TV chef Tom Kerridge has revealed that the energy bill at his pub has increased from £60,000 to £420,000. He warned the “ludicrous” energy prices meant that the hospitality sector is facing a “terrifying landscape”.
He said the quote was from an existing supplier and said he would "shop around". But he warned many businesses faced an uncertain future, with some deciding they had no choice but to close for the winter.
He told the BBC: "From my business..one of them, at the minute its monthly electricity bill is £5,000 a month. That's quite expensive, it's not a very big business this one but it's big enough and everything is electric...the stoves are electric, the ovens are electric, the fridges are on 24 hours a day. The extraction goes on...it's almost a 24-hour business, 7 days a week.
