The great British chef shortage: why eating out is under threat

We are in a golden age for dining out – but now there aren’t enough trained chefs and waiters to go round – and Brexit is not going to helpIt was, says chef patron Alexis Gauthier, “not the last resort”, but almost. Last September, he needed to fill three positions at his central London restaurant, Gauthier Soho: a pastry chef; a chef de partie, to head up one of the stations in the kitchen; and a sommelier. Gauthier has held a Michelin star since 2011, but that is