Cork restaurant group targeting school-leavers to address sector shortages

Lee Scahill, kitchen training co-ordinator with apprentices Avril O'Sullivan, Jose Ariza Escobar and Thiago Bejarano outside Market Lane restaurant, Cork.
One of Cork's largest hospitality groups has introduced a new ‘earn as you learn’ apprenticeship programme to address the continuing shortage of qualified staff.
The Market Lane Restaurant Group, which employs up to 175 staff across its Market Lane, ORSO, Goldie, Elbow Lane and The Castle Café restaurants had traditionally relied on a combination of recruitment methods from university open days to exchange programmes with overseas students.
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