Jeremy King to reopen Le Caprice site as Arlington

Jeremy King is to reopen the former Le Caprice restaurant site in London under the new name Arlington early next year.

The restaurateur told the Mail on Sunday the venue would be named after its address on Arlington Street, where it has been since 1947.

King and long-term business partner Chris Corbin first took over the Le Caprice site in 1981 and created a restaurant that attracted a host of celebrity clientele including Princess Diana and Mick Jagger.

The restaurant was later acquired by Richard Caring, who closed the site in 2020 during the pandemic and retains the ‘Le Caprice' trademark.

King announced in September he had taken on the lease with plans to reopen it alongside the restaurant's former director Jesus Adorno.

He told the Mail on Sunday the bill for refitting Le Caprice will be "considerably higher" than the £30,000 spent on its 1982 refurbishment.

King also revealed plans to invest £8m to open New York-inspired ‘grand café' the Park in Bayswater next spring.

He said he will look to raise around the same sum again to open a third central London restaurant, the location of which is yet to be confirmed.

The openings form part of a new business group called Jeremy King Restaurants, which he runs as a solo venture.

King was ousted from his restaurant group Corbin & King last year after a battle for control with Thai hotel group Minor International, which has since rebranded the business as the Wolseley Hospitality Group.