The 30th birthday of St. John, that culinary cathedral on the edge of the City, is fast approaching. And might it be marking the occasion with a scheme to bring bone marrow on toast and pigs’ trotters to every postcode in London?
Spy notes fresh filings show the controlling shareholder of Michelin-starred eatery changed last month, from founders Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver, to a holding company that itself is owned by the pair.
And that new company has just taken out a loan. Borrowing larger sums, Spy notes, is a lot easier to do with a holding company instead of individual shareholders.
So maybe St. John, with three locations already, is plotting a platter of new sites, in a move resembling Richard Caring’s rapid roll-out of the Ivy.
Or maybe that’s all a load of tripe. The restaurant's spokespeople won't say.
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