Property News · December 13, 2016

Michel Roux Jr apologises for paying chefs less than minimum wage


TV chef and owner of Michelin-starred restaurant claims he didn’t notice staff’s long working hours and their underpayment was unintentionalFormer BBC1 MasterChef host and Michelin-starred, Le Gavroche restaurant owner Michel Roux Jr has spoken out for the first time since it was exposed he was paying chefs below the minimum wage, saying: “I am embarrassed and I am sorry.”The statement follows Guardian’s revelation last month that Roux was paying some of his Mayfair restaurant staff, rates as low as £5.50 per hour when the legal minimum is £7.20 per hour. Chefs preparing a menu including starters costing as much as a £62.80 lobster mousse with caviar and champagne sauce, were found to be working routinely 62 to 68-hour weeks for about £375 before tax. They should have been paid £490 for a 68-hour week. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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