fromsk5

Hi:-)Hi
My husband and I are thinking about moving to nova scotia under the pnp scheme. He is a chef in the UK with 14 years experience and I work in immigration. Obviously we will have to visit the area first but I just thought I'd ask if anyone got accepted as a chef?
We really don't know where to start so any useful info would be very much welcomed. Many thanks.

christmasoompa

Hi, and welcome to BE.

Which PNP stream are you looking at?

Good luck with it.

Oink

I know nothing about the immigration process but I recommend trying the Canadian Legion halls in central NS.

fromsk5

Hi, admittedly we know very little about how to emigrate to Canada. My husband loves the look of nova scotia so our plan is to visit Halifax first then find out if that makes sense? We're trying to find out if it is possible at all with his current occupation or should he re train etc

Novocastrian

Is he any good as a chef? I ask because when I've been in Nova Scotia I thought the restaurant food sucked (apart from seafood, which anyone can cook).

fromsk5

Hi novocastrian,
He's pretty good yes :-) is it really that bad over there? It's gotta be better than chain restaurants here at least?

Novocastrian

Well I'm sure NS residents will provide input. But IMHO frankly no.

Oink

Can he do sausage and chips?

Novocastrian

No sausages in Nova Scotia. Pity.

Siouxie

You may want to look at the working in Canada website, which not only gives you an idea of what areas Chefs are in demand, it also gives you links to jobs -
http://www.workingincanada.gc.ca/LMI...Option=outlook

PNP = Skilled worker route perhaps? http://novascotiaimmigration.ca/immi...skilled-worker

jericho

We're from Manchester originally, and moved to NS last year.

It's wrong to say restaurant food is crap here- it's not. There are crap restaurants for sure, but I suspect NS isnt alone in having dodgy restaurants.
Typically, good chefs are hard to come by as most head to Toronto/Vancouver, but I would suspect there are plenty of opportunities here.
All the best.

Novocastrian

Fair enough. As an occasional visitor I might have been unlucky. But IME aside from seafood I haven't found a decent menu yet. Please enlighten me.

Siouxie

It seems Red Seal "Cook" is required to practice as a Chef in all Provinces, though it is possible to challenge the requirements if you have prior experience.

http://nsapprenticeship.ca/working_in_NS/NS_CQ.asp

http://www.ellischart.ca/[email protected]?tid=54

http://www.red-seal.ca/[email protected]?tid=54

For Nova Scotia:

Certificate through trade qualification
6 For the purpose of Section 30 of the General Regulations, which authorizes the Director to issue a certificate of qualification in a designated trade to a person who does not hold a certificate of apprenticeship in the trade if the person applies and meets certain requirements, 9000 hours is prescribed as the period of employment required for the cook trade.

bats

No idea about NS but I wish we had some decent chefs around here. There are plenty in Peterborough but outside the city all we get is diner food. Burgers, fries, sandwiches, wings, greek salad, chef's salad, caesar salad. Crying out for a gastro pub!

There's a cafe for sale in the village, anyone interested?

fromsk5

Thanks everyone and thanks siouxy, im having a look now