Channel 4 star blasts ‘con artist’ diners who left without paying £180 bill weeks after being forced to close restaurant

A POPULAR Channel 4 prima has blasted a radical of "con artist" diners who fled his edifice without paying a hefty bill.

The cook, who stared successful the documentary "The Rebel Chef: My Restaurant Revolution", shamed the arrogant customers online conscionable 2 weeks aft announcing that helium was being forced to close down his restaurant.

Acclaimed cook Gary Usher fumed astatine the disgraceful "dine and dash" behaviour that near him astir £200 retired of pocket.

The alleged theft happened astatine this Wreckfish Bistro successful Liverpool earlier this week, with unit sharing connected societal media that a radical had lied their mode retired of a £180 bill.

They said the array ordered a buffet of costly dishes earlier making an excuse astir needing to spell to a currency instrumentality - but ne'er coming back.

The cook shared details of the incidental with his followers, likening the dodgy diners to "con artists".

In a station connected X, helium described the play arsenic "sh**", and said the radical near his squad feeling "stupid".

The squad astatine Wreckfish said connected X: "Table successful for luncheon today. Ordered astir costly things disconnected the paper and rather a batch of extras.

"Card doesn’t spell done erstwhile paying truthful accidental they’re nipping the currency machine- ne'er return.

"Leaving a £180 measure unpaid, successful January, which is already a crap period for businesses."

Other customers were aghast to perceive the news, describing it arsenic "vile" and "shocking".

Others encouraged the edifice to station pictures of the paper the customers attempted to usage oregon the CCTV, truthful the alleged bill-dodgers could beryllium identified.

The Wreckfish squad said they had reported the incidental to police and did instrumentality precautions astatine the clip to guarantee the radical would instrumentality with the money.

They explained: "FYI, we did inquire them to permission their overgarment if they wouldn’t caput (to guarantee their return) they promised they was conscionable nipping out.

"Might not beryllium a large woody to them, but that enactment a existent downer connected the team’s time and it’s utterly disgusting behaviour."

Restaurant proprietor Gary picked up the lawsuit by re-posting it himself.

The incensed cook wrote: "This is sh**. It's not sh** for the business it’s sh*** for the radical who enactment successful it that consciousness blameworthy due to the fact that they consciousness they’ve made a mistake.

"They haven’t. This is what con artists do, they marque radical consciousness stupid."

Customers were speedy to stock their ain disgust astatine the appalling episode.

One wrote: "Oh that's truthful sad!! I privation I had tons of wealth I would nonstop you the £180 cos I emotion your restaurant."

Another said: "OMG! Why bash radical consciousness that this is acceptable."

A 3rd commented: "Sorry to perceive that, I emotion your restaurant. Food is delicious truthful I expect to wage for it! Hope you get a bully outcome."

Gary is down the Elite Bistros radical of restaurants which uses a crowdfunding model.

He launched his archetypal restaurant, Sticky Walnut, successful Chester backmost successful 2011, followed by Burnt Truffle successful Heswall successful 2015.

Gary was sadly forced to adjacent Burnt Truffle conscionable 2 weeks ago.

Announcing the quality connected societal media, helium said it was a "sad day", but that helium had "never been capable to marque it work" astatine the Merseyside joint.

Meanwhile, Young's pub customers look paying 20p much for a pint after the Government's Autumn budget.

Simon Dodd, main enforcement of Young's, said the concatenation plans to hike its prices by betwixt 2.5% and 3% due to the fact that of accrued costs.

Similarly, All Bar One proprietor Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) said past period that the terms of its pints could emergence by betwixt 10p and 15p.

Some restaurants and pubs person besides been forced to adjacent their doors for the past time.

Higher nutrient and energy bills mean that less radical are spending connected eating out.