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Chef Chris Heath switched jobs in the pandemic after his employer cut his wages
A poll of hospitality workers found that 65% felt the industry failed to do enough to help employees. "Respondents said employers were too quick to fire or furlough them and that employers cared more about stock value than the workers themselves," according to Florida Atlantic University researchers who conducted the poll.
Chris Heath, executive chef at Biltmore Farms, Founded by the famed Vanderbilt family deep in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina.
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Executive chef, Chris Heath, quit his job with a luxury hotel brand in South Florida after his work days were cut. He moved his family to North Carolina where the cost of living is far cheaper and took a lower paying job with a more community-oriented company.
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Executive chef Chris Heath at the Folk Lore restaurant at the Hilton Asheville, part of the Biltmore Farms groups of companies in North Carolina.
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