India, May 8 -- A Bengaluru restaurateur has claimed that it is hard to find Kannadiga locals willing to work late hours in the food and beverage industry. Abhijit Gupta is the co-founder of multiple successful brands like The Pizza Bakery, Paris Panini and Smash Guys, and as such knows a thing or two about running successful eateries in Bengaluru.

During a recent podcast appearance, Gupta claimed that employees from West Bengal or the Northeast are typically more willing to work late into the night, compared to Karnataka locals.

"The local labour workforce in Karnataka don't like doing these restaurant hours, because these are late nights" he told YouTuber Ayush Wadhwa.

Abhijit Gupta compared local employees to staffers that come from...