Multi-millionaire Rick Stein took £4.6m from furlough scheme to boost business

TV chef Rick Stein has taken £4.6m from the furlough scheme to support his businesses during the pandemic, the accounts said.

Stein – who is said to be worth more than £30 million – used a Government program to support its 616 employees.

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They work for Stein’s Trading Ltd, which manages his restaurants, and Seafood Trading Ltd, which manages his hotels, shops and other interests.

He has closed two of his restaurants in Cornwall due to the financial impact of the lockdown.

In an interview, 75-year-old Stein, who runs the business with his ex-wife Jill and their children, said of the pandemic: “It was very scary and we almost lost our entire business. business”.

“And certainly not only my work we are talking about – Jill and the kids put a lot into it. “

Stein joins other multi-millionaire celebrity chefs such as Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver, who have used furlough schemes to support their ailing businesses during the shutdown.