Jamie Oliver restaurants in administration - list of closures & your gift card rights - MSE News

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Jamie Oliver's restaurant chain - which includes Jamie's Italian, Barbecoa and Fifteen - have collapsed into administration, and the administrators KPMG have closed 22 of his 25 eateries...

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Bacman

This is going to hit a lot of people who bought with Groupon or similar.


I looked into Jamie Restaurants when looking at London restaurants on Groupon as going to London in a few weeks time; pleased I didn't buy his!

ianrob

It's time for Jamie Oliver to step up & accept his responsibility to his ex customers with gift cards. The silence is deafening. Big love....

holidaysforme

ianrob wrote: »

It's time for Jamie Oliver to step up & accept his responsibility to his ex customers with gift cards. The silence is deafening. Big love....

I went to his restaurant a couple of months ago on a Groupon. Glad I didn’t pay full price! Bland food which I had to send back because it was barely hot enough, and awful service.
He deserved to go out of business.

Quentin

Bacman wrote: »

This is going to hit a lot of people who bought with Groupon or similar.

Groupon normally refund unused vouchers in circs like this

Jamie Oliver wouldn't get paid by Groupon till the vouchers were used

lisyloo

Jamie’s has failed to keep up, they are the same as they were 20 years ago.
Also failed to advertise the ethical ingredients etc.

Even harvester (which is not in the same league) re-invents themselves by changing their menus and offering different services.

waamo

I made the mistake of going to a Jamie's Italian once. It was a bland high street eatary that was about £10 a head over priced. Small, poorly cooky portions that really didn't taste good.

Had it not had a celebrity name it wouldn't have lasted so long.

UKTigerlily

lisyloo wrote: »

Jamie’s has failed to keep up, they are the same as they were 20 years ago.
Also failed to advertise the ethical ingredients etc.

Even harvester (which is not in the same league) re-invents themselves by changing their menus and offering different services.

Because there is no such thing if animal products. 'Free range/rspca approved/red tractor' all bs, all horrific

mjm3346

He liked to stick his oar in to other peoples business, shame the interfering twit didn't look after his own and take full responsibility for all the losses at least until all his money was used up.