Gary Neville and MasterChef star forced to shut restaurant and put company into liquidation with £1m debt

Gary Neville’s Leeds edifice has gone into liquidation with debts reported at  £1 Million – including £519k owed successful taxes.

His eatery was called The Man Behind the Curtain was set-up successful 2014 and tally by cook Micheal O’Hare with Neville owning 50 percent via Relentless Leisure.

Gary's company  owed £366,848 – according to a Statement of Affairs filed astatine Companies House.

Signed disconnected by O’Hare past period it reports £9,500 successful estimated assets for creditors, a director’s indebtedness owed astatine £500,000 described arsenic ‘uncertain’ for payback, with fixtures and fittings – worthy £152,973 besides having an ‘uncertain’ value.

Banks are reported arsenic being owed £14,000, with HMRC’s indebtedness comprising 2 bills £119,090 and £400,194.

The accounts for 2023 are overdue, those for 2022 reported a £187,000 nett and reserves astatine £105,938.

Despite the liquidation O’Hare is continuing to commercialized from the tract arsenic Psycho Sandbar.

Neville posted this connected LinkedIn 7 months ago: “A fewer years agone I signed 1 of the astir instinctive and unthinkable deals that I've ever done erstwhile I went into concern with Michael O'Hare connected “The Man Behind The Curtain” edifice successful Leeds.

"At the extremity of a repast I had astatine the restaurant, Michael presented maine with the bill, but it wasn’t a mean bill, it was a measure that had a fig connected it accompanied with a enactment that said this volition springiness you 50% of the restaurant.

"From that infinitesimal connected I was the co-owner of a Michelin prima edifice successful Leeds!

"Fast guardant to contiguous and it's taken a brave and courageous determination for Michael to springiness up his Michelin prima and unfastened a caller restaurant, Psycho Sandbar, that I went to earlier connected successful the week.

"It's a sensational edifice with an unbelievable acquisition and a superb occupation from Michael and his team. If you ever get the accidental to visit, I highly urge it.”

Michael appeared connected the 2016 bid of Masterchef and since past has featured connected cooking shows including the Great British Menu.