British celebrity chef Simon Wood had no reservations about spit-roasting a group of diners online for allegedly neglecting to show up for their reserved table at his fine-dining restaurant, WOOD, over the weekend. He grilled them in an X post catching fire online.

Simon Wood is the latest high-profile chef to close a restaurant as the hospitality sector struggles with rising costs. Read this plus all today's consumer and personal finance news and tips below.

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Simon Wood has closed his eponymous Manchester restaurant after seven years. Announcing the news on social media, the chef and restaurateur says his WOOD restaurant, located in the Deansgate area of the city, has closed with immediate effect. The chef blamed the rise in costs as well a business rates and Covid debt on the closure.

WOOD Manchester was opened on Jack Rosenthal Street in the First Street complex in 2017 by the chef, a former data manager who won the BBC MasterChef series in 2015. In a statement, he said it was with "much regret I must close the doors here at WOOD for good".

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A TOP chef has announced the sudden closure of his Michelin-recommended restaurant saying: “We just cannot make this work”. Simon Wood, 48, said his fine dining establishment WOOD