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Home » News from the Netherlands and Belgium » More Asian chefs are allowed to work in the Netherlands
More Asian chefs are allowed to work in the Netherlands
Catering entrepreneurs can temporarily attract more specialized chefs from Asia. This year, 500 additional licenses are available for chefs in Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese restaurants, among others. Minister Koolmees of Social Affairs and Employment expects this to solve the current shortage of good chefs.
At the moment, 1.000 cooks from Asia are allowed to work in the Netherlands each year. With this one-time extension of 500 extra permits, 1.500 chefs can start working this year.
The Asian catering industry has an exceptional position, because they need specialized cooks that they cannot find in the Netherlands. That is why the sector can attract cooks from Asia without the usual conditions for a work permit. On the other hand, they train cooks from the Netherlands or the EU, so that they can eventually take over the specialist work. The number of cooks allowed to work in the Netherlands is therefore being reduced every year.
Source: Rijksoverheid.nl
Actually too crazy for words, cooking in a wok can also be learned by any unemployed person in the Netherlands.
I wonder if those cooks are qualified at all and are aware of the HACCP requirements in the Netherlands.
It is stated that they want to attract specialized cooks and not someone who is unemployed in the Netherlands who then has to learn how to handle a wok strange answer …….
Go into any Chinese or Thai restaurant and ask the cook for his diploma.
Everyone can learn how to stir-fry.
This is a different Bert than the writer. This Bert has a Thai restaurant (in Zaltbommel), but has NOT been able to get hold of a Thai cook for 8 months. So if that other Bert has no knowledge of running a restaurant, why is he writing something stupid.
Coincidentally, this Bert also worked for 15 years at a large wok restaurant together with his Thai wife. My wife taught several Dutch chefs how to stir-fry. So…………..not only you know about stir-frying. Cooking Thai dishes can also be learned as a Dutch person. An acquaintance of ours had a Thai restaurant in Nunspeet for years and he is just a Dutchman who has learned to cook Thai. He stopped because it couldn't be combined with his other restaurant, not because of a lack of business.
Conversely, a Thai or other Asian can also learn how to prepare Western dishes.
Cooking is a profession that you can learn if you have a feeling for it, but that is with every profession.
HACCP requirements? what is that? still all nonsense according to many Asians
Flickering meat and vegetables in a Wok is therefore the same as a specialized cook from Asia who knows all the traditional dishes and flavors ………
Bert, how strange that the first thing that comes to mind about this subject is the unemployed, woks, diploma and HACCP regulations? There must be a good and strong story behind it or maybe even several, that is not clear. As it stands now, it's a blank slate.
As long as there is still a whole army of people without work in the Netherlands or the EU, it is absurd to me to get people from Asia who have little or no knowledge of Dutch cuisine (even if it is Asian). There are many who advise against eating from the street restaurants in Asia (I do that myself, by the way) and you want to bring those chefs to Europe to stir-fry.
Coincidentally, I also have some Chinese cooks as acquaintances in NL because they and my wife immediately did the integration in the 90s. Many of them are/were exploited for minimal wages and long hours. And that is still today.
Know a young Vietnamese cook with chef training who might want to work in the Netherlands. Speaks excellent English If you know an employer, please let me know with email address: [email protected]
The message is quite contradictory.
That agreement has been in existence for years.
“The number of cooks who are allowed to work in the Netherlands is therefore being reduced every year.”
Now the quota is increased once.
How long do those courses take?
Just like employment agencies in horticulture, among others, that offer foreign employees with good offers but shady constructions, the hospitality sector has always been a sector where white and black are paid in part. Hiring Asian cooks is a construction that requires a lot of control.
As with knowledge jobs, the employer should be required to pay 130% of the standard wage for a comparable position…. It is now common practice that the cook is fired after a certain period and is allowed to exercise unemployment rights for another 6 months and possibly go to work elsewhere within the network. The number of hours to work and hours worked is not a hard matter in the hospitality industry…. work hard and work hard.
Somjai is a certified Thai cook and chef. Speaks reasonable English but will quickly pick up Dutch, is very driven and eager to learn, so a great cook to get here.
Can you contact me via app, telephone or email?
Information can be found via our site if you search for the Thai restaurant in Zaltbommel.
I am not allowed to mention name etc here, then my message will not be posted.
A number of comments on the article testify that the writers have not read the article properly and have no idea what it is about. They are also, as it turns out, not hindered by any knowledge of Thai cuisine, but fed by ignorance. Thai cuisine is internationally highly regarded. Top chefs from all over the world come to Thailand to learn about Thai cuisine and to take this knowledge home and apply it in their own restaurants. Dutch top chefs open restaurants in Thailand. There are top Thai restaurants in Thailand and around the world with a Michellin star. This also applies to the Netherlands. Three weeks ago, a masterclass was held in The Hague by the Thai embassy in the Cooking School for a limited number of Thai chefs in the Netherlands. Thai top kos were flown in for this. Cooking had to be done at a high level and the assessment was tough.
It also appears that there is absolutely no knowledge of what wok cooking is. This is evident from their description.
But probably these reactions should be referred to Feboland.