A gourmet meal delivery business founded by celebrity chef Shane Delia racked up debts of more than $6.3 million, including to thousands of customers owed almost $4.4 million in gift vouchers that will not be honoured.
“The only reason it happened is because we lost the confidence of an investor, and they wanted to pull their money out,” he told“There was a technical breach – a reporting breach – that they didn’t give us any chance to fix, and they used that to pull the money. It was an oversight. There are also debts owed to a number of high-profile restaurants that supplied meals to Providoor, including Entrecote, Supernormal and Rumi.