Dinner by Heston Blumenthal to open in London on 1st December

18th August 2010, 9:39am

Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal has announced that his first restaurant venture in London will open on 1st December 2010.

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal will be launched at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park and will feature the chef's inimitable style of culinary alchemy with a menu heavily influenced by his ongoing research and discovery of historic British gastronomy.

With views over Hyde Park, the restaurant will also feature floor to ceiling glass walls providing a glimpse into the open kitchen and an unusual contemporary stainless steel pulley system, which has been modelled on a 16th century design for the Royal British Court's kitchens.

A selection of 16th century British recipes taken from antique cookbooks will be on display in the bar area, and a private dining room will be available for up to 12 guests as well as a chef's table for six located within the kitchen.

During the summer months, a terrace overlooking Hyde Park will provide guests with al fresco dining.

Seating 140 guests, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal will serve lunch and dinner and from March 2011, afternoon tea.

The kitchen will be headed by Ashley Palmer-Watts, group executive chef of the Fat Duck, who has worked with Blumenthal for ten years.

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