Michelin-starred movie star chef Jason Atherton was concerned in a combat in a restaurant in Cebu, Philippines that left him with two black eyes.
Atherton and his spouse and daughter had been eating on the F Cafe and Bar when the altercation occurred within the early morning of Dec 24. The chef was mentioned to have been defending his 17-year-old daughter who was being harassed by some males whereas she stood in line for the restroom.
Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia wrote in regards to the incident in detail in a Facebook post on Wednesday (Dec 28). In a photograph she posted, the place she was pictured with the 51-year-old chef, Atherton was seen with two black eyes.
She wrote that the chef was overwhelmed up and that the bouncers from the restaurant held him down so he couldn’t combat again. Her put up additionally alleged that the feminine supervisor joined within the combat and supplied a bottle for the lads to make use of to beat up Atherton and that the supervisor was condemning all foreigners as troublemakers throughout the combat.
Garcia additional wrote that the combat began when some males harassed Atherton’s daughter whereas she was queuing for the restroom. When Atherton requested them to apologise, they “all ganged up on him”.
In its preliminary assertion posted on Fb, the restaurant “strongly” denied that their bouncers and one of many managers had joined the assault. In a follow-up statement, it mentioned its administration was cooperating with “native authorities and native enforcement items of their investigations”, including that it joined the governor “in recognizing and defending the integrity and good title of Cebu as a welcome vacation spot for international guests, and that this incident is remoted and unlucky”.
Atherton opened a number of eating places in Singapore whereas he was with the Unlisted Assortment group, particularly Esquina at Jiak Chuan Street, Pollen on the Flower Dome in Gardens by the Bay, in addition to two bars in Keong Saik Street: The Examine and The Library. He left the Singapore restaurant scene in 2016.
His flagship Pollen Avenue Social restaurant in London earned a Michelin star inside six months of its opening in 2011.
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