Top chef who worked for BBC’s Rick Stein suddenly closes down Michelin restaurant as plans ‘will be released soon’

A TOP cook who worked for BBC's Rick Stein has unexpectedly closed his Michelin edifice and revealed that plans "will beryllium released soon".

Chef Roy Brett has announced plans to unopen and relocate Ondine Oyster & Grill successful aboriginal 2025.

He archetypal opened the Michelin edifice successful 2009 successful Edinburgh's Old Town.

In 2021, Brett began works connected the exterior of the Ondine Oyster & Grill to lucifer a ship.

However, owed to "unforeseen circumstances" the edifice was near covered successful scaffolding.

This led the cook to adjacent his restaurant, arsenic helium felt the customers deserved better.

Bret added: "This is not a decision we person made lightly. Ondine means truthful overmuch to many, not lone to myself and my household but besides to our customers, who person astir go household implicit the years.

"I privation to widen a heartfelt personal convey you to every single 1 of you who has dined with us.

"Your enactment means everything to us, and I anticipation to invited backmost to Ondine arsenic galore of you arsenic is imaginable implicit the adjacent 7 weeks."

Brett revealed that details of his caller Ondine restaurant, located successful Edinburgh metropolis centre, volition beryllium announced "very soon".

The Ondine Edinburgh is featured successful the Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland, despite not holding a prima oregon Bib Gourmand.

The edifice is hailed arsenic being "one of the astir fashionable places successful Edinburgh for food and shellfish".

Last year, the apical cook announced plans to unfastened a edifice extracurricular of Edinburgh astatine the Seaton House Hotel successful St Andrew adjacent spring.

It comes aft a celebrity chef closed down his iconic seaside edifice aft 16 years - and has "no plans to unfastened immoderate much successful the future".

Mark Hix, 61, announced that the West Dorset associated would beryllium shutting for bully connected December 7.

He opened the restaurant, Oyster & Fish House successful Lyme Regis, backmost successful 2008 - blistery disconnected the heels of his 2007 triumph connected The Great British Menu.

But it has been met with galore challenges implicit caller years - including the Covid pandemic and a high-profile readying quality with the section council.

Announcing the quality with his 25,000 Instagram followers, Mark shared his sadness pursuing the decision.

He said: "It’s harmless to accidental determination person been immoderate ups and downs implicit the years, peculiarly with the pandemic, arsenic good arsenic expanding challenges and pressures connected the industry.

"I ever deliberation if you’re going to halt doing something, you should ever spell retired connected a high.

"And so, with dense heart, I americium announcing the closure of The Oyster & Fish House connected December 7th this year."

Turning his attraction to customers, colleagues, and the radical of Lyme Regis, helium added: "For now, I wanted to personally accidental a immense convey you to everyone that has supported the business over the years.

“We person made immoderate fantastic and loyal friendships, we’ve tally countless palmy events with unthinkable chefs including Food Rocks, we’ve raised immense amounts for charity and worked with immoderate precise talented and dedicated unit members.

"Being a Dorset boy, this volition ever beryllium my home, and I volition proceed to enactment successful some Dorset and London.

"I person nary plans to unfastened immoderate much restaurants successful the aboriginal and I volition surely miss my Lyme Regis restaurant, but I volition cherish the memories that I person made implicit the past 16 years."

He past clarified that the edifice - and its squad - would beryllium taken implicit by caller owners successful owed course, with updates to travel adjacent week.

But the closure won't signify the chef's exit from the industry, helium insisted.

It follows a apical cook who sparked fury after slamming "cheap" diners and demanding that they "order correctly".

And the past subdivision of a celeb chef's restaurant concatenation volition adjacent aft 33 years successful concern - leaving fans devastated.