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Knight Frank removes advert using Michelin restaurant as home sale

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 30 Oct, 13:01 · Archive

UK estate agent Knight Frank has removed an advert that used a celebrity chef's two Michelin-star restaurant to promote residential properties.

UK estate agent Knight Frank has removed an advert that used a two Michelin-star restaurant to promote residential properties. The advert appeared on property site Zoopla and featured a photograph of Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, alongside a message asking people if they were thinking of selling their home.

Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons is a hotel and restaurant owned by Belmond and started by celebrity chef Raymond Blanc in 1984. The establishment has retained its two Michelin stars for 41 consecutive years, including for 2025. An Oxford resident spotted the advert and flagged what they described as 'Knight Frank using Le Manoir as a false house advertisement'.

When approached by local media for clarification, Knight Frank promptly deleted the advert. A spokesperson for the estate agent said the advert was a general promotion of Oxfordshire as a place to live, showcasing one of the area's best-known attractions, and that Knight Frank held the appropriate rights and permissions to use the image.

Knight Frank removes advert using Michelin restaurant as home sale
Image: Oxford Mail

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In this story: Knight Frank · Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons · Raymond Blanc · Great Milton · Oxfordshire · Belmond

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