Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has shut down M1NT, a trendy English club which boasts memberships of “nine billionaires alongside Hollywood’s A-list”. The famous chef & landlord has shut down the club due to nonpayment of rent by tenant Alistair Paton.
The chef’s private company, Gordon Ramsay Holdings, stated they entered the premises on Sunday to change the locks following multiple demands for unpaid rent.
A spokeswoman for Ramsay said, “They’ve fallen massively behind on rent. People who don’t pay their rent can’t stay for free. It’s a pretty clear-cut situation. Everything we’ve done is perfectly correct and legal.”
The club’s Australian founder, Alistair Paton, has a bit of a different story regarding the arrears. Paton revealed that he stopped paying rent for the past four month because of problems with the air-conditioning, heating & hot water, which Ramsay Holdings are required to attend to.
Speaking from Hong Kong, Patton called Goron Ramsay’s reaction “disappointing” & looks forward to suing the chef’s company for lost trade & damages totaling $920,000.
Wow. This guy is in & out of court.
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I think it’s shit that Ramsay was a such a twat. M1NT was the best club in London. I recently enjoyed M1NT Hong Kong and am looking forward to their expansion into Shanghai.