Restaurants where staff are bullied should be stripped of Michelin stars, union says
The IndependentSign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chefs are calling on awarding bodies to strip restaurants of their Michelin stars and AA rosettes if their staff are bullied or abused while working in kitchens. The petition, started by chef’s union, Unichef, claims that a culture of “systemic abuse” exists in Britain’s hotels, pubs and restaurants. It comes after 12 former staff members told The Times that they had been subjected to both physical and verbal abuse while working at celebrity chef Tom Kitchin’s restaurants. It’s a deep-rooted problem in many kitchens and one which causes many young chefs to give up on this as a career choice,” Dave Turnbull, a national officer at Unite told The Independent.
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