Jamie Oliver is scrambling to shut his Jamie’s Italian restaurant in Russia as he joins a rush of Western companies fleeing the country in response to Vladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine.
The celebrity chef’s restaurant company, Jamie Oliver Group, is scrapping an agreement with its franchisee partner Ginza Project, which has operated a Jamie’s Italian in the centre of Moscow for almost a decade.
Ginza this weekend was ordered to strip out all Jamie’s Italian branding from the site and will also be required to shut down all branded social media.
It must also close the Jamie Oliver cookery school in Moscow that has been open for just over six years.
A spokesman for Jamie Oliver said: “We are exiting our franchise agreement and our operations in Russia will cease trading.”
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