The chef owners of The Gannet, the award-winning restaurant on Argyle Street, are looking east for their next venture. Ivan Stein and Peter McKenna will sign contracts at the end of the month to open in Edinburgh this summer.

Exact details of the location will be announced closer to the launch date but they have confirmed their intention to be the anchor tenant for an upmarket foodhall alongside top local producers. “It’s really exciting, there’s nothing like it in Scotland at the moment.

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“The Gannet has been open for eight years now and has built up a strong reputation. We use the best Scottish ingredients and we are known for that, not just here in Scotland but across the UK. So this made perfect sense to us, it was a logical next step. We didn’t just want to do another version of the restaurant.

“We have the benefit of using all our suppliers, the folk who hand dive for scallops or harvest the oysters. All the farmers that we have championed over the years. We will bring them to a new audience with The Gannet East.”

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Ivan and Peter are currently recruiting for a new head chef to lead the Edinburgh operation. “We want to find someone that we can introduce to our network and work with them to design a new menu. We will be launching into research and development over the coming months, ahead of the opening.”

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Despite the fact that The Gannet in Finnieston has only been open for two months in the last twelve, Peter says the outlook remains positive. “The restaurant environment is full on and I think people are going to go out there, get busy, and make things happen across hospitality. I’m adding new members to the team right now because I know the demand is there, people are reaching out to us and we know when we open on 19 May, we are going to be busy.”