Great British Menu star Mark Ellis has been spared a jail sentence after he was accused of endangering guests at his upmarket restaurant and hotel during a major fire safety investigation.
The chef, 42, who featured on the BBC cooking show, was hauled before a judge after operating “wholly inadequate” fire risk measures at his Allium Bar and Grill restaurant and five luxury rooms in Tattenhall, Cheshire.
The premises had been lauded in leading glossy magazines and highbrow newspapers but investigators said it was a safety hazard concluding there was little emergency lighting, just one fire extinguisher in the kitchen, not enough safety signs and linen stored on escape routes.
