Hot on the heels of restaurateur supreme Jeremy King announcing his comeback venture The Park – a modern take on the European grand café tradition launching next April opposite the entrance to Kensington Gardens – comes news that he is in “advanced talks” over two sites in the West End: one of them directly opposite […]
Restaurateur Jeremy King, the founder of the Wolseley who was ousted from his company Corbin & King last year, has announced his plan to open a new restaurant next year. The Park, in the Bayswater Road’s Park Modern building opposite Kensington Park Gardens, will be a brasserie in the ‘grand European café’ tradition that inspired […]
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 […]
The Wolseley is to be rolled out as a “brand” in the Far East alongside a more relaxed Café Wolseley sub-brand with branches in Manchester, Birmingham and Oxford, under the ownership of Thai-based Minor International, which took control almost a year ago. Dillip Rajakarier, Minor’s chief executive, outlined plans to open Wolseley restaurants in Hong […]
Corbin & King restaurants have been rebranded by their new owners as the Wolseley Hospitality Group, after the renowned Piccadilly restaurant that is the jewel in the company crown. The move is a logical step following the departure of founders Chris Corbin and Jeremy King, who were ousted in April following a bitter struggle with […]
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 […]
