The Barrie Bros have confirmed an opening date for the much anticipated Lerpwl restaurant at Liverpool's Albert Dock.
Ellis and Liam Barrie have cultivated a glowing reputation in the food world after transforming a caravan park cafe at Newborough, Anglesey, into award winning restaurant Marram Grass.
Ellis Barrie also shot to fame on BBC Two’s flagship Great British Menu and more recently on BBC One’s reboot of Ready Steady Cook.
Now they are returning home, as they were raised in Liverpool, with their new restaurant - with Lerpwl (Welsh for Liverpool)set to open on September 12 and bookings now open.
Ellis said: “Myself and Liam jumped at the chance to open our new restaurant concept Lerpwl at Liverpool’s Royal Albert Dock, it feels like a real homecoming.
"Lerpwl’s style of cooking will feel both accessible and modern, whether it’s the finest sustainably-sourced seafood from Cornish day boats, mussels and oysters from the Menai Strait of Anglesey, or home-grown pork and vegetables from The Fat Pig Farm.
"We will bring you the finest ingredients from around the British Isles, their provenance and seasonality is key, the ingredients are the stars of the show here.”
It is located on the Britannia Pavillion in the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage Waterfront, and their neighbours include top names like Maray, Lunyalita and Rosa’s Thai Cafe.
Lerpwl’s vision keys into the links Liverpool has as a port and its connectivity with the rest of the British Isles and North Wales.
Ellis added: “The A55 is my ‘Silk Road’ it connects Anglesey and North Wales to Merseyside, I want to bring the freshest produce to our Albert Dock restaurant.”
The 80 capacity restaurant is split across two levels - the main space downstairs wraps around an open kitchen and to the back of the unit is a secluded Cocktail Bar called Margot’s, named after Liam’s daughter.
