Leeds chef Matt Healy has discussed some of the issues he faced in opening his new restaurant The Forde.
The award winning chef and Masterchef finalist appeared on an episode of the Channel 5 show Our Great Yorkshire Life on Thursday where he discussed the delays that were faced by the Horsforth restaurant.
The restaurant - which was situated in the district that Matt was born in - was eventually opened in December but not without its struggles to start.
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At the time the cameras descended on Matt's restaurant it was due to open but was hit by delays.
In the show Healy told the camera: "Each time I come in we get something done and I see the vision of how it's going to look and I can't wait for us to get it open because it's going to be mega.
"But it's still a case of 'I wanted everything yesterday'. It's just taking a little bit longer than expected. We're back by about a week or 10 days. Which is hard."
Through the rest of the show Matt travelled to a farm shop in the Yorkshire Dales to find some products for his new place, which was billed as a cafe in the day before changing to a charcuterie and wine bar in the evenings.
Matt also visited Otley in the show where he picked up some tips on making cheeses from Yorkshire Pecorino.
He says: "There's great produce in Yorkshire and there's nothing like getting out there and meeting these people and seeing what they do on the ground."
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Later Matt combined some of the cheese he'd picked up and some meats from the butchers in the Yorkshire Dales to make his signature disk - beef tartar.
Matt rose to fame in 2016 when he finished as a runner-up in MasterChef: The Professionals.
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