JD Wetherspoon
JDW defends pub after claims centipede was found in breakfast
JD Wetherspoon has defended a pub after a centipede allegedly crawled out from underneath a customer’s hash brown when he was eating breakfast.
But the pubco is investigating The Gate Clock pub in Greenwich, south east London, after customer Steve Langley complained about an insect in his full English breakfast.
JDW highlighted the pub’s five-star food hygiene rating.
A spokesman said: “There could be a number of explanations for the insect being on the plate and it might not necessarily have come from the kitchen itself.
“Management and staff at The Gate Clock work hard to ensure that food hygiene standards are maintained to a high level at all times.”
Langley told the Evening Standard that staff appeared disgusted by the centipede, then offered him a free breakfast, which he refused.
“Food hygiene in our pubs is of paramount importance,” the JDW spokesman added.
