education charity Springboard and The Food Teachers' Centre are calling for schools to encourage more young people to join the industry.
The Two Michelin-starred chef said that despite being an exciting, vivacious industry, he is finding it increasingly hard to recruit the skilled workforce he needs.
"At my restaurants I am constantly looking for the next stars in the industry and struggling to find the skillset we need due to the drop of new talent emerging from the education system – despite the work done by the industry to attract entry level talent," he said.
“It’s a career that offers such diversity: from floor to sous chef, from logistical prowess to creative ambition. My own career has taken me from working with incredible luminaries like Pierre Koffman, Richard Neat and Joel Robuchon; all the way to be the owner of my first restaurant. What other industry can offer you such mentorship followed by such opportunity?”
At The Staff Canteen, tackling the skills shortage in hospitality is a cause we care about too. Last year, we launched our TSC Live College Tour events, leveraging our knowledge of the industry and the community of chefs and hospitality workers that we work with to inspire the country's young minds and showcase hospitality as the fantastic sector it is.
Read about our previous tours and watch the video round-ups of when we went to University College Birmingham, Bournemouth and Poole College and Westminster Kingsway College; and stay tuned to find out which chefs will be joining us at Farnborough College for our next TSCLive College Tour on June 18th.
