Agreed, a strange choice. This Substack seems to generally admire and champion the restaurant industry as a whole. To choose to spotlight someone who has apparently taken advantage of many who are trying to make a living in that same ecosystem seems bizarre at best.
I don't think Garvey's talent has ever been in question, but it's hard to ignore what seems to be a pattern of ripping off suppliers and staff. Given that, I'm not sure that supporting his restaurant does mean supporting his staff and suppliers - history shows that he's happy to leave them out of pocket. I'm yet to see him make any comment to address it, and he's had plenty of opportunity, so I don't see why people should support Materia, regardless of how good it might be.
Agree with the comments above. I loved his cooking at SOLA and also visited the Midland Grand before it closed but I won't be supporting him now after having read The Londoner article.
Of all the people to shine a light on
Agreed, a strange choice. This Substack seems to generally admire and champion the restaurant industry as a whole. To choose to spotlight someone who has apparently taken advantage of many who are trying to make a living in that same ecosystem seems bizarre at best.
I don't think Garvey's talent has ever been in question, but it's hard to ignore what seems to be a pattern of ripping off suppliers and staff. Given that, I'm not sure that supporting his restaurant does mean supporting his staff and suppliers - history shows that he's happy to leave them out of pocket. I'm yet to see him make any comment to address it, and he's had plenty of opportunity, so I don't see why people should support Materia, regardless of how good it might be.
Agree with the comments above. I loved his cooking at SOLA and also visited the Midland Grand before it closed but I won't be supporting him now after having read The Londoner article.