#levi roots

Look what I found leaning up against my pickets when I was bringing in the trash bins.

On the complete opposite end of the ‘LEVI ROOTS’ spectrum (see below), Michel Roux Jr, has his salaried staff on peanuts. Now, granted, I understand the woes. Salaried staff are managers. Managers cannot just leave when they’ve meet their contracted hours. Every management contract has a clause that is ambiguous, but goes something along the lines of you  “hereby agree to carry out additional tasks... work additional hours... minimum one day off per week... 48 hours approximately... additional task to meet the needs of the restaurant...”

You accept it for the ingrained stability that comes with earning a fixed amount as a bare minimum every set period of time. I have, however, been that fool, who worked 90 hours whilst on a 52 hour contract, being paid zero for overtime and averaging £5.65 per hour. It’s not okay anymore. This has to stop.

As a hospitality hog living in London, this is music to my ears. For decades, it has been public knowledge that there is a growing disparity between the amount we are paid per hour, and the amount we need to be paid per hour in order to survive. For Londoners three to five years ago, this was approximately £1 per hour. Recently, this gap has increased to nearly £3 per hour. That’s approximately £24 per day, £120 per week £520 per month and £6,240 per year that the average Londoner on NMW is being underpaid. 

Levi Roots - Rice & Peas

Something showed up on my facebook wall of some white guy making abomination “rice and peas” and someone mentoned levi roots. I went looking for his recipe and found this. I am so going to make this.

Why did he put raw unseasoned, uncooked chicken into that pot with frozen peas? His kids eat that and grow up thinking this is how to cook?

3 Lessons we can learn from the formidable success of Levi Roo

Keith Valentine Graham Bilal Musa[2] (born 24 June 1958), better known as Levi Roots, is a British–Jamaican businessman, owner and face of a brand worth over £30 million.

But what’s the story and lessons behind his success?

Many of us have read, heard or watched the Levi Roots story in some way or another. Hearing him tell his story, has made me realise that not many people know these important…