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Chefs in Birmingham have been speaking about the pressures they face running a busy restaurant kitchen and the need for more mental health support.

Sam Sears, deputy head chef at the Edgbaston Park Hotel, Birmingham, said the demands of his role affected his life.

Mental health in hospitality is an issue that has received wider attention in recent years.

In 2022, following the success of TV series The Bear, about a chef at his family's struggling Chicago restaurant, chef Tom Kerridge said it was "the best dramatised depiction I've seen of working in a kitchen".

Having been supported by The Burnt Chef Project, an organisation set up to raise awareness of mental health in the industry, Mr Sears said he was now part of their efforts.