Sky.com: [2] Michelin-starred chef Marcus Wareing has warned the hospitality industry is in danger of collapsing unless it receives more help from the government.
[3] In a stark warning, Wareing told Sky News there will be lots of restaurant closures and a “huge amount” of unemployment if more is not done to support the sector, which is worth £100bn a year to the UK. [4] Boris Johnson announced on Sunday that some hospitality businesses could possibly open in July at the earliest as he eased the COVID-19 lockdown slightly after seven weeks. [5] Wareing, who is chef patron at the Michelin-starred restaurant Marcus in London, told Sky News: “I thought it was a perfect opportunity to give us a little bit more meat on the bone, it would have been nice to have a bit more from him about the big picture. [6] “I am incredibly nervous about the future, I have no clue how to deal with social distancing in a kitchen or in hospitality. [7] “For me and my colleagues in the industry, we need some guidelines and we need it soon.
[8] “We can’t sit at home just hoping we may get some titbits of information to show us how to go forward.
[9] “We are very concerned – we were the first to close down and we’re going to be the last to reopen.
[10] “I’m worried for my own health and my staff and customers, it’s really a scary thing to think we’re going to have to go to work in a kitchen which is very much an open playing field where staff are very much a team, they’re connecting with each other, they’re tasting food.

“You’re putting food on a plate which gets carried by a waiter and that food is then put in front of the customer.

“Social distancing does not work in hospitality.”