{"id":21484,"date":"2015-09-03T08:25:47","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T08:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wearesevenhills.com\/?p=21484"},"modified":"2015-09-03T08:25:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T08:25:47","slug":"cobra-beer-responds-to-uk-skills-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wearesevenhills.com\/cobra-beer-responds-to-uk-skills-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"COBRA BEER RESPONDS TO UK SKILLS SHORTAGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Cobra Beer has embarked on a campaign to secure the future of one of Britain\u2019s favourite enterprises \u2013 the curry restaurant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Cobra Beer\u2019s sales and telesales data revealed that the number of curry restaurants is in decline, with as many as two disappearing every week on average.\u00a0Seven Hills used this worrying data to deliver an international media campaign to draw attention to an industry standing up to a number of threats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Pasha Kashandaker, President of the Bangladeshi Catering Association, suggested the reason why some curry restaurants may be closing for business: \u2018The staff in our restaurants, are ageing, they are retiring and new generations of chefs are not coming into the industry. The problem has been compounded by the lack of immigration into this country, hence the shortage of staff.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Earlier this summer, Lord Bilimoria launched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cobrabeer.com\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cobra Beer\u2019s<\/a> skills-sharing initiative in the curry restaurant industry, geared towards \u2018sharing their best kitchen practices and spreading the knowledge of the most successful and popular recipes that chefs are under increasing pressure to produce.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">With the support of a number of the UK\u2019s top curry chefs, Cobra Beer\u2019s workshops will take place up and down the country \u2013 allowing all participating chefs to learn how to manage their kitchens wisely in the troubling times \u2013 as was reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/uk\/Severe-shortage-of-trained-chefs-making-two-curry-restaurants-close-down-per-week\/articleshow\/48687567.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">The Times of India<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3207466\/Curry-house-crisis-two-shut-week-Hundreds-popular-restaurants-face-closure-crippling-shortage-chefs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">The Mail on Sunday<\/span><\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisismoney.co.uk\/money\/comment\/article-3214521\/BEN-GRIFFITHS-Turbulence-red-faced-SHH-bizarre-tale-light-aircraft-impounded.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\"> The Daily Mail<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/curry-crisis-two-indian-restaurants-6309893\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">The Mirror<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/uk\/600219\/Curry-house-closure-crisis-hots-up-old-chefs-retire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">The Express<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/uknews\/11819096\/British-curry-houses-in-crisis-due-to-lack-of-chefs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">The Daily Telegraph<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.growthbusiness.co.uk\/news-and-market-deals\/business-news\/2492206\/two-curry-houses-closing-every-week-amid-skills-shortages.thtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">Growth Business <\/span><\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/realbusiness.co.uk\/article\/31075-cobra-beer-founder-lord-bilimoria-fights-to-end-weekly-curry-restaurant-closures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">Real Business<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The first workshop took place at the Forest of India restaurant in Abbot Langley, Herts., and was attended by representatives from eight local restaurants. It was held by Michelin Chef, Alfred Prasad, who spoke to Bloomberg TV about what the initiative was doing for curry restaurants in Britain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cobra Beer has embarked on a campaign to secure the future of one of Britain\u2019s favourite enterprises \u2013 the curry restaurant. 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