Jimmy Lahoud

Jimmy Lahoud is a Lebanese businessman and restaurateur in London, England. He has owned restaurants such as Quo Vadis, L'Escargot, and Café St. Pierre. Lahoud is an art collector, displaying his Picasso, Miró, Chagall, Warhol and Matisse pieces in at least one of his restaurants. Lahoud is credited for launching the career of celebrity chef Marco Pierre White. With White, Lahoud established White Star Line Ltd, which owned restaurants L'Escargot, the Belvedere, Criterion, The Mirabelle, Drones and Quo Vadis. The latter three were sold in 2007 to Conduit Street Restaurants, owned by Stephen Schaffer and Joseph Ettedgui.