All you need to open a restaurant is some money and somewhere to do it. The real challenge is keeping it open. From singers and actors to models and the occasional celebrity chef, many have attempted to launch successful restaurants – and many have had to admit defeat. Here we look at the celebrity restaurants that have flopped, from flash-in-the-pan ventures to long-running eateries that eventually fizzled out, counting down to the biggest failure of all.

Click or scroll through our gallery to discover which celebrities couldn’t cut it in the restaurant world.

We've based our ranking on the short-lived nature of and reception to each restaurant, and on the opinions of our well-travelled (and well-fed) team. The list is unavoidably subjective.

Celebrity restaurants that failed