On 31 March, three restaurants under the helm of British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay in Hong Kong announced their abrupt closure, effective from 1 April.
The operators of restaurants including Coq d'Argent, The Wolseley and Brasserie Zédel, as well as steakhouse chain Hawksmoor, are temporarily closing their sites due to the coronavirus outbreak.
As pubs and restaurants close, cut back on staff or rethink their business models due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the latest research reveals that 22% of independent pubs are within days of going under.
In one of the most challenging weeks that the hospitality industry has experienced in recent memory, we round up the latest news and the innovative ways in which businesses are attempting to stay afloat, including a truck distributing self-isolation survival cheese boards.