Pizza Makers In Short Supply In Italy

Help Wanted: 6,000 Pizza Makers Needed In Italy
Pizza chefs prepare a meal at an Eataly location in the Flatiron district of New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Eataly is a high-end Italian food market/mall chain, owned by a partnership including Mario Batali, Lidia Bastianich and Joe Bastianich, which first opened in Turin, Italy, in 2007. Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Pizza chefs prepare a meal at an Eataly location in the Flatiron district of New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Eataly is a high-end Italian food market/mall chain, owned by a partnership including Mario Batali, Lidia Bastianich and Joe Bastianich, which first opened in Turin, Italy, in 2007. Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Despite a long recession and high unemployment, Italians are shunning the job because of the long hours and modest pay.

But with a slice of pizza an increasingly popular lunch time option in times of economic hardship, the pizza sector is booming - and an estimated 6,000 new "pizzaioili" are needed, according to FIPE, an Italian business federation.

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