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Hardwick sexual discrimination allegations dismissed Hardwick sexual discrimination allegations dismissed
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The restaurant run by celebrity chef Stephen Terry has been cleared of allegations of sexual discrimination.The restaurant run by celebrity chef Stephen Terry has been cleared of allegations of sexual discrimination.
Chloe Maisey made 21 claims about the Hardwick, Abergavenny, which have been dismissed by an employment tribunal in Cardiff. Chloe Maisey made 21 claims about The Hardwick, Abergavenny, which have been dismissed by an employment tribunal in Cardiff.
Terry and other members of staff had always maintained there was "banter" in such a "pressurised" environment. Mr Terry and other members of staff had always maintained there was "banter" in such a "pressurised" environment.
He said the claims were "devastating" and Ms Maisey had never raised any of her issues with him.He said the claims were "devastating" and Ms Maisey had never raised any of her issues with him.
Ms Maisey, 19, of Merthyr Tydfil, spent just three months as a trainee pastry chef at the Hardwick last year and told the tribunal she was initially "delighted" to be working at the restaurant. Ms Maisey, 19, of Merthyr Tydfil, spent just three months as a trainee pastry chef at The Hardwick last year and told the tribunal she was initially "delighted" to be working at the restaurant.
But she said there were no female changing rooms and she was forced to change in front of men.But she said there were no female changing rooms and she was forced to change in front of men.
She claimed staff made comments about her body and one man threatened to slap her bottom.She claimed staff made comments about her body and one man threatened to slap her bottom.
Ms Maisey also alleged she was shut in a work freezer and burnt on the arm with a hot metal tray.Ms Maisey also alleged she was shut in a work freezer and burnt on the arm with a hot metal tray.
But sous chef Jamie O'Leary told the hearing allegations, including that he threw a sea bass and a mouse at her, had been "blown out of all proportion".
Restaurant owner Mr Terry said Ms Maisey never made any complaints about the way she said she was treated.
He told the tribunal: "If she was so distressed about all these incidents then she could have told me about just one of them.
"But at no point ever did she tell me about any of these alleged incidents."
Mr Terry said the first he heard of any alleged sexual discrimination was when Ms Maisey's mother rang.
He asked her to put the allegations in writing but she never did.