A Michelin-starred restaurant has suddenly closed with its ‘devastated’ owner blaming Labour’s ‘never-ending’ tax hikes.
Sorrel, in Dorking, Surrey, told diners this week in an email that their upcoming booking had been cancelled after making ‘the very difficult decision’ to close with immediate effect.
Owner and Marco Pierre White prodigy Steve Drake, who penned the message, said they ‘have lost a lot of money trying to keep it afloat’ and that ‘the financials of running an independent restaurant simply don’t work’.
The celebrated chef, who has earned three Michelin stars and previously worked at The Ritz, described the closure as ‘pretty devastating’ and
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