There is no such thing as lunch for Pied a Terre and Le Gavroche as Brexit bites.

In another sign of the post-Covid recruitment crisis, one of London’s oldest Michelin-starred restaurants has closed its lunch service until further notice. Fitzrovia’s Pied à Terre says Brexit and Covid have impacted recruitment so badly it is no longer able to open for the whole day.

A Michelin-star restaurant will stop serving lunch because of a lack of staff, its founder has announced.