Restaurant NineB to open in Leicester later this month

Westwater will oversee a menu of ‘British cuisine with an international twist’ at the restaurant when it launches on the city’s Great Central Square on 16 January in a venue adjoining the Novotel and Adagio hotels,

The 120-cover venue will serve a mix of modern dishes and traditional British classics with a menu that will feature British charcuterie from Tempus Foods, a company set up in 2014 by MasterChef 2010 winner Dhruv Baker and runner-up Tom Whitaker.

Dishes will include starters of pan-seared scallops with crushed pea puree and crispy pancetta; Heritage tomatoes with organic burrata and a black olive crumb; and a black pudding scotch egg with tomato chutney alongside mains of ‘Wild Beaver pie’, made with beef from Leicestershire’s Vale of Belvoir and local ale from Oakham’s The Grainstore Brewery;  21-day aged British steaks; and burgers.

It will serve a separate vegan and vegetarian menu.

The restaurant will serve room service to the attached Novotel hotel and will also to cater for the long-stay apartments at the Adagio Leicester.

“A lot of care and attention has gone into creating NineB’s menu and we hope to entice guests from all over the country with our exciting new dishes,” says Westwater. “There is a particular focus on high quality local produce and we have sourced the very best suppliers that Leicestershire and the UK has to offer.”

“It’s wonderful to be working with NineB, adding to their delicious and well-produced menu,” says Baker.

“We are looking forward to the reaction from their customers when the restaurant opens and we want to congratulate them on the opening, an important milestone for the city of Leicester.”

Westwater has lived in Leicester for 18 years, working at local hotels The Hilton, The Belmont and Sketchley Grange and most recently Peterborough’s Haycock Hotel. He will oversee a The 10-strong kitchen brigade at NineB.