BBC Saturday Kitchen star suddenly shuts top restaurant after 9 months – admitting ‘I cannot see a viable way forward’

A BBC Saturday Kitchen prima has abruptly unopen his apical edifice aft lone 9 months and has admitted helium could spot nary "viable mode forward".

The Mediterranean eatery has already closed its doors, according to an announcement connected the chain's website.

Josh Katz who has appeared connected the celebrated greeting cooking show is liable for Carmel, Berber & O and Shawarma Bar.

While these proceed to tally arsenic normal, the Carmel Fitzrovia tract permanently rolled down its shutters arsenic of Monday this week.

The announcement read: "We Are Now Closed.

"We regret to pass you that Carmel Fitzrovia volition beryllium permanently closing its doors for concern arsenic of Monday, the 20th of January. We would similar to instrumentality this accidental to sincerely convey each our guests for their unthinkable enactment and custom.

"Our 3 different locations, Carmel Queen's Park, Berber & Q, and Shawarma Bar, volition stay unfastened arsenic usual, and we look guardant to welcoming you there.

​"Thank you erstwhile again for being a portion of our journey, and we anticipation to spot you astatine 1 of our different locations soon."

Following the success of the Queen's Park concept, Katz opened the tract successful February past year.

The chef told Restaurant Online that "only clip would tell" erstwhile taking connected the tract which has a "chequered history".

He continued: "I conjecture it's 1 of those sites wherever radical deliberation 'which idiot is going to instrumentality that?' While I would not similar to speech sick of anyone and I'm surely nary oracle, La Rampa was drinks led which I'm not definite was rather right and the abstraction is excessively large to beryllium a fried chickenhearted restaurant.

"Hopefully these aren't celebrated past words."

Featuring a fig of tiny plates and sharing dishes, Katz was inspired by the Eastern Mediterranean.

Fans of the eating experience rated it highly, with the eatery gaining a 4.5 prima standing connected TripAdvisor earlier it unopen for good.

Carmel Queen's Park, Berber & Q and Shawarma Bar volition each proceed to trade.

It comes after different celeb cook was forced to closure his beloved restaurant.

Nick Nairn was the youngest Scot to triumph a Michelin prima backmost successful the nineties.

He has since faced the nonaccomplishment of Nairn's successful Bridge Allan aft a "bitter row" with the site's landlord.

Meanwhile, the fashionable high-street concatenation Itsu revealed earlier this week that it faces the closure of 3 sites.

The subdivision has 77 sites and was saved from illness aft a rescue deal.