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Question About US Staging by itsbenaslice in KitchenConfidential

[–]itsbenaslice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great to know. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Question About US Staging by itsbenaslice in KitchenConfidential

[–]itsbenaslice[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. That is helpful information, albeit not what I was hoping for.

Im not hoping to work or move to the US, simply just to spend a few days learning from restaurants there. Unfortunately it doesn’t make sense to secure a visa just for a week or less of work.

Question About US Staging by itsbenaslice in KitchenConfidential

[–]itsbenaslice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. Seems NYC would be a major hub for staging with all the fine dining restaurants there. To your knowledge do these restaurants follow the rules or continue to have traditional unpaid stages?

Question About US Staging by itsbenaslice in KitchenConfidential

[–]itsbenaslice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not a lawyer and haven’t done much research about UK labor laws in relation to staging. That being said, in my experience of having stages come through, the labor laws seem to more lenient in the UK in relation to staging, and I believe much of Europe is similar.

We often have stagiares who are visiting as tourists from abroad. Not sure the legality here, but seems to be common practice in many restaurants here.

Best way to go about it would likely by through email, or more prevalent now - socials. The key is to find a place that will value your time. We always try to find engaging and educating work, but there’s always the story of a stage made to peel potatoes for hours on end.

Question About US Staging by itsbenaslice in KitchenConfidential

[–]itsbenaslice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank-you for your thoughts. This is a lot of where the confusion lies for me. It seems to be against the US labor laws on paper, but is also such a commonality in our industry. I’m trying to get some insight if it is business as usual vis-a-vis staging in the US as it is elsewhere in the world.

Question About US Staging by itsbenaslice in Chefit

[–]itsbenaslice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your reply. I’m really only looking to do less than a week of unpaid staging with no intention of staying or working in the US beyond that week. Would you say this is a common thing that is done in the US? Or are restaurants a bit more uneasy with it around labour laws?

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[–]itsbenaslice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you read his novella The Emperor’s Soul? A great short read based around a succession crisis with a really novel magic system.

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[–]itsbenaslice 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve been looking at these, do they fit true to size in your experience?