Top chef’s dirty truth

WHILE fashionable chef and food writer Yotam Ottolenghi jets around the world promoting his new book, Sweet, the mood has turned sour at his flagship restaurant NOPI.

The Soho eaterie has failed a hygiene inspection, with officials handing it a dismal two out of five in the ‘scores on the door’ food hygiene ratings. They list a catalogue of failings, including the same vacuumpacking machine being used for preparing raw fish and cooked foods, a blocked basin and a dirty ice machine.

Ottolenghi’s spokesman insists: ‘NOPI has worked with their health and safety consultant to ensure all issues have been immediately rectified.’

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