Avoca chef offered alternative role in China wins unfair dismissal claim

Chef who worked at the restaurant for 10 years awarded €57,166

An executive chef at Avoca’s Monkstown restaurant in south Dublin was offered a chef role in China by his employer during the pandemic before being unfairly dismissed through redundancy.

At the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), adjudicator Davnet O’Driscoll has ordered Avoca Handweavers Shops Limited to pay Mark McGillycuddy €57,166 for his unfair dismissal in November 2020.