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Cooked Goose
I see that young Jamie "The Geeza" Oliver's company has gone into administration. Bish, bash, bosh and it's all over.
Shame really because I don't mind him that much.
Shame really because I don't mind him that much.
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Re: Cooked Goose
The restaurant trade was the goose that laid the golden egg, now it is saturated and a lot are going bust. There has been some criticism over the quality of his food at some of his restaurants.
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Been taken to his 15 restaurant a handful of times. They were lousy dining experiences.
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Re: Cooked Goose
How fortunate for him that the rest of his profitable (and of course, entirely separate) media empire remains unaffected while all his restaurant staff and creditors beg for pennies from the administrators.
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He should think about paying all the staff losing their jobs 3 months salary out of his own wealth. It'll be tax deductible. But will he, will he heck.
Can't stand the guy myself. But I'm not keen on a lot of "celebs".
Can't stand the guy myself. But I'm not keen on a lot of "celebs".
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Re: Cooked Goose
Bit too full of himself for my liking and yes I feel sorry for his staff and hope they get new jobs and also their full redundancy entitlements.
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Doubt it Sid, they’ll more than likely end up with the state minimum.Sid Bishop wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 9:26 pmBit too full of himself for my liking and yes I feel sorry for his staff and hope they get new jobs and also their full redundancy entitlements.
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Similar story to Gregg Wallace and his business ventures that have gone bust. Always the low paid staff at the bottom who are the ones that suffer.Thor wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 9:27 pmDoubt it Sid, they’ll more than likely end up with the state minimum.Sid Bishop wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 9:26 pmBit too full of himself for my liking and yes I feel sorry for his staff and hope they get new jobs and also their full redundancy entitlements.
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At least the government will give them something although not enough. If we were french they would be proper looked after, 2 years on 90% of your last salary, while here people get the square root of f all.
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Re: Cooked Goose
I took the Family to a JO restaurant in Leicester Square a few years back it was just a glorified burger bar with stupid prices to boot and the food was a 4/10 pretty awful
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Re: Cooked Goose
Or just join some kind of union with them , then they might stand up for workersMax B Gold wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 1:16 pmIf you love France so much why don't you go and live there.
who need to be stood up for . Bloody elected politicians not looking after us & interfering with our laws !!
This sovereignty sh*tes not all its cracked upto be
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Re: Cooked Goose
I don't, just providing facts.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 1:16 pmIf you love France so much why don't you go and live there.
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Re: Cooked Goose
Have little sympathy for the cheeky chappy, who has got rich off the back of others working their butts off on minimum wage. Prop Joe is spot on.
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Re: Cooked Goose
Depends really though Dis, as he may have given out personal or cross corporate guarantees, either way they will hurt him although not as much as the staff will be hurting right now. Also nothing was mentioned about their pensions, after the BHS scandal I would have thought that the press would have been after him on that front, but haven’t read or seen anything in respect to pensions.
Wonder if the press is covering for him?
Wonder if the press is covering for him?
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Possibly. He is not being mauled - the press reports are going easy on him.Thor wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 9:04 pm Depends really though Dis, as he may have given out personal or cross corporate guarantees, either way they will hurt him although not as much as the staff will be hurting right now. Also nothing was mentioned about their pensions, after the BHS scandal I would have thought that the press would have been after him on that front, but haven’t read or seen anything in respect to pensions.
Wonder if the press is covering for him?
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He has lost 13 million that he put into that business though.Proposition Joe wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 2:16 pm How fortunate for him that the rest of his profitable (and of course, entirely separate) media empire remains unaffected while all his restaurant staff and creditors beg for pennies from the administrators.
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Not necessarily, it could have been a bank loan? Why would you put in that amount of cash and a few months later bin the business, don’t make sense to me. If the business is haemorrhaging cash and the end is nigh don’t through good money after bad surely? More of it than we know I think.Adz wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2019 1:46 amHe has lost 13 million that he put into that business though.Proposition Joe wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 2:16 pm How fortunate for him that the rest of his profitable (and of course, entirely separate) media empire remains unaffected while all his restaurant staff and creditors beg for pennies from the administrators.
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Agree with Thor. He admits to being an idiot when it comes to business but no way would he chuck £13m good money after bad unless it partly came from elsewhere or he could afford it. Which brings us back to our original point - he can swallow this without much more than dented pride, his staff and creditors likely can't.
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It will be a cold day in hell when you start to deal in facts. Fact.Thor wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 8:42 pmI don't, just providing facts.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 1:16 pmIf you love France so much why don't you go and live there.
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