James Martin tells fans

With sadness, James Martin had to inform fans that his online book shop has to be closed down. The 48-year-old television star took to social media to share the news earlier today, following a problem with his delivery firm.

The chef informed his 549,000 followers that the problem arose because the courier service had increased its fees.

However, he did reassure fans that he would be looking into other options.

James also vowed not to use the company in the future.

He spoke of his “sadness” about the decision on Instagram.

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This comes after the chef had to close his restaurant and cookery school again because of the third national lockdown.

Yesterday, he took to the picture-sharing site to post a photo of his empty kitchen following a “weird day”.

On a more positive note, James, who runs The Kitchen at Chewton Glen, said he was working on some new ideas for the eatery.

Alongside the picture he wrote: “Weird day today in @thekitchenatcg with no chefs, no front of house team, no food…nothing and no likelihood of customers for a while…but new stuff en route, new ideas for @chewtonglen.”