employers are really feeling the pain. The jobs are there, but the chefs are not. The job boards are full of employers advertising these jobs and, for the most part, after their campaigns have expired they still have that gaping vacancy they started out with, they’ll be a few hundred euro lighter and they’ll have lost precious time. Then they call us, or someone like us,

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April 17, 2012 By David Hall

Irish Chef Shortage Bites Harder

Another year, another media story about Chef Shortages in Ireland, this time on our screens, and the longer it goes on the worse it’s likely to become. We’ve been here before, almost a year ago to the day we covered an Irish Times piece on the same problem and later on we revisited the issue with a particular focus on the Chef De Parties. This chef shortage is biting harder and deeper as time passes. While the recession has brought a welcome uptick in the numbers of young people interested in pursuing a career as a chef the training sector just hasn’t anything close to the number of college places available to meet the demand.

Ration Book Photo — The Ministry Of Food Isn’t Rationing Chefs…YET!

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August 7, 2011 By David Hall

The Great Chef De Partie drought in Irish Catering Recruitment

Chef De Parties in Ireland, the rare breed in Irish Catering Recruitment

We’ve covered the shortage of Chefs in the Irish catering industry in an earlier blog post about the great chef shortage. Since then there’s been little improvement in the supply of chefs anywhere in Irish catering, whether directly to the hospitality industry or indeed to catering recruiters.

Yet not all aspects of this chef shortage are created equal. One position in particular is a persistent headache for anyone attempting to run any catering business right now. That position is, Chef De Partie and there is almost no one who’s been left unaffected by this shortage. Kitchens island wide are groaning under the strain with little relief on the horizon.

April 27, 2011 By David Hall

Irish Times asks “where did all the chefs go?”

Or why is it so difficult to find chefs in Ireland

Finally! This week the Irish TImes has got to the question every catering recruitment consultant, especially those of us who specialize in recruiting chefs, has had to field many times:

“Why, in such a recessionary market, can’t I find any chefs?”

Some of the biggest names in the industry are looking for qualified chefs, including Shanahan’s on the Green, the Shelbourne Hotel and the Michelin-starred Malahide restaurant Bon Appetit. Even Masterchef judge Dylan McGrath has been recruiting staff for his Rustic Stone restaurant in Dublin. Recently the jobs.ie website listed more than 100 jobs around the country for chefs at a variety of levels.