{"id":3661,"date":"2009-08-20T00:26:40","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T22:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=3661"},"modified":"2009-08-20T00:26:40","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T22:26:40","slug":"celebrity-chef-goes-under-in-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/celebrity-chef-goes-under-in-cape-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity chef goes under in Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Conrad Gallagher, celebrity chef and youngest chef ever to win two Michelin stars, has had\u00a0his restaurant Geisha Wok and Noodle Bar\u00a0in the Cape Royale Luxury Hotel in Green Point provisionally liquidated.\u00a0\u00a0 Affected by the liquidation\u00a0too is the collection of Sundance coffee shops, which also belongs to Gallagher – the Sea Point and Buitengracht Street branches in Cape Town\u00a0are definitely closed.<\/p>\n

Gallagher owes the hotel rental, as well as MacBrothers for equipment.\u00a0\u00a0 In addition, his staff walked out during a meal, as they had not been paid for two months.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In addition to his restaurant in Cape Town, and his coffee shops, Gallagher was a consultant to the Atlantic restaurant in the Table Bay Hotel, and was a consultant to the Sun International Hotels and the Trump Group.<\/p>\n

Gallagher has fled to his home country Ireland, reports the Cape Times<\/strong>, but Gallagher claims that he will return to Cape Town.\u00a0\u00a0 It is reported that Gallagher initially left Ireland with a trail of debt.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Conrad Gallagher, celebrity chef and youngest chef ever to win two Michelin stars, has had\u00a0his restaurant Geisha Wok and Noodle Bar\u00a0in the Cape Royale Luxury Hotel in Green Point provisionally liquidated.\u00a0\u00a0 Affected by the liquidation\u00a0too is the collection of Sundance coffee shops, which also belongs to Gallagher – the Sea Point and Buitengracht Street branches […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3,20,21],"tags":[1906,1903,32366,1901,1902,666,1900,1905,651,1168,1904,111,1907,32373],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t