2GB Mornings host Mark Levy’s Pronto restaurant company wound up in court over debt
A Sydney restaurant launched by Ray Hadley's radio successor has been forced into liquidation over an unpaid debt to a NSW pub owner.
A Sydney restaurant launched by a high-profile radio announcer has been forced into liquidation over an unpaid debt to a NSW pub owner.
Mark Levy, who replaced radio veteran Ray Hadley in the coveted 2GB Mornings slot in November last year, had opened Italian eatery Pronto at Sylvania four months earlier.
It closed in August this year, with its social media accounts citing “kitchen issues” suggesting it would re-open the following week – but it never did.
It’s listed on Google as “temporarily closed” and its phone line diverts to a voicemail with Levy saying Pronto had “closed temporarily”.
During its fleeting operation, Pronto hosted athletes and other Sydney identities, with its customers including boxers Anthony Mundine and Robert Whittaker, basketballer Shane Heal, Bondi lifeguard Andrew Reid and journalist power couple Jessica Rowe and Peter Overton.
It served a menu of dishes from Italy and the Balkans including pizza, pasta and schnitzels from its Princes Hwy location.
The company behind the restaurant, Saint George Hospitality, was wound up in the NSW Supreme Court, with liquidator Mitchell Ball appointed.
The amount owed, and who the other creditors are, is unknown.
Responding to questions sent to Mr Levy, lawyer Sam Saadat said the radio host had closed the restaurant so he could focus on his broadcasting career.
Mr Saadat said the company’s debts – mostly to suppliers – were “in the process of being paid” and that the business was in the process of being sold.
“Whatever is owed to the creditors will be paid, it’s just a matter of timing,” he said.
“It’s not a situation where he’s running away from creditors, he just didn’t have time to focus on the restaurant.”
The liquidator has been contacted for comment.
When the restaurant launched last year, Levy told Nine he wanted “to create a little community hub, it’s like a safe place for people to come along and have a coffee, have a chat and also get an affordable meal because you know, in the midst of a cost of living crisis people are doing it tough, so we want to make sure they come in and get value for money”.
ASIC records show the court action was launched by Ainscough Holding, whose director Luke Ainscough has owned multiple pubs across the state, including the Clarendon Tavern, Wallacia Hotel and Richmond Inn.
Levy, 41, has been the sole director and shareholder since March 2024.
Levy has worked at 2GB for 18 years and, before taking on the Mornings radio slot, had filled in for Hadley as needed.
He’s also a familiar voice as host of 2GB’s Continuous Call NRL show and spent more than six years as a Sky Racing reporter.
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