Jesus Adorno has quit as director of Arlington, Jeremy King’s comeback restaurant on the former site of Le Caprice in St James’s – less than a month after it opened. He announced his decision this week in an Instagram post reading: “With great sorrow I handed my notice this morning to @jeremyrbking @arlingtonrestaurant, it wasn’t a […]
Jeremy King has revealed the name for his revival of Le Caprice, the legendary St James’s restaurant he has resumed control after a 25-year gap: it will be called the Arlington, after the street it is in. The restaurant closed down three years ago under the ownership of Richard Caring, who retains the name as […]
Jeremy King has made a surprise return to the hospitality scene – as part of Jamie Oliver’s relaunched UK business. Considered by many the doyen of London restaurateurs as founder of the Wolseley and other top-drawer establishments, Jeremy was ousted from his Corbin & King group last year after a bitter struggle with Thai-based majority investor […]
A rooftop bar with 360-degree views across the City is to open next month in the former House of Fraser department store in King William Street, close to the Monument and London Bridge – a building long earmarked for a new City branch of The Wolseley. Wagtail, from Maven Leisure, will also feature a downstairs terrace […]
Founders Chris Corbin and Jeremy King have lost their battle for control of the company that owns a string of London best-loved restaurants headed by The Wolseley. Thai-based majority shareholder, Minor International, were victorious in an auction that concluded on Thursday 31 March. Jeremy King (pictured) had vowed to take the company back under private […]
Chris Corbin and Jeremy King (pictured left and right) won major victories over both their insurance company and their majority shareholder in the High Court this week in the latest twists in a series of long-running legal and financial battles for their Corbin & King operation, owner of eight London restaurants including the Wolseley in […]
Corbin & King, owners of nine London restaurants including the Wolseley, the Delaunay and Brasserie Zédel, were forced into administration this week when its majority shareholder, Thai-based hospitality investment fund Minor International, claimed that it was “unable to meet its financial obligations”. Jeremy King (right in picture) condemned the move as a “power play” for […]
As Soutine restaurant in St John’s Wood (pictured) reopened this week after a closure forced by staff shortages, its owners, Corbin & King, revealed long-term plans to open a branch of The Wolseley, their flagship ‘grand European café’ in Piccadilly, in “every major city around the world”. Zuleika Fennell, Corbin & King’s managing director, said […]
Corbin & King will close its Islington restaurant Bellanger on August 11. In an announcement sent via email, group co-founder Jeremy King said the Alsatian brasserie, which traded for three years, simply didn’t work out financially. He wrote: “It is with great sadness I must inform you that, after over three years trading, we have […]
Corbin & King’s Jeremy King has talked a little bit about the group’s new Soho venture, Manzi’s. In an email to industry professionals, the restaurateur said the team is currently “immersed in the design stage of our new venture in Soho – Manzi’s.” The name, King explains, is a tribute to the long lamented Leicester […]
