Restaurant told to pay €32,550 after chef dismissed for serving food dropped on floor

The chef said he felt targeted because other staff had engaged in similar practices without any disciplinary action being taken against them. File picture

A Thai restaurant has been ordered to pay €32,550 in compensation to a chef who was fired after he served food which had fallen on the floor to a customer.

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that Ecoco Asian Kitchen which operates outlets in Dublin and Bray, Co Wicklow, had unfairly dismissed the chef, Tommy Chee King Eng.