Exclusive: Jason Atherton responds to sexism row

The original conversation [in the Times] was about the Row on 5 team winning a Michelin star within a few months of opening. I was asked if I had witnesses or seen sexism in the kitchen and my reply was to rebuff the question — I said that I hadn’t seen it or witnessed it, and that was to close the question down.

I was then asked a second question: do I feel the industry has moved on from where it once was? I said that the industry has come a long way — not just in sexism, but in working hours, in pay. And I believe it has, for every gender.