Pep Guardiola and Manchester City bosses team up for restaurant investment

Pep Guardiola

A restaurant backed by Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola will open this summer on Manchester’s King Street.

Guardiola is being joined by club chief executive Ferran Soriano and director of football Txiki Begiristain to invest in Tast Cuina Catalana, which will be led by Michelin-starred Catalan chef Paco Perez.

The investors have teamed up with the Fazenda group, which has ‘rodizio’ grilled meat restaurants in Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh.

Tast, opening in June, will have 120-covers over three floors, with a casual dining and bar area on the ground floor, a first-floor dining room and a second floor with private rooms offering a tasting menu.

Perez says: “”We are delighted to bring the Catalan cuisine to Manchester and to be part of the amazing team behind Tast.”

Fazenda director Tomas Maunier added: “We are hugely excited to be working with these amazing creative talents. Catalonia has a distinctive identity and culture from that of Spain and our ambition is to introduce people to its wonderful tastes and flavours. Paco’s reputation is immense and we will serve some of his and Pep’s favourite Catalan dishes, both traditional and with innovative modern twists.”

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