It has been years in the making but the big day has finally arrived for Nottingham's MasterChef: The Professionals winner Laurence Henry. The 2018 champion had been dreaming of opening his own restaurant since leaving his job as a sous chef at two Michelin-starred Restaurant Sat Bains.
Cleaver & Wake opens on Wednesday evening (October 19) and for the chef being in the kitchen is his "happy place" after staring at architect's plans and sitting in meetings. The path didn't exactly pan out how he first imagined.
He'd got his sights set on an existing restaurant that had gone on the market in the city. At the same time he was approached about a potential second venue at the new Island Quarter development.
