I passed this auction sign while driving home to Green Point in Cape Town over the weekend.
I’m sure the house will fetch a good price: double-storey in a prime address, boasting three bedrooms, pool and granny flat. Interesting that the auction company has his name on the signage instead of the standard address details. Potential buyers expecting a state-of-the-art chefs’ kitchen could be disappointed. The kitchen was fairly standard with a country cottage feel when I last saw it.
They say Irish chef Conrad Gallagher left a trail of irate suppliers and former staff at restaurants and coffee shops when he packed up his family and fled South Africa this year. It’s doubtful we’ll ever know the full story, but it’s surely a warning to any restaurateur about taking on more than you can chew and expanding too fast during recessionary times.