The current worker shortage is a serious economic problem that began before the COVID-19 pandemic and will continue for years after it fades away, experts say.
There are nearly a dozen artisan chocolate companies in Belize taking cacao from bean to bar, part of a robust movement to reclaim the small country's rich chocolate heritage.
Now that the Galician chef has glimpsed an existence that is about more than just work, she won't go back. "To be happy in the kitchen, you have to be happy outside of it."