'Gifted, mercurial, and loveable' – Birmingham Michelin starred restaurateur Glynn Purnell will bounce back - here's why
It’s a shock. No, it’s more than that. The closure of Purnell’s restaurant is a body blow to hospitality in the West Midlands.
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Because here’s the thing. Its charismatic owner – the gifted, mercurial, and loveable Glynn Purnell, the original Yummy Brummie – changed the game for restaurants in the Second City.
Purnell opened the doors to a host of others who followed in his wake, not least such chef-patrons as Brad Carter, who also earned a Michelin star, in Moseley in Birmingham.
Purnell was – and is – an innovator. And while the closure of Purnell’s is a loss, you can be sure of one thing: he’ll be back, and probably very soon.
Purnell won Birmingham its first new star when he cooked at Jessica’s, in Edgbaston. He was part of a wave of chefs that included Gordon Ramsay, Heston Blumenthal, Tom Kerridge, Sat Bains, and Claude Bosi, with whom he worked, in Ludlow.
