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Nov 25, 2023 · Russell Norman, the award-winning restaurateur, author and Saturday Kitchen chef has died after a short illness, aged 57. A former English teacher, Norman founded the Italian restaurant Brutto...
Nov 24, 2023 · Maddy Mussen November 24, 2023. Pioneering restaurateur Russell Norman has died aged 57. Norman, who was best known for starting the Polpo chain of restaurants, as well as spin-offs...
Nov 24, 2023 · Russell Norman, who has died suddenly aged 57, was an Italophile restaurateur who gained a reputation as “the coolest man in food” in the early 2010s as founder of the Venetian-style tapas...
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Russell Norman (9 December 1965 – 23 November 2023) was a British restaurateur, chef, teacher and author. In the early 2010s, he gained a unique reputation and identity as "the coolest man in food". He co-founded Polpo, a renowned Venetian-style tapas restaurant in London, and the Italian restaurant Brutto.
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Nov 24, 2023 · Friday 24 November 2023 16:05 GMT. Comments. Russell Norman photographed in 2022 (Can Nguyen/Shutterstock ) Russell Norman, the pioneering restaurateur who was a guest chef on Saturday...
Nov 27, 2023 · In 2019, it was reported that the Polpo group owed £550,000 in unpaid taxes. Norman resigned as a director in 2020. Brutto, Norman’s first post-Polpo restaurant, opened on a dead-end...
Nov 25, 2023 · By 2009, when he and his business partner Richard Beatty launched Polpo, the small-plates Italian that would make his name, Norman had served a serious apprenticeship choreographing restaurant...
