A leading chef took thousands of pounds from staff tips at his Edinburgh restaurant over five years, it was alleged last night.
Tom Kitchin paid himself and his wife Michaela up to £700 a month each from gratuities earned by front of house employees at the Scran & Scallie, a gastropub. Another director was allegedly allocated a monthly payment of up to £2,000 between 2015 and 2020.
A whistleblower criticised the “greedy” practice. A former waitress said: “The tips never added up. I am furious. We were absolutely worked to the bone. I was still at university at the time and I was missing lectures to cover shifts for them.”
On Saturday 12 former employees of the Kitchin Group, his company, came forward to The
