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In a statement of changes presented to Parliament on 9
September, the Home Office has laid down a number of amendments to
the Immigration rules and regulations. Significantly, the
Government has finally recognised that restaurants offering
takeaways need to be able to recruit chefs from overseas.
Restaurants rely on foreign chefs to work in their kitchens; the
chefs provide regional knowledge and expertise in the preparation
and creation of international dishes.
The historic influx of foreign chefs helped to improve the
reputation of the UK and change it drastically from a place with
stereotypically poor food to one of a vibrant melting pot of
international cuisines. The UK is therefore reliant on allowing
foreign chefs to continue to be able to work in the UK to build
upon its increasingly improved reputation.
In recent history there has been a restriction on chefs that
could come to the UK to work such that if a restaurant provided a
takeaway service, they were not able to hire foreign chefs. This
severely impacted the way many restaurants could operate. Many were
not able to function without both takeaway services and the
expertise of foreign chefs, forcing them to close. Further, with
the explosion of delivery services such as Deliveroo and Uber Eats,
these companies are now providing restaurants that traditionally
did not offer takeaway options the ability to do so. This
restriction severely impacted the ability of these restaurants to
grow and thrive.
As a reaction to the changing landscape, the Home Office has now
removed the restriction preventing chefs from working for a sponsor
that provides a takeaway service. This change of policy will be
welcome news to many as the change provides restaurants which serve
takeaway food, the ability to recruit head chefs and specialists
chefs from overseas so that they can continue to expand their
businesses in the UK. This will no doubt help to ensure the UK
continues to build upon its reputation as a global hub for
international food.
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