| Cuisine : | British, English |
|---|---|
| Open for : | dinner, lunch |
| Type : | restaurant |
| Tags : | car park, local produce, private dining room, suitable for large groups |
| Average price : | Main course £16. Three courses £29. |
| Website : | http://www.theleedskitchen.co.uk/ |
| Short URL : | http://iate.at/Wc86 |
[ Please note that as of 4th March 2013, this restaurant is currently closed. This is due to Alea Casino having ceased trading. We will update this page if we receive further information. ]
The Leeds Kitchen is BBC 1 Saturday Kitchen presenter and chef James Martin's restaurant in Leeds. The restaurant is situated on the ground floor of the Alea Casino at Clarence Dock and is replacing The Fig Restaurant. It will be the Yorkshireman's first restaurant in his home county, and his first restaurant opening in 10 years (he was previously head chef at the Hotel du Vin in Winchester).
The menu features plenty of local Yorkshire produce, with dishes including Fortune Smokehouse kipper fishcakes with a Welsh rarebit & pickled tomatoes and a coarse chicken liver terrine with Black Sheep Ale mustard to start. Main courses include a double-baked Coverdale cheese soufflé served with a walnut and dandelion salad and roast rump of lamb with crushed peas and broad beans, marjoram and pickled chanterelle mushrooms. As you'd expect from a chef famed for his delicious (but perhaps not diet friendly!) puddings there is a good choice here including: a sticky toffee pudding with toffee sauce, buttermilk pannocotta with poached pears and cinnamon sauce and - weighing in at 3,100 calories - a white chocolate and whisky croissant "bread and butter" pudding which is served with ice cream made from a single malt whiskey.
The interior of the restaurant has been designed by Leeds based mother and daughter interior design company Carolyn Parker Interior Design and promises to by a contemporary setting which reflects the executive chef's personality. The restaurant opens for dinner Monday to Saturday, and lunch only Sundays. The dress code for The Leeds Kitchen is smart-casual.
The restaurant team will be offering private dining for up to 60 people and event catering within the conference facilities at the casino. The Leeds Kitchen opened on 9th April 2011.
The casino has one other restaurant The Bird which serves Indian food by Michelin starred chef Vineet Bhatia on the second floor.
Photos of the food at The Leeds Kitchen are available here on flickr.
In April 2012, James opened his second restaurant in the region; The Restaurant @ Talbot Hotel
