'I sank to my knees' Jeremy Clarkson 'at a loss' over devastating restaurant news
express.co.ukJeremy Clarkson, 61, was left heartbroken when his favourite London restaurant suddenly went into administration. He found out that The Wolseley in Mayfair, which is run by Jeremy King, is still open for business for now because the administration was "somehow technical".In his column for The Times, The Grand Tour host admitted the news shocked him to the core.He penned: "'Noooooo!' I wailed, while sinking to my knees and throwing my head back in anguish."London without the Wolseley would be like Sydney without the opera house or Cindy Crawford without that mole.
Pointless."He went on to note the reasons that made him fall in love with the restaurant, that serves Modern European food, in the first place."There are many reasons I like this restaurant so much.
First, there’s always someone in there I know and can ignore," he began his long list of why he loves the dining sensation."Then there’s the temperature, which is always set at a level where it feels as if there’s no temperature at all."Then there’s the haddock Monte Carlo."And then there’s the fact that I can always get a table at 20 minutes’ notice because I was a friend of AA Gill."He went on: "But the main reason I like the Wolseley is the man who runs it.
He’s called Jeremy King, and he doesn’t walk round making sure everything is all right."He glides. It’s as if he’s wearing hover shoes."And if you’ve booked on the same night as an ex, or Piers Morgan, he’ll call to warn you," Jeremy wrote with a glint in his eye."He is the greatest restaurateur in the greatest restaurant in the world."But the news left him at a loss as he couldn't understand what it was that had caused The Wolseley to head on a downward spiral."I was at a loss," he admitted, after revealing.
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