The Savoy Grill is Gordon Ramsay's pride and joy — and is where Margaret Thatcher used to dine with her husband, Sir Denis, by the Thames.
And the TV cook painstakingly picked a celebrated young chef — who has won a spate of Michelin stars for top hotels — to run the kitchen.
So I'm surprised to hear that Matt Worswick, 28, has suddenly been fired after only seven months in the role.
'We are all shocked,' says my man with the silver spoon. 'There was an explosive incident in the kitchen and then Matt announced he was leaving.'
Gordon Ramsay (pictured in February 2020) painstakingly picked a celebrated young chef - who has won a spate of Michelin stars for top hotels - to run the kitchen at The Savoy Grill
Worswick was being trumpeted as a protege of Ramsay, 55. Just like the short-tempered Glaswegian, he showed great early promise, winning a Michelin star aged 26.
Hiring him was a coup for the Savoy Grill: he'd previously worked at double-starred restaurant Le Champignon Sauvage in Cheltenham, before becoming head chef at Glenapp Castle in Scotland, which was where he won his first star, and earned The Latymer hotel in Surrey a Michelin star after that.
Viewers of BBC show Masterchef: The Professionals may recognise him, as he reached the semi-finals in 2010.
Things were going so well for him at the Savoy that he was asked to launch a second restaurant at the five-star hotel, The River, in September.
But the chef confirms: 'My journey has come to an end at the Savoy. I'd like to thank all the staff, past and present, for all their hard work and dedication. I'd like to wish Gordon Ramsay all the very best and continued success for the future.'
Ramsay was apparently abroad at the time of the incident in question.
So I'm surprised to hear that Matt Worswick (pictured), 28, has suddenly been fired after only seven months in the role. He was being trumpeted as a protege of Ramsay, 55
It is, of course, just the latest colourful chapter in Ramsay's career. He rocketed to fame off the back of his angry antics, including firing a waiter for sipping water in view of customers and using the F-word 111 times in one edition of Kitchen Nightmares.
Known for his hot-headedness, he once slung the distinguished late critic A. A. Gill and his companion, Dame Joan Collins, out of his restaurant after Gill described him in a review as a failed sportsman who acted like an 11-year-old.
He has insulted other chefs, including Raymond Blanc whom he described as a 'little French t***'.
Hotels are having bad luck with their top restaurateurs at the moment — I recently revealed that Claridge's chef Daniel Humm stormed out after the hotel refused to let him turn the menu vegan.
HELENA AND NEW LOVER COHABIT (WITH HIS AND HERS PET RABBITS)
Helena Bonham Carter and the Edward Scissorhands director Tim Burton lived in inter-connecting houses during their 13-year relationship, with each property decorated to their own his 'n' hers tastes and personal styles.
So I'm surprised to learn that the 55-year-old actress has chosen to share a home with her boyfriend, art historian Rye Dag Holmboe, 32.
Helena Bonham Carter has chosen to share a home with her boyfriend, art historian Rye Dag Holmboe (both pictured), 32, despite living in inter-connecting houses with Tim Burton
The couple have added to their domestic bliss by adopting house rabbits, and are choosing art for their walls in North London together.
At an exhibition of works by collage artist Nicol Allan, Holmboe tells me: 'Helena and I have been given six of the collages — she chose her favourite ones. In fact, her favourite is the cover of the book I did on his work.'
Helena, who has two children with Burton, showed me the painting she's chosen for the hall, gushing: 'Art is just one of the many things Rye has taught me about...'
Labour MP Stella Creasy has found an unlikely ally in her battle to be able to bring her baby into the Commons Chamber: Jacob Rees-Mogg.
He tells me: 'I'd have loved to bring my own in, as they could say all their life, 'I sat on the benches when I was one'.'
It could be rather crowded if he brings along all six of his Mogglets to hear debates.
Oscar winner Dame Helen Mirren says she's finally learned to smile because she's sick of sucking in her cheeks like Posh Spice.
'I don't do a Victoria Beckham — she's always got the smoulder on,' she says. 'I'm not so good at that anymore.'
Dame Helen adds: 'I always had fat cheeks — and I still do, so I was always sucking my cheeks in.
'But you can't suck your cheeks in and smile at the same time — it's absolutely impossible. So I guess I never smiled.'
David Beckham's wife has said she regards her pout as her 'armour'.
AND THEY'RE OFF... HORSEY SHEIKH AND WIFE SPLIT
As one of the most powerful figures in racing, who's bred horses for the Queen, Sheikh Fahad Al-Thani is used to people gossiping about
