Celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo has revealed major plans to open give brand Italian restaurant's across the UK including sites in Leeds and Sheffield.
It comes after the much-loved Italian chef and TV personality officially launched his Alderley Edge restaurant.
The new luxury Italian was officially opened on Monday, January, 24 as Gino unveiled his new menu to a star-studded room of diners including his close friend Christine McGuinness.
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The Alderley Edge site is the first in the new chain of restaurant's, named Luciano as a tribute to his first born son, with the chef revealing to our colleagues at Manchester Evening News that work is already underway for the first Manchester branch.
Gino's My Restaurant at the Corn Exchange in Manchester is to close this week along with four other Gino restaurants in the UK to be rebranded as a new Italian, Riva Blu.
The 45-year-old said the rebranding was against his wishes, however, he promised a much bigger and even more luxurious restaurant in the city which will launch in Spring.
Gino said: "My dad used to say to me for every action there is a reaction. Those five restaurants, they were rebranded without my consent and this is my reaction, I open new ones.
"When one goes, I say let’s do something bigger and better.
"So we are currently working on what will probably be my biggest site yet in Manchester, it's going to be huge, over three floors with a sky lounge, terrace, it's going to be amazing.
"They are busy chiselling away on it as we speak and should open before the Summer."
The location for the new Manchester site has not yet been revealed, Gino also plans to open the "biggest Italian restaurant in Birmingham" in the new year as well as new sites in Leeds and Sheffield.
Gino says diners can expect fine dining, authentic Italian produce and recipes at the fromer Piccolino site in Alderley Edge.
He says: "When I saw this opportunity, I thought if you want to open the best Italian you choose the best site in Alderley Edge.
"How many great Italian-owned restaurants do you know? Run by people like me who go back to Italy all the time? I'm there every month getting the best ingredients, researching the best recipes, I bring them all back straight away to my restaurants.
"Luciano is the name of my first born child so it has to be a five star Italian restaurant experience and that is what it is."
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