A lavish London restaurant owned by social-media icon turned restaurant owner 'Salt Bae' is advertising for a kitchen assistant, chef de partie, who will be paid £12 to £13.50 per hour (plus tips) despite the restaurant selling steaks for over £1,400.
The Nusr-Et Steakhouse in Knightsbridge, London, is offering wages that would not even pay for a single side-portion of mashed potato, leading to criticism that it, and other restaurants, are underpaying their staff.
A chef de partie is usually a fairly senior member of the kitchen and assists the head chef before and during service.
The advert for the job reads:
"As a Chef De Partie, you will be working with some of the finest ingredients from the UK and abroad in the one of the most famous steakhouses in the world. You will play a vital part in a large team and will support the Head chef during service. To the successful candidate Nusret London offers a highly competitive salary and excellent opportunities to develop a global career. If you're a Chef de Partie looking to work the famous steakhouse, send your CV, we want to hear from you!"
In the restaurant, a single steak sells for £630 with other reaching as high as £1,400, which is around a month's average salary in the UK.
Salt Bae is the nickname of former Turkish butcher Nusret Gokce who became very famous in 2017 for his online videos of him cutting and serving meat and theatrically applying seasonings. He now has around 38 million followers on Instagram.
He has 17 restaurants in total and has been both praised and criticised for his work. The food and service have received both positive and negative reviews. However, it is the pricing in the restaurant that has come under most criticism.
Jimi Famurewa, a restaurant reviewer, wrote:
"[The food is] categorically bad"
And the patrons were:
"Wealthy, bored-looking new parents, super-rich kids that always keep one AirPod in, tanned fifty-somethings with the air of suburban hot tub owners and groups of young aspirant influencer girls in swishy dresses."
Online reviews have however been far more positive, with the vast majority of people praising the food and service despite the high prices.
[Based on reporting by: The Daily Mail]
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