One of Matt Moran’s swanky restaurants has been forced to shut down after health inspectors swooped on the popular venue earlier this week.
The celebrity chef’s Riverbar & Kitchen was closed at the orders of Brisbane City Council staff on Tuesday and was yet to reopen as of Friday morning.
The Eagle Street Pier eatery was shut ‘due to some issues with its food business licence’, according a spokesman for Moran’s Solotel group.
Matt Moran’s swanky restaurant, Riverbar & Kitchen, has been forced to shut down after health inspectors swooped on the popular eatery
The popular restaurant (pictured) was closed by Brisbane City Council staff on Tuesday
‘A recent council inspection found some deficiencies in our food handling processes which are being addressed as a matter of urgency,’ he told The Courier Mail.
‘Solotel takes these issues very seriously and we acknowledge we took our eye off the ball on this occasion and our normally very high standards were not adhered to this time… This is simply a situation where we should have done better.’
A team of pest controllers and other tradesmen were seen removing kitchen equipment from the venue on Thursday afternoon, the paper reported.
A sign outside the venue reportedly reads: ‘Due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to close with short notice. We expect to reopen in the coming days. Please check our Facebook page.’
As of Friday morning, the restaurant’s social media pages had not been updated with any details regarding the closure.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted the Solotel group and Riverbar & Kitchen for comment.
‘A recent council inspection found some deficiencies in our food handling processes which are being addressed as a matter of urgency,’ a spokesman said of the restaurant (pictured)
A sign outside the venue (pictured) on Thursday read: ‘Due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to close with short notice’
A Brisbane City Council spokesman said it requires food businesses to meet strict food safety standards, but would not comment on individual cases.
‘Each and every complaint made to Council about food safety is investigated with an inspection, and food businesses are not allowed to continue operating if they present a health risk to the public,’ the spokesman told Daily Mail Australia.
‘Council also conducts regular proactive inspections of food businesses, to ensure all food safety standards are being met.
‘Council cannot identify individual food outlets that may currently be under investigation.’
A team of pest controllers and other tradesmen were seen removing kitchen equipment from Moran’s venue on Thursday afternoon. The celebrity chef is pictured in 2015