The Harassment Stories Keep Coming, So Now What?
Skift Take
Restaurant work conditions won't be changed by revelations of harassment by bold names. The industry needs to create dynamics where good behavior can flourish and bad behavior is addressed, period.
While many people were holiday-ing, another big-name chef "stepped down" from his restaurant group. Oakland, California's Charlie Hallowell took a leave of absence from much-loved restaurants, Pizzaiolo, Boot & Shoe Service, and Penrose after 17 women came forward with graphic, on-the-record accounts of sexual harassment in his businesses. Of note, whereas Mario Batali was scrubbed from his businesses' public pages after stepping down, Hallowell's bio and involvement still appears on his restaurants' websites.
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