Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant group hit by £3.8m loss

Kavalake to close Maze in London but five new venues will be opened overseas

Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant group has swung to a multimillion pound loss as it plans to shut one of its flagship venues, Maze in London’s Mayfair, and open five new restaurants overseas.

Kavalake, the holding company for the group – which includes some of London’s most famous restaurants such as Petrus, Savoy Grill, Maze and Bread Street Kitchen – reported a pre-tax loss of £3.8m in the year to the end of August 2017.

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