{"id":34754,"date":"2016-11-17T23:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tv-chef-michel-roux-jr-paid-kitchen-staff-below-minimum-wage\/"},"modified":"2016-11-17T23:28:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T16:28:03","slug":"tv-chef-michel-roux-jr-paid-kitchen-staff-below-minimum-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tv-chef-michel-roux-jr-paid-kitchen-staff-below-minimum-wage\/","title":{"rendered":"TV chef Michel Roux Jr paid kitchen staff below minimum wage"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAs part of a series on the UK\u2019s increasingly precarious world of work, we spoke to some chefs who say they earned as little as \u00a35.50 an hour at Le Gavroche restaurant\u2022 Help fund our journalism by becoming a Guardian Supporter or making a contributionMichelin-starred TV chef Michel Roux Jr has been paying some kitchen staff at his Mayfair restaurant less than the minimum wage, the Guardian can reveal, while charging over \u00a360 for one starter.Earnings at Le Gavroche, named this month as London\u2019s \u201ctop gastronomic experience\u201d, have been as low as \u00a35.50 an hour \u2013 well below the \u00a37.20 \u201cnational living wage\u201d introduced in April \u2013 according to information provided by chefs who have worked there. Their working days sometimes exceed 14 hours. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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