Restaurateurs are in despair over the growing problem of ‘dine and dash’, where customers leave without paying for their meal.
Now one of the fastest men in this country is accused of running off without paying his bill.
Sebastian Coe, who won two Olympic gold medals as a middle-distance athlete, has been accused of running a runner from one of London’s top restaurants.
Ranald Macdonald, owner of Boisdale in Belgravia, where Reform Party leader Nigel Farage held his extravagant 60th birthday party, has made the claim about Lord Coe, who became a Tory MP before leading the successful campaign for London to win the Olympic and Paralympic Organize the 2012 Games. .
“He’s the only person who’s done a runner from Boisdale,” Macdonald tells me at the twelfth annual Boisdale Music Awards, at the restaurant’s Canary Wharf branch in east London.
Sebastian Coe, who won two Olympic gold medals as a middle-distance athlete, is accused of running a runner from one of London’s top restaurants
Lord Coe at the 1984 Olympics. The incident is said to have occurred in 1995, when Coe was an MP. Macdonald suggests that Coe may have been under the mistaken impression that his dining companion was paying the bill
Ranald Macdonald, owner of Boisdale in Belgravia (pictured), where Reform Party leader Nigel Farage held his extravagant 60th birthday party, has made the claim about Lord Coe
The incident is said to have occurred in 1995, when Coe was an MP. Macdonald suggests that Coe may have been under the mistaken impression that his dining companion was paying the bill.
‘He’s settled in [the bill] with profuse apologies after I presented him with a bill to the House of Commons,” the restaurateur said at the awards ceremony, which was attended by Coe’s ex-wife, Nicky McIrvine, with whom he has two sons and two daughters.
Scottish-themed Boisdale was founded in 1988 by Macdonald, eldest son of the 24th Chief of Clanranald. Macdonald has been described as ‘London’s most politically incorrect restaurateur’ because of his colorful views and friendship with right-wing politicians such as Farage.
Lord Coe’s spokesman tells me he has no recollection of the incident.
Lila and Lottie’s Moss party pose
Here’s an unusual photo: Kate Moss’ daughter, Lila, poses with the supermodel’s half-sister, Lottie.
The pair was spotted at Paris Fashion Week in honor of Lila’s 22nd birthday.
She is rarely seen with ‘auntie’ Lottie, 26, who recently revealed that at one point she had become so estranged from her family that even her own mother stopped talking to her.
Kate Moss’ daughter Lila poses with the supermodel’s half-sister Lottie. She is rarely seen with ‘aunt’ Lottie, 26, who recently revealed that at one point she became so estranged from her family that even her own mother stopped talking to her
The pair was spotted at Paris Fashion Week in honor of Lila’s 22nd birthday
The fallout reportedly started when Lottie started stripping for adult website OnlyFans.
But they enjoyed being together at a party for Lottie and Kate’s father, Peter, who turned 80.
Labor has withdrawn the appointment of Dame Mary Archer as chairman of the Royal Parks
Husband Jeffrey reveals: ‘She had already been to all the parks, met the director, made the handover and suddenly she got a phone call saying, ‘You’re fired”
Dame Mary Archer was set to become chairman of the Royal Parks before her appointment was withdrawn by the Labor government.
Husband Jeffrey reveals, “She had already been to all the parks, met the director, done the handover, and suddenly she got a phone call saying, ‘You’re fired.’
In an interview Down Under, Lord Archer added: ‘Members of the Royal Family did [already] called and congratulated her.”
What does Sandi Toksvig have against comedian Katherine Ryan?
What does Sandi Toksvig have against comedian Katherine Ryan? Since Toksvig took over as host of quiz show QI from Stephen Fry in 2016, Ryan has not appeared on the BBC Two program once.
In a rant about public recognition, Ryan says: ‘I live in a community, people can recognize me by seeing me at gymnastics [with her children] to see me on QI years ago – before Sandi Toksvig took over and I just happen to be no longer there.” Over to you, Sandi.
Since Sandi Toksvig took over as host of quiz show QI from Stephen Fry in 2016, Ryan has not appeared on the BBC Two program once
Revealing… The Ginola girl’s zest for life
David Ginola took advantage of his handsome features and luscious locks to become the face of L’Oréal hair products. Now the daughter of the former football star is also attracting attention.
Carla, 29, says she ‘went all in’ for Nina Ricci’s Paris Fashion Week by turning up braless at the Hotel Potocki venue.
Carla Ginola (pictured), 29, says she ‘went all in’ for Nina Ricci’s Paris Fashion Week by showing up to the Hotel Potocki venue braless
The French model, whose mother is Ginola’s ex-wife Coraline Ginola, wore a black sheer top with pinstripe shorts.
Last year she married Adrien Rosenpick, the owner of a luxury streetwear brand. Meanwhile, her father, 57, who played for Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United, is now with Maeve Denak, a model 22 years his junior. This follows his divorce from Coraline in 2016, in which he agreed to a multi-million pound settlement.
Christian Horner is enjoying a big pay increase after a bumpy year for him and his wife Geri
Christian Horner with wife Geri Halliwell. Newly filed accounts for Red Bull Racing Ltd reveal that Horner, 50, was paid £7 million last year. That’s more than double the £3.4 million he received in 2022
The past year has been a bumpy ride for Ginger Spice, Geri Halliwell and her husband, Christian Horner, who was cleared of allegations of ‘inappropriate conduct’ against him by a now-suspended female employee of his F1 team. But it has still been a lucrative year.
Newly filed accounts for Red Bull Racing Ltd reveal that Horner, 50, was paid £7 million last year. That’s more than double the £3.4 million he received in 2022.
Tycoon’s ‘grotesque’ Cotswolds mansion
Billionaire Ron Burkle (pictured) has angered locals in the Cotoswolds with his plans for a country house in Oxfordshire
US billionaire Ron Burkle – chairman of Soho House, the group of private members’ clubs based in the Cotswolds – has angered locals with his plans for a country house in Oxfordshire.
Little Tew Parish Council has branded its proposed project, which includes gardens, a courtyard with stables, solar panels, a new lake and a tree nursery, as an ‘unjustified, unsustainable and unsuitable greenfield development’.
There have been almost 20 objections so far, with one local, Margaret Norris, describing the plans as ‘grotesque’.