A head chef stabbed his trainee at a Bold Street restaurant after a “lewd” comment about his mum, a court heard.
Mehdi Banitorof appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday after an attack which the judge deemed “Ready, Steady, Slash”. The 41-year-old was working his notice period as a senior chef at Persian restaurant Baron 84, and training Hossein Pourmoezi to be his replacement when the attack occurred.
Derrick Jones, prosecuting, said just before midday on April 16, both men were on shift in the kitchen and an argument broke out which quickly became heated. Mr Pourmoezi allegedly made a “lewd” comment about Banitorof’s mother, causing the head chef to “see red” and reach for a kitchen knife.
