This is a crucial initiative we are spearheading to address shortages
This apprenticeship programme is being created in conjunction with the government’s Skills Agency.
We feel it’s essential your industry generates home grown talent. One way is to help young budding Chefs enter the Asian restaurant industry.
This is part of a major training and development drive to increase deployment of UK labour. Government policy and public opinion has long advocated such initiatives and is critical of its lack.
Taking an apprentice demonstrates commitment towards job creation within your local community, particularly among the young unemployed or those finding it hard to get a job and who may be interested in becoming Asian Cuisine Chefs. It also affirms your efforts to address staffing needs within the wider UK resident working community rather than the narrow focus on non EU migrants and settled workers of exclusive ethnicities. It is a measure of corporate social responsibility that will reflect positively on you as well as your business.
Though apprentices will not entirely fulfil staffing needs their presence will play a significant role as a resource for future Chefs. It will also reflect your industry in a positive light and help elicit other means of government support.
It is hoped this will lead to a modicum of imported skilled labour on a selective basis to help facilitate apprenticeships and other specialist training initiatives. Our view is the government could make an exceptional allowance for international Chefs, albeit on a restricted basis if linked to cultivating long term home grown skills. With your help and cooperation we aim is to establish training and development initiatives to meet your present and future needs.
We would therefore urge you to partake in an apprenticeship scheme such as the one we are creating for you. The scheme is currently under formulation and full details will follow.