Unlucky dip: Stein defends 'greedy' £2 charge for mayo

Chef and restaurateur Rick Stein has defended his decision to raise the price of condiments at his fish restaurant in Padstow to £2 a pot.

- PEONY HIRWANI

It was recently announced that the 76-year-old celebrity chef's eatery, Rick's Chippy, will charge £1.75 for condiments if customers take them away but add a 25p surcharge if they eat in.

The list of condiments that the restaurant serves includes mayonnaise, mango chutney, gravy, Goan curry sauce and raita. They are served in small paper ramekins. According to The Daily Telegraph, Stein's representatives said he hasn't put up the price of the condiments since 2020, however, inflation has forced him to act on it now.

"Our homemade condiments using Rick Stein's special recipes are prepared in Padstow by our team of chefs," the chef's representatives said in a ent. "Food inflation, energy costs, along with rising wages, has driven up the cost of production significantly. We have held our condiment prices since 2020, but with skyrocketing costs, we have reluctantly, along with many others, had to pass on some of the costs to our customers."