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Curry
houses are in crisis because of a shortage of chefsand kitchen staff
in general. Now Business Secretary John Denham has said he wants
1,000 British curry chefs trained as soon as possible as a way of
helping to solve the problem.
He is giving the catering
industry emergency funding to set up courses in ethnic food.
The Government will also hold a
"curry summit" to discuss ways of saving the industry.
'Indian' restaurant owners have
warned they may have to close because Bangladeshi immigrants who do
the cooking are banned under new rules requiring them to speak
English. There are fears the £3.2billion industry could collapse.
Mr Denham said: "The deal
will encourage owners to train home grown talent rather than rely on
workers from abroad." Bangladeshi community spokesman and
owner of The Verandah, Foysol Choudhury, from Edinburgh, said: "Our
chefs don't need to speak English. Their curry talks for them."
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