HOSPITALITY Meal deal Secure yourself a career in the restaurant industry and it could be your ticket to culinary success W hat did you miss most of all during lockdown? For many of us the answer is going out for a meal. Restaurants and the wider catering industry form one of the cornerstones of modern society and it's fair to say we didn't realise how much we relied on them until we were denied them. " OK, I guess I'll cook again tonight... " Since restrictions were lifted restaurants have been striving to get back to their pre-Covid levels when they were worth £38bn to the economy and employed almost a million people. Times have been tough, but customer spending in the third quarter in 2021 was within 10% of the same period in 2019 - and in fact it was higher per head. So there's obviously a great desire to get back to eating out and there are plenty of opportunities for restaurant and catering careers at all levels. jobsandcareersmag.com /// JOBS & CAREERS /// 369http://www.jobsandcareersmag.com