Jamie Oliver’s Italian operator in receivership, leaving unpaid debts in Wellington

• The company behind a failed bid to open New Zealand’s first Jamie Oliver restaurant has been placed in receivership, owing hundreds of thousands of dollars to its Wellington landlord.

Last month it was confirmed that Keystone Hospitality Group, the Australian operator of Jamie’s Italian restaurants, was abandoning plans to open its first New Zealand restaurant in Wellington’s CBD.

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Jamie’s Italian restaurants Australian operator Keystone Hospitality Group, was placed in receivership after failing to renegotiate lending arrangements with its financiers.