Dutch DJ and producer based in Amsterdam. But a part of the appeal and culture of restaurants is that they are run by local people who serve the local community. It's about personality. And humanity and philosophy. And local foods, ideally even linked up to the local farms, if any still exist out there. Turning restaurants into corporate businesses is called catering. It is a different thing. It is not a good trade, not because of Marco and Raymond, but because of all the other absentee landlords who are not there.\r \r Although the habit is marked in restaurants, the same is true, even worse, for pubs. It is hard to know where anyone is who actually owns the business. If you go in to your local Red Lion, there is a very nice Polish girl on the counter and usually a jolly, young manager who might be from Australia, but the landlord? Never seen him. Don’t even know who he is – although technically he should be registered on the license at the town hall somewhere while he is probably sunning himself on a beach somewhere.