It’s Hell’s Kitchen to soup kitchen as homeless get fed but chef’s just fed up
SQUATTERS occupying Gordon Ramsay’s £13million gastropub are dishing up free food to the homeless.
The group says it is offering soup at the York and Albany, which once charged £9 for a bowl.
Details of the giveaway came to light hours after it emerged Ramsay’s shuttered site had been seized.
The hotspot, near London’s Regents Park, was once a favourite of celebs, but at least half a dozen renegades moved in after the venue called time last month.
One of the group said: “We are occupying this property under squatting law which is our right in this country.”
He added: “We run a free cafe for the community on Tuesdays and Thursdays — art and food are integral aspects of what we do.”
The group says it has begun accepting donations and two crates of potatoes were left on the doorstep yesterday.
A mask-clad man seen leaving the building added: “There are lots of misconceptions flying around about who we are and why we’re here, but this is simply about helping people.”
And a mum living at the site with her teenage son added: “I’m here along with others because of the chronic housing crisis in London.
“We have nowhere to
live because our house burned down.”
Ramsay, 57, was about to sign over a multi-millionpound lease to new partners when six “experienced squatters” broke in.
The Hells Kitchen star called the police last week but has been unable to have the occupants removed.
A notice has been taped on the building threatening legal action against anyone who tries to force them out.
Sweary cook Ramsay, who was yesterday said by sources to be “at the end of his tether”, was contacted for comment.