Pastry Chefs Are in Demand, Why Aren’t Wages Rising?

Re:Pastry Chefs Are in Demand, Why Aren’t Wages Rising? by Fordrus on Friday October 14, 2016 @08:09AM (#12707542)

In terms of reputation, you may well be correct, but then thinking of the restaurant's bottom line, the generally agreed-upon admonition , "Don't bother ordering dessert there," is a devastatingly horrible outcome.

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Re:Pastry Chefs Are in Demand, Why Aren’t Wages Rising? by dagw on Friday October 14, 2016 @08:30AM (#12707622)

Are desserts that big a part of the bottom line? Surely as long you order drinks and a few courses I doubt the restaurant cares too much one way or the other if you then order desert.

the generally agreed-upon admonition , "Don't bother ordering dessert there," is a devastatingly horrible outcome.

Is it? I would say that about many of my favorite places to eat.

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Re:Pastry Chefs Are in Demand, Why Aren’t Wages Rising? by ido on Friday October 14, 2016 @08:59AM (#12707742)

There was actually a (NYT article iirc) HN post about it a while back - deserts are apparently often very high margin and main courses loss leaders.

EDIT: apparently I was wrong and it was the other way around! https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/02/10/why-r...

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Re:Pastry Chefs Are in Demand, Why Aren’t Wages Rising? by Fordrus on Friday October 14, 2016 @10:11AM (#12708161)

With that in mind, my earlier post there, about the devastatingly horrible status of restaurants where desserts become known as bad, well, that's likely inaccurate, I must apologize for being mistaken there! :)

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