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Article: Blanc is left with a [pounds sterling]32,000 bill for burglary at Le Manoir.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2006
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Byline: SAM GREENHILL
WHILE a rich American couple enjoyed the gourmet delights of Raymond Blanc's hotel Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, an enterprising thief also helped himself - to their valuables.
Stephen and Linda Donaldson returned to their room to find the safe, containing cash and jewellery worth [pounds sterling]53,000, had been ripped from the wall.
The French-born celebrity chef and his staff swiftly alerted police who managed to recover [pounds sterling]21,000 of the haul from the thief after finding the safe at the bottom of the Thames.
But the Donaldsons were outraged when the Oxfordshire hotel, which charges up to [pounds ...