Chef Nuno Mendes – currently famed for his role at Chiltern Farmhouse – is seeking to raise £1.75 million through crowdfunding in exchange for a 33.3 percent stake in his new restaurant.
Mendes intends to open Viajante on the ground floor of Metropolitan Wharf, Wapping in East London, in late 2016. The restaurant will have an outdoor terrace where guests can arrive by boat and will seat about 65 diners.
Portuguese-born Mendes says he hopes to make it into a worldwide destination. He will stay on at Chiltern Firehouse as executive chef.
Mendes has a worldwide reputation, and first won a Michelin star back in 2011, within a year of opening the original Viajante in Bethnal Green. He retained the star until 2014, when he closed the restaurant and set up Chiltern Firehouse for Andre Balazs.
A pioneer in gastronomy, Nuno is a traveller or ‘viajante’ who has explored the globe in search of unique ingredients, innovative techniques and first-hand farming experiences. He believes that Metropolitan Wharf, a revitalised Victorian riverfront warehouse in Wapping, is the ideal setting to launch his newest restaurant, Viajante. In his new intimate dining experience with its stunning waterfront location, diners will revel in a tasting menu of numerous courses bringing wave after wave of breathtaking tastes and textures in a setting of refined beauty and calm.
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