# Lawrence Wosskow

> British entrepreneur and investor with a career in retail and catering, including Bradwell’s Ice Cream, Out of Town Restaurants Group and the 2005 purchase of Little Chef with Simon Heath. Based in the Bahamas, he later moved into commercial property and international technology investing and wrote Little Chef: The Heart of the Deal.

- **Role:** Investor at Private Equity
- **Organizations:** Private Equity, Out of Town Restaurants Group, The People’s Restaurant Group, Bradwell’s Ice Cream, Free Spirit, Loseley, Marks & Spencer
- **Nationality:** British
- **Education:** O-levels and A-levels, Silverdale School, Sheffield
- **Known for:** Co-founded Out of Town Restaurants Group with Simon Heath., Acquired and developed businesses across ice cream, retail and catering., Authored Little Chef: The Heart of the Deal.

## Career timeline

- **1981** — Left Silverdale School and began working at Marks & Spencer.
- **1992** — Bought Bradwell’s Ice Cream from Noel Bradwell.
- **2002** — Sold Out of Town Restaurants Group.
- **2005** — Bought Little Chef with Simon Heath through The People’s Restaurant Group.
- **2007** — Bought Out of Town back from administrators.
- **2009** — Participated in a joint-venture purchase of the Royal Baths, Harrogate.
- **2017** — Published the memoir Little Chef: The Heart of the Deal; a Morgan James edition followed in 2018.
- **2024** — Participated in BBC Radio 4’s Toast episode about Little Chef.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Out of Town Restaurants Group with Simon Heath.
- Acquired and developed businesses across ice cream, retail and catering.
- Authored Little Chef: The Heart of the Deal.

## Latest updates

- **2024-04** — Appeared in Toast’s Little Chef episode on BBC Radio 4, first published on 4 April 2024.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrence-wosskow-b7314434
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LittleChefMemoir

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