 ‘Because She’s Pretty?’ Gender Relations and Young WorkersPeter Kelly and Lyn Harrison Chapter 5 in Working in Jamie’s Kitchen, 2009, pp 176-214 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract As we have illustrated throughout this book, much of Jamie Oliver’s appeal as a celebrity chef and social entrepreneur can be attributed to his laddishness — contrived, manufactured, authentic or otherwise. This laddishness is, by definition, gendered. He’s a lad! His apparent (to some) boyish charms, his appeal, his brand is gendered. The trainees we see in both series of Jamie’s Kitchen are also gendered, as are the trainees in additional, ongoing intakes. In many accounts of the restaurant and hospitality industries the largely male celebrity chefs provide accounts of an industry that is also gendered and intensely hierarchical. Often this results in female employees occupying lower ranks in the food chain, and in bullying and harassment by macho male chefs further up the food chain. In this chapter we will discuss the complexity of gender relations, young workers, training and this industry. As we indicated in the Introduction to this book, this discussion has its origins in the following exchange from the very first episode of the original Jamie’s Kitchen. Keywords: Labour Market; Sexual Harassment; Young Worker; Gender Relation; Social Entrepreneur (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-24501-3_6 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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