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NorthJersey.com Celebrity chef David Burke, one of the most recognized chefs on television with 18 restaurants, five of them in New Jersey, said he was so desperate for help that he hired his handyman and his former housekeeper to work in his five-month-old restaurant Red Horse in Rumson. I m still desperate, said Burke, a Fort Lee resident. Everyone in the industry is desperate. Burke said he, like many other restaurant owners, has cut back on the hours and days his restaurants are open due to a shortage of staff. David Burke Tavern in New York City, for example, is currently open five rather than seven days a weeks and no longer serves lunch. Burke s New Jersey restaurants include Ventanas in Fort Lee, Son Cubano in West New York, Drifthouse in Sea Bright, Orchard Park in East Brunswick. In two months, he plans on opening a restaurant in Morristown. ....