# Winning the restaurant hiring game in 2025 with Alice Cheng | 061

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Podcast: [The Pre-Shift](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pre-shift-3009561)
Published: 2025-04-29T12:00:00+00:00
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Finding and keeping great restaurant staff is harder than ever in 2025. In this episode of The Pre-Shift Podcast, we talk with Alice Cheng, Founder and CEO of Culinary Agents, about how smart restaurants are winning the hiring game. After 13 years of connecting restaurants with talent, Alice breaks down what works. She explains the "missing middle" skills gap hurting restaurants today and shares practical ways to make your job listings stand out. Whether you're struggling to hire line cooks o...

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