so i don't look at it as a rich man's room, or we're in knightsbridge, anyone who comes to my restaurantter, a glass of house wine and the lunch menu for two people you could be out of the door for less than £100 if you wish, but it's your choice to come and spend the value that you want to spend. but isn't it nice, even for a northern lad, to maybe come with your girlfriend or your wife and dress up, come to knightsbridge, come to london, do something different? we're not on everyone‘s doorstep, we just happen to be in the heart of london. i sort of love it. i'm proud to have worked my way from there. it didn't arrive on a silver tray, it was a lot of hard work. and what about food snobbery? i mean, you have two michelin stars. not many chefs around the world do. but there is something about this whole sort of fetishisation of the michelin star which sticks in some people's throats. do you sometimes feel that it's the wrong way to reallyjudge the quality of food and restaurants? no, i don't. i think michelin are very, very important and very present. i think their history determines how

reconfirm though that ecuador is guaranteeing his protection he has been living in the embassy in knightsbridge here in london for five and a half years now since two thousand and twelve and there have been several key moments during that time not to the least of which was last year when swedish prosecutors said that they were dropping investigation into rape allegations that he had faced people thought possibly that he would then be able to leave the embassy but the police here reiterated that if he does set foot outside the embassy he will be arrested for being in breach of his original bail conditions and wiki leaks has always voiced fears that he would then be requested for extradition by the united states several months ago ecuador and officials said that they were going to call on the u.k. to guarantee him safe passage to ecuador but that's something that the u.k. as we just heard doesn't seem to be any closer to doing so for now despite this little bit of movement on his fate still hangs very much in the balance and it's very unclear who or which country might step forward and offer to b

of course it's been five and a half years since i first went into the embassy behind me here in knightsbridge just down the road from harrods of course there have been developments in his case along the line most notably possibly last year we didn't drop the investigation into sex allegations against him. but the u.k. authorities still say that if he sets foot outside mysie they will arrest him because he of course jumped bail when he went into the embassy and wiki leaks still fit on which extradition to the united states so what we're seeing at which you are making moves quite concerted moves to try and resolve the situation but the u.k. government still remains intractable on the issue even after all this time it's very unclear when and what will be the ending of. what our teams are lower smith right outside the ecuadorian embassy there in london thank you. laura was alluding to one top of all of this the u.k. foreign office has reportedly denied a request from ecuador to grant us diplomatic immunity. to the foreign office to comment on this so far we've received no comment if a song steps

reconfirm though that ecuador is guaranteeing his protection he has been living in the embassy in knightsbridge here in london for five and a half years now since two thousand and twelve and there have been several key moments during that time not to the least of which was last year when swedish prosecutors said that they were dropping investigation into rape allegations that he had faced people thought possibly that he would then be able to leave the embassy but the police here reiterated that if he does set foot outside the embassy he will be arrested for being in breach of his original bail conditions and wiki leaks has always voiced fears that he would then be requested for extradition by the united states so at this moment he still lives in a small office inside the ecuadorian embassy which is being converted into rudimentary living quarters several months ago ecuador and officials said that they were going to call on the u.k. to guarantee him safe passage to ecuador but that's something that the u.k. as we just heard doesn't seem to be any closer to doing so for now despite this little bi