OK, I outright speculated that she didn't. Madame Valerie was the Belgian founder of Patisserie Valerie, who introduced fancy pastries to the English. At least that's according to the company's ...

Five people have been arrested and questioned over alleged accounting fraud at the Patisserie Valerie chain, the Serious Fraud Office has said. The arrests took place last Tuesday, 18 June ...

But even by these standards, the collapse of Patisserie Valerie has been "truly extraordinary". Early last week, it was worth around £500m and supposedly had around £30m in cash. Then the group ...