Now he’s really in hot water!
Celebrity chef Todd English was busted for alleged DWI in the Hamptons on Sunday as he drove around “lost” in the middle of the night with his new girlfriend, sources told The Post.
The playboy restaurateur was at the wheel of a 2011 Buick when he was pulled over for drifting out of his lane near the historic Shinnecock Hills Golf Club at around 3:30 a.m., cops said.
English, who was with an Asian girlfriend he recently met in Europe, had been at the Sienna restaurant in East Hampton earlier, sources said.
Asked whether he had been drinking, English — who turned 54 on Friday — allegedly admitted downing two glasses of wine and refused a Breathalyzer test, the sources said. He was charged with misdemeanor DWI and making an improper turn.
A mug shot shows him in a blue T-shirt and staring at the camera with glassy, bloodshot eyes.
English was released on $1,500 bail following his arraignment in Hampton Bays and emerged from court at around 10 a.m.
A source said the chef had “been celebrating his birthday since Thursday” when he dined at Midtown restaurant Le Cirque.
English arrived at Sienna at around 10:30 p.m. Saturday and hosted a table of eight near the bar, tossing back wines and other drinks, witnesses said.
“Todd was having fun. He comes here all the time. He’s friendly with everyone,” a waitress recalled.
“He wasn’t acting crazy.”
English was later spotted at the nightclub Finale East next door, other sources said.
His lawyer, Eddie Burke Jr., denied any wrongdoing by English.
“We adamantly deny the allegations levied against Mr. English and look forward to addressing this matter in a court of law,” Burke Jr. said in a statement.
In March, Page Six revealed that English lost control of his Union Square restaurant, Olives, to the Gerber Group management firm over his playboy antics.
He had been photographed in a hotel hot tub, looking wasted with his arms around three young women — two of them topless.
And he was seen in a hourlong make-out session with two hotties in a booth at the Meatpacking District nightclub Provacateur.
Sources said an “annihilated” English “was literally having a threesome in front of everyone” at the club — including ex-girlfriend Candice Sonneman, who tossed a drink in his face and stormed out in tears.
Sources have said English — who infamously jilted fiancée Erica Wang right before their planned wedding in 2009 — began going “off the rails” after splitting from Sonneman.
He has three grown children with ex-wife Olivia Disch English.
Additional reporting by Taylor K. Vecsey
