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Gordon Ramsay at Claridge’s is to close this
June after 12 years. The tempestuous chef’s tenure at his eponymous restaurant at
Claridge’s in Mayfair will end on June 30 after the hotel’s owners failed to
agree a new long-term contract. General manager Thomas Kochs said: “The time
has come for a new dining direction for Claridge’s and we bid farewell to
Gordon with best wishes.”
Ramsay, who will open his new Union Street Café
venture in Borough this autumn, is said to have grown frustrated with a series
of delays in renewing his contract, the original 10-year contract having expired
in 2011. Head chef Luke Rayment and the restaurant’s 93 staff were told the
news last week.
Ramsay won the Claridge’s contract in 2001 with
his father-in-law and former business partner Chris Hutcheson. The restaurant
rose to fame in the early days when Ramsay’s protégé Mark Sargeant worked at
the restaurant as head chef until 2008. It has enjoyed less success recently,
losing its Michelin star in 2010.
“We have taken the decision to close Gordon
Ramsay at Claridge’s in June 2013 following a fantastic collaboration over the
last 12 years,” a spokeswoman for Gordon Ramsay Holdings said, adding, We’d
like to thank all our guests for the support they have given for over a decade
but felt the time was right to move on to new opportunities.
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