Wendy Bartlett calls for simplification of chef recruitment process at Arena Christmas Event

At the top of Wendy’s Christmas wish list is for the industry to address the chef recruitment issue and to form one organisation that will pull the industry together.

Wendy Bartlett said: “We are too disparate as an industry. We have too many organisations who are there in their power base and doing the thing they need to do, which means you don’t end up with one voice.”

Wendy challenged the room to name the qualifications a chef is required to get to find a job and highlighted that it has become too complicated to come into the industry.

The Arena Christmas Event also provides the hospitality industry with the opportunity to network as well as gaining insight and knowledge, which attendees can take back to their own businesses.