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Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay to open Orlando restaurant

ORLANDO, Fla. — Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal.

Internationally acclaimed celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay plans to open an Orlando restaurant on International Drive -- a bullish investment in the future of the popular tourism corridor that has struggled during the pandemic.

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Gordon Ramsay North America Restaurant Group plans to open a 2,605-square-foot Fish & Chips in Icon Park, according to a Construction Journal post and SightsonSites.com.

Construction is expected to wrap up in May on the restaurant, according to Construction Journal.

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Gordon Ramsay restaurants stretch the globe from New York to Tokyo, but this restaurant will be chef’s first in the City Beautiful.

An opening date wasn’t known.

Click here read to Jack Witthaus and Richard Bilbao’s story on the Orlando Business Journal’s website.

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