Ferrari World chef slams 'unbelievably slow' staff

Ferrari World head chef Massimo Falsini said chefs in the UAE are not as well trained as their European counterparts, and must be taught properly so that they can develop.

“I had a challenge when I first opened because my chefs de partie that I brought in from other hotels, couldn’t make my biscuits or my sponge because I don’t have premix, and they were not used to making things without it,” Falsini explained.

“In this part of the world there is a lot of labour, but less skill. A brigade with 115 chefs is a dream in Europe; it is something that will never happen but it happens here because the labour is inexpensive, and no one wants to say that but it is the reality.

“One chef in Europe could produce [more than] about 10 chefs working over here, because unfortunately they are unbelievably slow,” he added.