BBC star was drinking with millionaire pal before he kicked off in posh restaurant when staff refused him more booze
Celia Sawyer — host of BBC makeover show Your Home in Their Hands — had been chatting with her husband and wealthy property developer Neil Grinnall before things got out of hand
A TELLY star dubbed “Mrs Bling” drank champagne with a millionaire before he hurled a stool in Rick Stein’s plush Sandbanks restaurant.
Celia Sawyer — host of BBC makeover show Your Home in Their Hands, and a dealer on Channel 4’s Four Rooms — had been chatting with hubby Nick and property developer Neil Grinnall.
Celia, 51, and Nick, 55, left but Grinnall carried on drinking.
Witnesses said when staff stopped serving him he threw empty bottles and glasses on the floor and then chucked the stool across the bar.
Grinnall, 54, was arrested and given a police caution for criminal damage.
Nick told The Sun: “We went into Rick Stein’s for a drink at the bar and saw a number of people.
“We said hello to Neil and his girlfriend turned up. Then we had to go home for the kids. Next morning I was told Neil had kicked off.”
Celia said: “I don’t know Neil well. I wouldn’t stand with someone who was misbehaving.”
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Diner Laura Dutton said her six-year-old son had been “petrified.”
She said: “Most customers had no idea what was going on and many people thought it was some kind of robbery.”
Her dad Derek added: “It was more like something out of closing time at a Wetherspoons than a Rick Stein restaurant.”
The TV chef’s restaurant in posh Sandbanks, Dorset, charges up to £48 for main courses and sells £265 bottles of bubbly.
Interior designer Celia specialises in celebrities’ mansions, jets and yachts. Clients include Cheryl Cole, Cesc Fabregas and fellow Sandbanks resident Harry Redknapp.
Grinnall was not available for comment.
