Manu Feildel is getting back into the kitchen and is set to unveil a brand new restaurant this week.
The celebrity chef, 50, has run four eateries across Melbourne and Sydney in the past, but they have all since closed down.
The My Kitchen Rules star is now launching ‘Bistro Red Lion’ in the iconic 196-year-old pub Red Lion in Rozelle, Sydney on Friday.
Manu was spotted in the city last week ahead of the official opening of the bistro.
He was seen leaving his local gym in a very low-key look, a far cry from the snazzy suits he’s seen in on TV.
The French culinary star sported a black cap pulled down low over his face, as well as a dark T-shirt and shorts.
Carrying a brown duffel bag out of the building, Manu slipped a green jacket over the top of his casual look and stepped into a pair of boots.
Manu’s new bistro will occupy the upper level of the Rozelle pub when it opens on Friday, July 12.
It is a new addition to the almost two centuries old establishment which recently underwent a $1.5million renovation.
Manu Feildel is getting back into the kitchen and is set to unveil a brand new restaurant
The celebrity chef has attempted to run four other restaurants across Melbourne and Sydney in the past, with most closing down within months of opening
Manu will helm the restaurant with his decade-long friend Jamie Gannon, who is the group executive chief of the pub’s owner Laundy Hotels.
The menu features beloved recipes from his own family archives which he described as ‘delicious, approachable food’.
‘I want guests at Bistro Red Lion by Manu to forget the outside world and feel as though they’re dining at my home, enjoying a good bottle of wine,’ he said.
The My Kitchen Rules star is now launching ‘Bistro Red Lion’ in the historic 196-year-old pub Red Lion in Rozelle, Sydney on Friday
Manu was spotted in the city last week ahead of the official opening of the bistro. He was seen leaving his local gym in a very low-key look, a far cry from the snazzy suits he’s seen in on TV
Manu opened his first restaurant, Aperitif in Kings Cross, with Miguel Maestre in 2011, but it sadly shut its doors after 12 months.
He went on to launch his own French bistro L’Etoile in Paddington, which stayed open for six years before his work on MKR forced him to close it down.
He then went into business with George Calombaris’ MAdE Establishment and launched Le Grand Cirque in South Yarra, Melbourne, which only lasted four months.
In 2018, he pulled the plug on his World Square restaurant Duck In Duck Out, which boasted an all-duck menu, after one year in operation.
