{"id":31051,"date":"2025-07-29T12:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/31051\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T12:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:29:09","slug":"italian-restaurant-chain-gusto-with-numerous-greater-manchester-sites-on-brink-of-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/31051\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian restaurant chain Gusto with numerous Greater Manchester sites on brink of administration"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Italian food chain has sites in Cheadle Hulme, Manchester and Alderley Edge<\/p>\n

10:50, 29 Jul 2025Updated 10:50, 29 Jul 2025<\/p>\n

Gusto(Image: Gusto)<\/p>\n

Northern-based restaurant group Gusto Italian is on the verge of collapse and is likely to be sold through a pre-package insolvency agreement according to reports.<\/p>\n

According to Sky News, Interpath Advisory is preparing a pre-pack insolvency of Gusto Italian, which currently trades from 13 sites across the UK.<\/p>\n

Sources have suggested that a vehicle set up by Cherry Equity Partners, the owner of Latin American restaurant concept Cabana, will be the likely buyer.<\/p>\n

Sky News reports that it is expected to take over most of the Gusto sites although some job loses are likely, and that a deal is imminent.<\/p>\n

Founded in Cheshire in 2005 by Jeremy Roberts and the late Tim Bacon as a rebrand of Est Est Est, Gusto has previously been named Italian Restaurant of the Year at the Pizza, Pasta and Italian Food Association’s PAPA Industry Awards.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Italian restaurant Gusto in Didsbury closed in November last year(Image: Gusto)<\/p>\n

The restaurant\u2019s menu serves up a range of Italian classics, including pasta dishes, sourdough pizzas, antipasti, gnocchi, and steaks, as well as salads and desserts, which include ‘dough petals’ and Tiramisu.<\/p>\n

The chain has a number of North West locations in Alderley Edge, Cheadle Hulme<\/a> and Knutsford, as well as a restaurant in the city centre, near Spinningfields, on Lloyd Street.<\/p>\n

It also has sites in Birmingham, Leeds, Cookridge, Edinburgh, Heswall, Liverpool, Newcastle, Nottingham and Oxford.<\/p>\n

Last November, the Gusto Italian restaurant in Didsbury<\/a>, located on Wilmslow Road, shut down with immediate effect after bosses said they had reviewed the performance of the site and had also been approached by a ‘well-known’ retailer.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Gusto Italian told the Manchester Evening News<\/a> at the time: “As part of our commitment to delivering excellence across all locations, Gusto Italian continually reviews the performance and strategic fit of each of our restaurants.<\/p>\n

\"GustoGusto Italian in Cookridge(Image: LeedsLive)<\/p>\n

“This proactive approach enables us to make well-informed decisions in the best interest of our business and our team.<\/p>\n

“After careful consideration, and following an approach from a well-known high street retailer, we have decided to close Didsbury as a trading location.<\/p>\n

“Didsbury has been part of the Gusto Italian family for many years, and we are deeply grateful to our loyal guests and community who have supported us over this time.”<\/p>\n

The site was subsequently taken over by upmarket independent department store Oliver Bonas<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The Manchester Evening News has contacted Gusto and Interpath Advisory for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Italian food chain has sites in Cheadle Hulme, Manchester and Alderley Edge 10:50, 29 Jul 2025Updated 10:50,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[19047,84,19046,2323,59,19045,19048,2951,13757,3783,2443,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-31051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-alderley-edge","tag-business","tag-cheadle-and-cheadle-hulme","tag-cheshire","tag-gb","tag-italian-food","tag-knutsford","tag-manchester-city-centre","tag-manchester-restaurants","tag-restaurants","tag-stockport","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}