London Restaurateurs, Chefs Talk About How to Survive the Coronavirus

Restaurant owners open up about the crisis and their fears for the future

Photographer: Alberto Pezzali/NurPhoto via Getty Images

London’s chefs and restaurateurs are counting the cost of the deadly coronavirus, working out how to keep their businesses going and focusing on the day when they can reopen.

The hospitality industry employs 3.2 million people, creating more than £130 billion ($162 billion) a year in economic activity, according to a 2018 report by the U.K. Hospitality Workforce Commission.