Claimant: Bento Touray claims she was fired from two Michelin-starred Le Gavroche because restaurant bosses did not want diners to be greeted by a black person A receptionist fired from two Michelin-starred Le Gavroche tried to sue the restaurant for race discrimination after claiming bosses did not want diners to be greeted by a black person. Bento Touray had only worked at Michel Roux Junior’s exclusive London establishment for three weeks when she was let go in September last year, and replaced by a white woman. Miss Touray took the Mayfair-based French restaurant to an employment tribunal, claiming that general manager Emmanuel Landré, who was on holiday when she was hired, told her to leave and she believed that the restaurant did not employ black people front of house.
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Bento Touray tried to sue restaurant for race discrimination
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Claimed she was hired when general manager Emmanuel Landré was away
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She says when he returned she was fired, and replaced by a white woman
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Restaurant says she was given a month's trial and did not meet standards
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Mayfair restaurant run by Michel Roux Junior is one of UK's most exclusive
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Miss Touray's case later dismissed by tribunal
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