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Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White is set to open his first Northern Irish restaurant in a Belfast hotel.

The Michelin star chef is to open one of his Steakhouse Bar and Grill restaurants in the city.

It's been confirmed that the Marco Pierre White restaurant is to open at the Park Avenue Hotel in East Belfast in October.

There are already nine of the restaurants in the UK with a Steakhouse Bar and Grill in Dublin, along with the linked Courtyard Bar and Grill in the city's Donnybrook district.

It comes as plans for a new boutique hotel and restaurant a Bank Square in Belfast city centre were revealed on Thursday morning.

Speaking from the hotel, managing director Mandy Patrick welcomed the news: “Attracting internationally acknowledged brands like Marco Pierre White means Belfast and the Park Avenue Hotel are directly linked into a global marketing network which drives the tourism and hospitality sector.”