« Entratigate a chief would amount to scratching France » – Liberation

Do not open Violence in cooking, a French omerta Thinking of finding names of incriminated chiefs there. The work of Nora Bouazzouniwhich appears this Wednesday, May 21, does not directly question such or such a figure of gastronomy. What is denounced is nonetheless strong. The searched investigation, carried out for four years by the journalist, describes a system. An industry based on « Exploitation, mistreatment and misogyny », writes the author, a real grinding machine, as evidenced by nearly fifty cooks and pastry chefs during the work. Labor code not respected, repeated humiliations, physical and sexual violence … Most of these professionals had never confided in hell experienced in the closed of kitchens, proof of the culture of silence that reigns in the environment. They tell the hours of overtime unpaid, bodies damaged by repetitive tasks, tea towels or attacks in the cold room, the use of alcohol and narcotics to hold … In recent years, the subject has emerged in dotted lines, especially under the impulse of the Instagram page « I say non -chief », created in 2019.