ONE of the region’s top restaurants, run by a Huddersfield chef, has gone into administration.

Anthony’s, in Leeds, has closed its doors along with three other businesses in the group run by Anthony Flinn.

And there are fears that up to 70 jobs will go.

The restaurant had been based in the Corn Exchange having been set up originally in Boar Lane , Leeds, in 2004 by Flinn, who trained at Huddersfield Technical College.

The chef built up the business with his family, notably his father also called Anthony.

After opening Anthony’s the pair extended to three other dining spots including Piazza by Anthony in the Corn Exchange, Rib Shakk and Anthony’s Patisserie in the Victoria Quarter.

Flinn was regarded as one of the country’s finest young chefs.

He was labelled a food ‘creator’.

And he invested millions of pounds into the restaurant ventures in Leeds.

Anthony’s was known for its experimental fine dining while Piazza featured a 125-seat brasserie situated in the central open expanse of the Corn Exchange.

Flinn graduated from Huddersfield Technical College and worked at the Michelin-starred restaurant Lords of the Manor, in Gloucestershire, for two years.

He then moved to Barcelona, and despite not speaking a word of Spanish, he worked alongside Xavier Pellicer at the Michelin-starred Abac restaurant.

He then became the first, and until now, the only Englishman on the payroll at the world famous three Michelin Star El Bulli restaurant in Spain, voted the world’s best restaurant for four out of the last five years.

At just 33, he has already made a much bigger impact on the British restaurant industry than his peers Marco Pierre White and Gordon Ramsay did in their early careers.

He was one of the chefs who appeared on the BBC Great British Menu show.

Flinn’s first restaurant, Anthony’s, on Boar Lane is a predominantly family run business consisting of father, son, daughter and son’s partner.