Restaurants are becoming scarce, and as the likes of Alessandro Borghese and Flavio Briatore fuel the debate with their statements, the question arises: how much does a chef earn and work in a restaurant in general?
The answer is of course not unequivocal, because a lot depends on the level of experience and the nature of the tasks and also on the premises. However, there is a framework provided by the Joint Agreement of gastronomy, which offers a a minimum wage for a chef passing by 1,600 to 1,700 euros grosswith 14 months and 40 hours work per week.
These are starting wages, as the unions point out, because – as mentioned – much depends on the experience of the worker, on the wishes and needs of the employer, on the working hours and also by the market demand. At a time when it’s difficult to find staff, a chef’s salary, for example, could inevitably increase, although much depends on who is making the investment.
How much does a chef earn per month
According to Jobbydoo, an Italian portal specialized in job hunting, lo the monthly net salary of a chef is around 1,850 euros on average, around 35,500 euros gross per year, a figure that differs significantly from the minimum amount specified in the national employment contract. However, the figures fluctuate depending on the grade and even greatly: according to the portal, which has analyzed the published job advertisements of the last 12 months, the minimum net salary for people with little experience, such as trainees or chefs, starts at the sixth level and increases up to 3,200 to reach a maximum 6,800 euros: These are the most experienced profiles, such as chefs, cruise ship chefs and star chefs.
Jobbydoo’s analysis also takes empirical values into account and certifies that a Chef with less than 3 years experience can expect an average total salary of around 1,240 euros net per month, a mid-career chef, with 4-9 years of experience, can have an average salary of around 1,780 euros, while an experienced chef with 10-20 years of experience earns an average of 2,540 Euro. A young professional chef with more than 20 years of experience can expect a total average salary of €3,550.
Alessandro Borghese and the controversy over youth and work
The topic is, as mentioned, very timely given the approaching end of the summer season and after two years of pandemic in which the catering industry has been severely penalized by lockdowns and other measures to contain the contagion of Covid-19. . The dispute over the lack of staff in the kitchens and dining rooms was recently sparked by statements by “Quattro Restaurants” star Alessandro Borghese, according to which the problem is generational: young people, emphasized Borghese, who also owns the Milan restaurant “The luxury of simplicity ‘ and is looking for employees, ‘prefer hold on to weekends to have fun with friends. And when they decide to try, they do it with the arrogance of those who feel they have arrived,” he told Corriere della Sera. Confirm that they have great difficulty in finding people willing to work.
“The guys understood today that being in the kitchen or living room doesn’t mean living in a set. Do you want to be Alessandro Borghese? You have to work hard – he said in an interview with the newspaper – it is the right to an important remuneration. Right away. You will be unpopular, but I have no problem saying so Working to learn doesn’t necessarily mean getting paid. I have served on cruise ships with approved board and lodging. To stop. I agreed: the opportunity was worth the salary. Today there are children without art or part who have not the slightest intention of investing in themselves. Lack of dedication to work, lack of attachment to shirt”.
Statements that have inevitably provoked a flood of offended reactions from both professionals and young people are being questioned. The basic problem of the sector is i wages too low and unaffordable hours, and what Borghese said seems to want to ask the young to work without pay. A question and answer in which Flavio Briatore and Filippo La Mantia Support from Borghese.