Restaurants are worried about a shortage of trained staff in post-Brexit UK
PETERBOROUGH, England - Before dinnertime at Damian Wawrzyniak’s restaurant, he is busy preparing an elaborate array of dishes - slow cooked lamb with fermented broccoli inspired by his time cooking at the world-famous Noma restaurant and Polish sausages from his homeland.
Wawrzyniak said about 70% of his staff come from the EU and he has yet to receive a single application for a chef position he advertised last month. “I can’t find enough staff at the moment and if these costs have to be passed on then prices will rise dramatically,” Wawrzyniak said. “The biggest problem will be finding the people to work here. Without people, this business doesn’t exist.”
Concern over the impact of high levels of immigration from the European Union was one of the key drivers behind Britain’s 2016 vote to leave the bloc. Polish chef, Damian Wawrzyniak, prepares food at the House of Feasts restaurant in Peterborough, Britain February 28, 2020. Picture taken February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
He complains each morning he has to be at work at 6:00 GMT to make fresh bread because he is unable to find a qualified baker to do the work. “I can’t find chefs. I am here all the time,” he said.Kate Nicholls, chief executive of the UKHospitality trade association, said the biggest changes to Britain’s immigration rules in decades would make it harder to employ people for lower-skilled jobs such as waitresses and kitchen workers.
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