Gordon Ramsay shuts top restaurant in a row over room service

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Gordon Ramsay is to close his restaurant in The Connaught over a dispute about providing room service to the hotel.

The Michelin-starred Angela Hartnett At The Connaught has been shut while the hotel is refurbished, but will not reopen, despite achieving commercial and critical success.

Sources said Ramsay was unhappy about the hotel wanting Hartnett's food to be available through room service.

It was felt the move could compromise food quality and place too many demands on the kitchen, sources added.

The modern European-themed restaurant received a Michelin star in 2004, two years after opening, but had to close when the Mayfair hotel's £60million revamp began earlier this year.

Hartnett is to open a new restaurant in London later this year, her spokesman said.

Until two days ago Ramsay's website claimed "we very much look forward to welcoming you back to Angela Hartnett At The Connaught once we reopen".

Today all mention of the restaurant was removed. Gordon Ramsay Holdings said the split was amicable. "The Maybourne Group and Gordon Ramsay Holdings confirm that GRH will not be renewing their lease on the restaurant at The Connaught when it reopens at the end of the year," a spokesman said.