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Gastronomy Symposium Cancelled

The 2020 Dublin Gastronomy Symposium has been cancelled due to the Covid 19 crisis. macconiomaire

DGS is however awarding Fellowships to

Professor Martin Caraher, Emerita Professor of Food and Health Policy, City University London. and

Professor Patricia Lysaght, Emerita Professor of European Ethnology in University College Dublin

In a letter to participants Dr. Mairtin Mac Con Iomaire says that all those .who has already registered on Eventbrite will be fully refunded.

RAI wants rent support

Government action is required to protect the interests of restaurateurs whose landlords are trying to force them to pay their rent in full even while closed during the Covid-19 crisis, according to the RAI

The Association says that “more than two-thirds” of leased premises that it surveyed in a straw poll were unable to get any flexibility from their landlords. It wants the State to step in with rental supports, as many restaurants gear up to pay their quarterly rent this week.

'Rents are the new challenge', said Adrian Cummins, chief executive of the RAI. 'Measures to protect restaurateurs from commercial landlords need to be put in place.'

TD appeals for seasonal workers 'inclusion'

Independent Clare T.D. Michael McNamara has requested the Government to include seasonal workers in the tourism sector in the new Covid-19 unemployment payment scheme. mlmcnamara0320 Speaking in the Dáil, hesaid, 'tens of thousands of seasonal workers, who lost their jobs before they were about to start them, have found themselves without an income.'

'Hundreds if not thousands of these workers are employed in hotels, restaurants and pubs around County Clare during the peak tourism season, with many ending up on social welfare during the off-peak season. Under the terms of the COVID-19 payment scheme, any of these workers who had not resumed employment in the sector by February 29th have not qualified for the unemployment payment. This is particularly unfair considering many workers were due to resume their employment during late March or early April when the tourist season begins'.

'Green Leader' home course

The team at Fifty Shades Greener has worked alongside the Tourism and Hospitality industry for over 20 years, as hotel employees themselves. In this time of need, they want to help upskill the workforce to assist all those people that now find themselves at home.

This programme will enable participants to learn the basic principles of becoming a Green Leader or Green Manager in the workplace by teaching the three principles of sustainability, how a business impacts the environment and showing how to measure and monitor that impact.

The programme will provide the workforce with the right knowledge and tools to implement an Environmental management system at their workplaces, teach how to measure and monitor business utilities in order to reduce your Carbon Footprint and SAVE money when your business re-opens.

"Become a Green Leader in your workplace" by Fifty Shades Greener

https://www.fiftyshadesgreener.ie/become-a-green-leade

Chawke worried about pub recovery

The “big danger” for the industry when pubs eventually reopen is that people will have got too used to drinking at home and won’t return to pubs in their previous numbers, charliechawke0320 publican Charlie Chawke told the 'Irish Times'.

He said that this year will be “a disaster” for the industry.

The Chawke pub group, which employs 400 people and had revenues of around €30 million last year, comprises of nine pubs – including the country’s most expensive, The Old Orchard in Rathfarnham. All have been shut down due to the coronavirus.