Chef shortage starts to bite Waikato pubs and restaurantsCHRISTEL YARDLEY/STUFF Rebecca Wang is the sous chef at the Gothenburg Restaurant in Hamilton. Supplied The 136-year-old Grand Tavern in Te Aroha is a drawcard for tourists but is without a chef at the moment. A search of the job website, Seek.co.nz, showed there were 26 jobs listed under the title, "chef" for the Waikato. He thought there were only about five or six good restaurants in Hamilton and about the same number of "good cafes". Shortage of chefsNew Zealand Restaurant Association Chief Executive Marisa Bidois said chefs were on the skill shortage list for the country.

Source: Stuff September 12, 2017 20:34 UTC