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Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2020

    ASK Italian fined over lobster dish description

    Fine or penalty

    ASK Italian was fined £40,000 for misleadingly describing a dish that contained lobster and white fish. Azzuri Restaurants Limited, trading as ASK Italian, admitted the charge. ASK apologized and said the menu description was incomplete and likely to mislead.

    Company response

    • Apology — ASK

      ASK apologised for what it described as an error, and accepted that without reference to white fish, the menu description was incomplete and likely to mislead.

    Source excerpt

    • The Italian restaurant chain ASK has been fined for misleading customers about a lobster dish.
    • Azzuri Restaurants Limited, which trades as ASK Italian, admitted the charge at Swansea Magistrates' Court last November.
    • The Aragosta e Gamberoni (lobster and king prawns) dish contained a mixture of 35% lobster and 34% white fish, plus other ingredients, formed to look like lobster meat, an investigation found.
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  2. 2019

    Lobster dish misdescription

    Azzurri Restaurants admitted in court that a dish described as lobster and king prawns contained only 35% lobster and also included white fish and other ingredients shaped to resemble lobster meat. The dish was sold between 2014 and March 2019.

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  3. 2015

    Seafood sustainability criticism

    A November 2015 survey identified ASK Italian among seven restaurants that did not meet a basic level of seafood sustainability.

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