'If they don’t give it to another fuckwit this could be a good idea' chefs back Minister for Hospitality petition

Since reopening in July, the hospitality sector has lost 160,000 jobs - 20,000 of those in the last three weeks alone.

There are 900,000 workers still on furlough and 1 in 5 premises are still closed. Without additional support the industry is facing over half a million job losses in the next few weeks if the northern and national restrictions we are expecting are announced. 

With no representation in Parliament, the government was ill-equipped to assess the potential damages of its policy, or the ways in which these might have been mitigated. Some of the nation’s best chefs and hospitality representatives are urging the UK government to impose a Minister for Hospitality and they have created a petition which has so far been backed by over 5,000 people. 

The group, that includes world renowned chefs including Marcus Wareing, Angela Hartnett, Asma Khan and Tom Kerridge, is calling for the appointment of a Minister for Hospitality to the UK government to ensure the representation of the interests