Gordon Ramsay restaurant to open in Melbourne

[Shinboners]

This is interesting timing with the current financial troubles.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...50-2862,00.html

Gordon Ramsay to open at Crown casino

Glenn Mitchell

November 13, 2008 12:00am

MELBOURNE'S reputation as one of the world's great cities for dining has been boosted with Gordon Ramsay to open his world-famous Maze restaurant at Crown Casino.

Crown announced yesterday that Maze will open in the casino's third hotel now under construction.

Ramsay said he was excited by the challenge.

"This is our first step in bringing the Gordon Ramsay brand to Australia and after having seen the way Crown operates we feel that this is an exciting and challenging opportunity," he said.

Maze, one of London's most successful restaurants, is based on French cuisine with Asian influences and offers small tasting plates.

Diners are encouraged to order individually or sample many dishes.

Crown's chief executive officer David Courtney said Maze was renowned for being stylish, contemporary and innovative.

"Bringing Gordon Ramsay and Maze to Melbourne further cements our strategy of bringing some of the world's best dining experiences to Crown and Melbourne."

Crown's third hotel, expected to open in early 2010, will be on Clarendon Street.

With more than 650 rooms the hotel is expected to accommodate 340,000 guests a year.

[Chimney]

Thanks for sharing the news, Shinboners.

This is great news for people who don't get out (of the country) much like myself.

[Jontysc]

Does anyone know if he will be bring his own crew?

Or if he still plans to do a show based on it? (hope not!)

Either way its exciting! I wish his mentor Marco Pierre White would do the same in Melbourne. He is my fav. chef of them all!