Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson has closed four of his restaurants, after failing to secure bank loans.

The closures at the Notting Hill, West London; the Lamb Inn and the Greyhound in Oxfordshire; and the Barnes Grill in southwest London – which will result in 60 job cuts – came after Lloyds turned down the chef’s request for a £200,000 overdraft.

As a result, AWT Restaurants, the chef’s holding company for the businesses went in administration on Friday (6 February).

Worrall Thompson will keep two of the restaurants – the Kew Grill in southwest London and the Windsor Grill in Berkshire – open using his own money.

Worrall Thompson said in an interview with the Mail on Sunday that he was “furious” that the banks “didn’t support” him.