Celebrity Chef Discusses the Plight of the Restaurant Industry

On a recent Price of Business show, Host Kevin Price visited with celebrity chef Andrew Gruel.

According to a statement, “Andrew Gruel, is an American chef and television personality, who appeared as a judge on Food Network’s Food Truck Face Off and is the founder, CEO, and executive chef of Slapfish, a seafood restaurant franchise based out of Huntington Beach, California.”
In this wide-ranging interview, they discussed several things, including the 86 Restaurant Struggle, a fund helping struggling, and out-of-work restaurant workers.

Restaurants in the U.S. are in an “economic free fall” amid the ongoing spike in coronavirus cases and the forced shutdowns, with almost 20% of dining establishments around the country have closed permanently since the start of the pandemic. This has left thousands of restaurant workers struggling to survive, many unable to pay even the most basic bills and put food on the table. In the absence of any substantial government relief and gridlock in state unemployment agencies, it is incumbent on us within the community to help one another.