The Gasman cometh

It's good to know that no matter where you are in the world, getting gas can be as frustrating as back here at home.

With Tom Etridge's new gaff Ito held to ransom by the gasman during the opening of Westfield shopping centre recently, it's now the turn of April Bloomfield in New York.

Desperately trying to open her second restaurant the John Dory, on the back of her success with The Spotted Pig, the River Cafe-trained chef admits she's now at the mercy of the dreaded utility supplier.

Perhaps, she muses as we chat, she should consider opening the site as a cold salad bar instead. Well The Radicchio does have a certain ring to it.