GBBO's Candice Brown: 'Is there a snobbery towards apprenticeships?'
Great British Bake Off winner Candice Brown investigates why more young people aren't taking up apprenticeships, particularly in areas like hospitality, as part of a special report on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Government statistics show the number of people starting an apprenticeship in hospitality has almost halved in five years.
Candice Brown used to be a secondary school teacher but now runs a pub with her brother.
She thinks there is a snobbery towards apprenticeships which is adding to the hospitality industry's skills shortage.
For her report she challenged two Year 10s from a high school in Luton to try a day's apprenticeship in a hotel kitchen, to see if she could open their minds to on-the-job learning.
And Candice told Rachel Burden on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast why she was so passionate about apprenticeships.
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