Hmm. Do you think offering people cash incentives to pile en masse into places proven to carry a high risk of infection, against a backdrop of confused & confusing ‘guidance’, might have contributed to a surge in infections? Bit pishy, Rishi.
Any one of those players is welcome to the meal of their lives on the house in Hawksmoor. Especially the brave young lads who took the last three pens. 🏴
Tonight we had a regular insist on paying £260 for a £60 bill and someone who had cancelled call up and pay £50 service charge anyway. The worst situations bring out the most amazing responses in some people. Thank you if you are one of them. 💛
To the customer who accidentally got given a bottle of Chateau le Pin Pomerol 2001, which is £4500 on our menu, last night - hope you enjoyed your evening! To the member of staff who accidentally gave it away, chin up! One-off mistakes happen and we love you anyway 😉
In advance of this weekend (and our subsequent reopening on 9th at Borough) I thought it might be worth reintroducing you to the concept of a restaurant.
So. Restaurants. A thread.
OK, so my timeline is insane now. Lots of people agreeing (many who would be disappointed to know what a bleeding heart London liberal I am 😉). I just got frustrated at #BlameHospitality. Thanks to @mrjamesob for acknowledging and replying. Support your local pub/restaurant 💚
Firstly there was no incentive to ‘pile en masse’ into venues. There was an incentive to help the socially-distanced hospitality industry and its 3m employees from going under. I don’t remember the bit in your book about sweeping over-exaggerations or misstatements of fact.
Someone told me today that people will never go back to face to face work because work at home is so practical. Personally I will rush back to face-to-face. I need people, I like people, I want to be in their company and have actual connections. Virtual meetings are sh*t.
You told a caller on your show recently that if a child died of Covid it would be ‘on him’. Following your logic, when the UK hospitality industry goes under, when 3m jobs are lost and people lose a big part of what makes their lives happy, is that on you?
A counter-offer to denizens of Knightsbridge. You can have a 1.6 kilo dry-aged Tomahawk at Hawksmoor with no gold whatsoever, and keep over £600 in your pockets. I also promise not to show up and throw salt on it.
Very happy to have you explain it all. You who knows how to be right, who is “the conscience of liberal Britain”. Because your tweet sounded neither right nor conscientious.
