Chef Giancarlo Caldesi closes Caldesi Belsize restaurant in London

Chef Giancarlo Caldesi’s Caldesi restaurant in London’s Belsize Park has closed suddenly after just nine months of trading.

Ham & High reported the chef, who was also the star of BBC Two’s Return to Tuscany, opened the Italian diner in April last year following a £400,000 revamp in the former site of Calici restaurant.

A post on Caldesi Belsize’s Instagram account read: “We have officially closed our doors at Caldesi in Belsize and are deeply grateful for the support and cherished moments shared with our guests.

“The Caldesi legacy of bringing authentic Italian cuisine to your table lives on at Caldesi Marylebone and Caldesi in Campagna.”

Caldesi is now listed as permanently closed on Google and its website has also been deleted.

The chef launched Caldesi in London’s Marylebone in 2002 as an informal bar and restaurant and in 2005 he and his wife Katie opened cookery school La Cucina Caldesi, which then expanded into both London and Tuscany.

In 2007, he launched Caldesi in Campagna in Bray, Berkshire.

His remaining outlets continue to operate as normal.

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