Gordon Ramsay’s ‘La Noisette’ Abruptly Closes
Gordon Ramsay quietly closed his second restaurant in six months over the weekend. Problems at La Noisette seemed to center more on the space than the food. With the closing, he also loses one of his dozen Michelins, and further shifts the focus of his empire to a more mid-market clientele.
The closing of La Noisette also comes just weeks before Ramsay is set to open 180-seater Plane Food at the British Airways terminal at Heathrow Airport.
The shutdown was abrupt, and as of 2pm EDT, La Noisette — though most of their website was shuttered to all but the Google cache — was still accepting reservations. (I reserved online for today, and received immediate confirmation that “a member of our team will contact you shortly.”)
Adding insult to injury, Mario Batali recently served Ramsay some light snarks, calling him a staid showman.
Ramsay’s dealt with restaurant closings and much, much more in life, as he recounts in his excellent and aptly titled autobiography, Humble Pie, to let Batali or a business failure have much of an impact on his future. He’ll be fine.
