Jamie Oliver will be bringing his gourmet talents to Kingston when he opens Jamie's Italian in High Street later this year.
The top chef will visit the town over the coming months to oversee the project, which will see an office block on the corner of Kingston Hall Road, turned into a rustic restaurant.
It is hoped its location, almost exactly opposite the Rose Theatre, will promote Kingston as an entertainment venue. Staff will be appointed locally through workshop-style interviews.
The Kingston branch will be the third to open in the UK, after Bath and Oxford, and is expected to be ready by September.
Food will be more affordable than his other upmarket brand Fifteen and will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, seven days a week.
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