 MasterChef winner Kenny Tutt has been accused of failing to pay his staff at a restaurant he shut down. Pitch is the second eaterie the 41-year-old, who won the 2018 edition of the BBC show, has closed in three months in Worthing after Bayside Social ceased trading in April. Disgruntled workers at Pitch, which served modern and classic British food, have claimed they weren't informed of the closure, haven't been paid, and were told to approach liquidators to claim owed money,with some now using foodbanks to survive. A post published on Worthing Directory's Facebook page alleged some members of staff learned they had lost their jobs on social media and news stories and hadn't received their salary on their most recent payday. A section of the lengthy statement reads: 'The staff are owned wages, holiday pay and tips. In my son's case his wages were £2000 per month, he was owed £800 holiday pay as he worked without taking holiday so he could afford to pay bills. 'Also all staff got around £400 a month in tips which was the amount after equally sharing the total amount. All tips have been withheld including cash tips.' Tutt has shut down his second restaurant in Worthing in three months (Picture: PA) To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video In a statement shared with Metro.co.uk Tutt said staff will be paid – although it could take between three and five weeks. He said: 'We're working through the process of closing down the business, including official liquidation, which does take time. We are also using the Redundancy Payment Service, which means that all staff will receive full payment including any holiday pay, redundancy pay and any notice owed. This process can take between three and five weeks though. 'We are incredibly sad to have to close our business, but we're working with all of our staff to help them seek othe){kind=link}
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MasterChef winner Kenny Tutt has been accused of failing to pay his staff at a restaurant he shut down.
Pitch is the second eaterie the 41-year-old, who won the 2018 edition of the BBC show, has closed in three months in Worthing after Bayside Social ceased trading in April.
Disgruntled workers at Pitch, which served modern and classic British food, have claimed they weren’t informed of the closure, haven’t been paid, and were told to approach liquidators to claim owed money,with some now using foodbanks to survive.
A post published on Worthing Directory’s Facebook page alleged some members of staff learned they had lost their jobs on social media and news stories and hadn’t received their salary on their most recent payday.