BBC star chef suddenly closes restaurant after 9 months despite £400,000 revamp just last year A BBC star chef has suddenly closed his restaurant after nine months - despite a £400,000 revamp just last year.
Before Caldesi and Calici, another restaurant, pan Asian restaurant XO, had also attempted to make things work.
As well as the remaining two Caldesi branches, Giancarlo and Katie also run their cookery school of 17 years, La Cucina Caldesi.
Prior to opening, the restaurant underwent a huge £400,000 renovation of the site, which had been previously frequented by another Italian restaurant called Calici.
It was the brainchild of Giancarlo Caldesi, an Italian restaurauteur famed for his appearance on the BBC documentary series Return To Tuscany, alongside wife Katie.
