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three weeks after ousting society figure Jeremy King from the fine dining group he co-founded, The Wolseley’s new owners are already moving ahead with plans to turn the celebrated London restaurant into a chain. I hear that Thai hotel giant Minor International is advertising for potential restaurant sites, from Chelsea and Knightsbridge to Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin. The advert stresses that the group, which now owns Corbin & King restaurants such as Colbert and The Delaunay in London, seeks ‘character buildings’. King’s former regulars, including Nigella Lawson and Jeremy Clarkson, hope he’ll open a new spot of his own soon.