The star of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares has closed Maze and Maze Grill in Melbourne's Crown Metropol hotel – a decision that caused surprise among hotel staff.
'Gordon made the decision without telling the Crown Metropol – people there were shocked,' says a source. 'He says the business is not sustainable. It all happened very quickly.'
The foul-mouthed chef, 44, who lives in America with his wife Tana, 37, and their four children, had previously claimed he wanted to 'f*** off to Australia and retire', but those plans may now be on ice.
To add to his woes, the star is also facing a £1.1 million court battle in New Zealand after pulling out of a number of charity engagements, ¬citing personal reasons.
Ramsay and his long-term business partner, Tana's father Chris Hutcheson, have been embroiled in a very public split, with Ramsay accusing him of taking money out of parent company Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH). Ramsay has blamed his father-in-law for a financial crisis that has seen the closure of a number of his restaurants around the world.
A GRH spokeswoman said: 'We have put Maze and Maze Grill into liquidation. Since the recent change in management at GRH, we have been conducting reviews of all of our group operations and concluded the business was not sustainable.'
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