UK ethnic restaurants, particularly Indian restaurants are struggling to find skilled cooks capable of serving the dishes we have come to know and love. Currently UK regulations state that any non-EU chef must be earning a minimum of £28,260 per year in order to work here. This is of course much more money than most... Continue reading

Sanjay Kumar, a chef from Newquay, has written a recipe book for Cooks on a budget. Whether you are in the public sector or the private, you know that all those recipe books somehow forget to cater for people with a tiny budget of £2 per head or perhaps even less! “My festive recipe booklet... Continue reading

A CHEF from Holywell featured on cooking programme MasterChef: The Professionals last week, despite having only been cooking for five years. Chad Hughes, 35, of Holywell, decided to apply for the famous show to test his abilities. Surprisingly, Chad only started cooking five years ago at the age of 30. He trained and worked at... Continue reading

PAUL Hollywood and Mary Berry will have their cake and eat it in the battle of the Christmas cookbooks. In a market worth more than £20million, The Great British Bake Off‘s official recipe guide is the biggest seller so far. But Paul’s Pies and Puds is second and Bake Off co-host Mary Berry has THREE... Continue reading

Britain’s best-known chef has had enough of Television – at least in its present form. Sources inside Jaimie’s production company FreshOne.TV have been telling industry insiders they plan to break away and launch their own Jamie.tv. TV Broadcaster Channel 4 would not comment on the story, but its senior execs said to be deeply angry... Continue reading

We are here to campaign for chefs in the UK, as a jobs clearing house, and to be a place to sound off about employers. Come and work for the new web site – we need writers, designers, social media experts and film-makers to join the team Contact nick@chef.co.uk   Continue reading

A loveable school cook from Ashford has been named the best school caterer in the country after winning a national award. Mother-of-two Hazel Forrester made it to the final three in the Primary School Caterer of the Year category of the EDUcatering Excellence Awards after being nominated by her boss at the Contract Dining Company,... Continue reading