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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Helena Horton

‘Restaurants won’t survive’: Michelin chef opens venues abroad to withstand UK taxes

Chef Jason Atherton
Jason Atherton said the rate of VAT in the UK at 20% was ‘tough’. Photograph: PA Images/Matt Alexander/Alamy

A British Michelin-starred chef says he is opening restaurants abroad to subsidise his UK venues against a backdrop of high taxes and a struggling hospitality sector.

Jason Atherton is now in Forte dei Marmi, on the Tuscan coast in Italy, where he is preparing his newest opening, Maria’s, which will be in the Principessa hotel. The Sheffield-born chef now has restaurants all over the world, including in Dubai and St Moritz.

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