Tell us a little about the refurbishment and reopening. As the brand approaches 10 years of first opening its doors in Tattu Manchester, it is important to us that we always stick to our core values, and mission statement of being permanently unique. Although imitation is flattering, we felt that after seven years of being open, the city of Leeds deserved its own unique Tattu.
Leeds is very close to our heart, being our second opening, and also to me too, working in and around Leeds during my career, I know how much the restaurant scene means to its people. What are you looking forward to most about being back open? Opening our doors to the city of Leeds and having guests in the restaurant again so they can experience our beautiful new interior and being able to showcase our new spring summer dishes for them to try. We hope they love it as much as we do.
What's your favourite childhood food memory? Growing up, my first girlfriend was Italian, and her mom used to get home from work and cook a three-course meal every night. We're talking pasta to start, meat or fish for main, and either a dessert or cheese and bread to finish. We'd just started dating and I was too polite/scared to refuse any of it, so I ended up putting on a stone dating her! The rule was that the family always had to sit together at dinner time.
This is one of my first and fondest memories of food. Not only the amount of love that went into preparing the dinners, but I loved how it brought everyone together. .