#TChefs. The Chefs gear money can’t buy

Kicking off 2016 with The Chef Foundation #T-Chefs campaign. To say “thank you” to our great database of chefs, candidates successfully placed in employment now receive complimentary Chef Foundation T-Shirts made exclusively for us by Mad-Teestops. All we ask is for chefs to send in a photo of themselves wearing their T-Shirt, this can be […]

Exceptional Stagieres Opportunity- Michelin Star Restaurant

The Chef Foundation is looking for Uber-keen entry level chefs with a real passion for food for this once in a lifetime opportunity. As part of The Chef Foundation Stagieres Initiative we are very pleased to be able to offer an exciting stagieres placement at a Michelin star restaurant in Berkshire.This will be a paid […]

Emergency Chefs- Channel 4 New Series

Calling all Relief Chefs. The Chef Foundation has been asked to help source candidates for a new TV series for Channel 4 tracking the day to day work of relief chefs . Details from Double Act Productions below Double Act Productions are currently working on a new, primetime food show for Channel 4 that moves […]

Chef Foundation Stagieres

There has been lots in the press recently about the chronic shortage of chefs, the demise of the apprenticeship scheme and the steady decline of the NVQ qualification. The Chef Foundation has been encouraging its London clients to offer placements to Stagieres not as a temporary source of free labour but as a way of […]

London Cooking Project-Battersea Canteen

London Cooking Project and Brixton People’s Kitchen team up to tackle food waste and provide free meals for local community London Cooking Project has joined forces with Brixton People’s Kitchen to launch a new community canteen designed to reduce food waste in the local area and feed those in need. The Battersea Canteen will provide […]

Salumi Charcuterie Fermentation Cabinets

Very impressed by Julie Croker of Angel Refrigeration and her new Salumi, Charcuterie, Fermentation cabinets designed for ageing, curing, drying, maturing and fermentation. Programs allow for controlled humidity, temperature and air exchange producing safe, hygienic high quality home cured meats, cheeses and plenty more. The best chefs in London are all over these techniques at […]

Chef crisis: top restaurants struggle to find reliable chefs

This isn’t new but represents a gradual decline in the primary work force in the industry fuelled by long hours, poor pay and conditions, abuse of staff tips etc and a basic qualification that does not meet industry requirements. Some employers are now offering a better work/life balance. Still not as good as a tube […]

The Chef Shortage, College Funding & the Industry

There have been lots in the industry press recently about the chronic shortage of skilled chefs. The training facilities available and how they prepare students to work in the industry are not up to the mark. Catering is often a second choice for school leavers and FE enrolment normally rises in years where school leavers […]