Gordon Ramsay has revealed an unusual item keeps getting stolen by patrons at his new restaurant.
The celebrity chef, 58, recently opened another of his Lucky Cat restaurants in London, located in a skyscraper in Bishopsgate.
Dining there doesn’t come cheap for some, with a selection of limited seats positioned to face floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking London requiring a deposit of £150 per person.
Despite the restaurant attracting fine diners, Gordon has now revealed many have been swiping part of the décor.
The first Lucky Cat was opened in London’s Mayfair in 2019 and is ‘inspired by Tokyo’s 1930s kissas and Shanghai drinking dens’. Dotted throughout are the Japanese cat models called maneki-neko – a good luck charm.
However, in just a single week, nearly 500 of these cat figurines have been stolen.
Nearly 500 maneki-neko, worth around £2,000 in total, have been swiped (Picture: Getty/ 2024 Qian Jun/ MB Media)
The Japanese cat models are a good luck charm (Picture: Getty Images)
Speaking on this weekend’s episode of The Jonathan Ross Show, Gordon revealed: ‘The cats are getting stolen. There were 477 stolen last week – they cost £4.50 each.’
In total, the cost of the stolen cats comes to more than £2,000.
The BBC has reported that the City of London Police has said it’s not received any reports of theft from the restaurant, which opened earlier this month.
Aside from facing countless customers with sticky fingers, Gordon also revealed many are embracing the chance to get it on in the restaurant, which is located on the 60th floor of the skyscraper 22 Bishopsgate, one of London’s tallest buildings.
Gordon also revealed how patrons are getting steamy in the bathrooms too (Picture: Brian J Ritchie/ Hotsauce/ Shutter)
‘We’ve got a problem with the toilets,’ he said.
‘There are lots of couples going in there and treating it like the “mile high” bathroom.’
Speaking to CN Traveller recently, Gordon spoke about how the restaurant was so high up it was ‘literally in a cloud’ and that getting food up there involves ‘great prep and planning’.
Speaking about the new opening he said that ‘building this beautiful space has been an ambitious project, but that’s exactly what makes Gordon Ramsay Restaurants so special— we never stop pushing boundaries’
The Jonathan Ross Show airs Saturdays at 9.30pm on ITV1.
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