Ben Ambridge closes Onda in Wadebridge and the Fox’s Revenge in Newquay

Chef-restaurateur Ben Ambridge has announced the closure of his Onda restaurant in Wadebridge and the Fox’s Revenge pub and restaurant in Newquay.

The chef said he had spent four years battling to make the businesses a success and could no longer accept the impact it had taken on his health and home life.

Ambridge, who graduated from Fifteen Newquay in 2012, took on the Fox's Revenge, a 400-year-old pub in Summercourt in 2020, and opened sister restaurant Onda three years later.

The 85-cover, Italian-inspired Onda had received praise from Gordon Ramsay who described it as "Wadebridge's best new secret" and "everything you love" from a local restaurant.

Announcing the closure of both restaurants on social media, Ambridge said: “I cannot put into words the feelings I have right now. Over the past four years I have tried with every ounce of determination to adapt, overcome and succeed. But the time has come where I just have nothing left.

“For the past four and a bit years my whole focus and life has been around trying to survive…a position no business should be in or have to do. With this said it’s taken a toll on my health and my home life to which I am not willing to sacrifice.”

Ambridge thanked the venue’s guests as well as his team, friends and family for their support.

He added: “I don’t plan on this being the end for me, but I need some time before making a come back.”