Aristocrat sells restaurants as his company goes bust
A 31-year-old described as one of Britain's most eligible bachelors has sold his two restaurants after his holding firm went bankrupt.
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Hugh Crossley, son of Lord Somerleyton and the subject of last year's television documentary To The Manor Born, was managing director of Empty Quarter Restaurants.
The firm owned the Dish-Dash Persian restaurants in Goodge Street, central London, and Balham, south of the river.
The Goodge Street restaurant opened in 2002, only to close in November last year. The Balham venue started trading in May last year.
The site of the Goodge Street eaterie has been bought by Nandos Chickenland for £55,000 and the Balham restaurant has been purchased by Dish-Dash Balham, a newly created firm which has nothing to do with Empty Quarter, according to Tenon Recovery, the receiver.
The south London eaterie is understood to be a favourite haunt for Jamie Oliver, Angelina Jolie and Gail Porter.
Shelley Sandzer acted on behalf of Nandos and Davis Coffer Lyons for Tenon.
