New Zealand facing shortage of chefs

Christchurch is facing a shortage of chefs, and Hospitality New Zealand, which represents over 2400 hospitality businesses in New Zealand, is pushing the Government to add chefs to the Canterbury Skills Shortage List. Canterbury has 70 hospitality businesses due to reopen following the earthquake repairs. Many restaurants and other businesses suffered extensive damage and many establishments are desperate to employ high level staff, but many chefs were forced to leave the city for other jobs after last year’s quake.