New venture for Jeremy’s chef
Jez and Anne reveal plans for new business
Chef Jeremy Hollingsworth and his wife Anne have revealed their new business venture following the closure of Jeremy’s.
The owners of one of Scarborough’s most loved restaurants have decided to close their business to focus on something new.
Jeremy’s, in Victoria Park Avenue, opened 10 years ago when chef Jeremy Hollingsworth and his wife Anne moved back to their hometown after living and working abroad.
For Anne, 51, a former PA, working in a restaurant was something completely new while for Jez, 52, who had spent years working alongside TV chef Marco Pierre White and managing awardwinning gastro pubs, this was the first time running his own business.
“We put everything into it,” he said. “It was really rewarding but also really hard because when it’s not going so well it’s tough and when it is going well it’s really busy so it’s just like a roller coaster.”
Initially, as the pair explained, locals were a bit wary, with many thinking “we were just two posh Londoners”.
But as soon as they found out Jez and Anne were both from Scarborough, customers were very supportive, and Jeremy’s quickly became one of the finest restaurants in the town and beyond.
It was crowned Yorkshire’s Best Neighbourhood Restaurant in the Yorkshire Life Food and Drink Awards 2011 and was featured in the Michelin Guide for six consecutive years.
Jez added: “Over the years we’ve made friends for life with some of our costumers, we had really good regulars and some people even retired here because we were here so overall it’s been really good, we’ve definitely raised the culinary bar in Scarborough so we’re very proud, a little legacy left.”
Although Jeremy’s is now closed, the pair will be back in business with a brand new bespoke dinner party service in the new year.
Jez said: “We know a lot of people with second homes in Scarborough so we’re going to travel. We’ll get a little refrigerated van, prep from home and off you go. We’ll keep the name Jeremy’s but we’ll have a new website and new logo.”
Anne added: “Because I’ve become more involved in the cooking side of things in the last year I’ve been doing all the puddings which I quite enjoy so it’ll be fun, I’m looking forward to it.”