Women chefs can handle the heat in the kitchen but have no appetite for sexism

Blaming a lack of female chefs on archaic assumptions about their capabilities is as weak as perpetuating the excuses that allow certain chefs to behave so badly

While women in the workplace are not even close to getting paid as much as their male counterparts, in terms of representational balance, things are beginning to look up. Yesteryears jobs for the boys are increasingly filled by women whose abilities arent questioned. Rightly so.

But recent comments from Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge shone a light on an area that is still lagging behind in such matters: the restaurant kitchen. Kerridge addressed the lack of women chefs at a recent festival, saying he was unsure whether his industry was right for them.