A talented chef who has worked alongside Gordon Ramsey and in some of the world's best eateries is set to open a restaurant at Sunderland’s Sheepfolds.
Tamer Hassan, whose family relocated to Sunderland after running a successful London restaurant for more than 40 years, has signed up to take a large space in the transforming Grade II listed development. The 36-year-old, who has worked alongside world-renowned chefs Gordon Ramsay, Mark Sargent and Angela Harnett, is the second-generation restaurateur in his family.
His father ran Reubens of Baker Street, before retiring and moving to Sunderland, where Tamer’s mother was born and raised. Now Tamer, who won the first series of Gordon Ramsay’s F Word, is set to open Hidden Lotus - an Asian-inspired restaurant - based in a former cart shed building that will overlook the River Wear.
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