The hygiene score for Marco Pierre White’s New York Italian restaurant in London, which is run as a franchise, signified ‘some major non-compliance with statutory obligations’Diners at Marco Pierre White’s New York Italian restaurant, set within a four-star hotel in Bloomsbury, tuck in to the £28 steaks and £18.95 pasta dishes as the celebrity chef gazes down from a portrait on the wall. What they have been unaware of, however, is that in the kitchen the practices have been so unhygienic that the restaurant received a two out of five rating on its most recent full inspection in November last year. Food safety officers from Camden council found that raw and ready-to-eat food was being prepared and handled on the same surfaces, while the same pieces of cling film were being used to wrap both. Their report found “inadequate hand-washing” due to a lack of hot water in the staff…

Source: The Times October 04, 2019 16:07 UTC