This browser does not support the Video element.
Celebrity Chef Richard Blais to open new Orlando restaurant
FOX 35 News spoke with Richard Blais about a new restaurant concept he is bringing to the Hyatt Regency Grand Cyprus Resort.
LAKE MARY, Fla. - Another celebrity chef is opening up a restaurant in Orlando.
FOX 35 News spoke with Richard Blais about the concept. He was the winner of Bravo's Top Chef: All-Stars show Back in 2011. Now, Blais is getting ready to open up his new restaurant at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Resort. It will be a tropical theme.
Blais said he decided to open up a restaurant here because he has a lot of family here as well.
RELATED: Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips restaurant opens in Orlando
"Humble roots, you know, starting in a fast-food restaurant," he explained. "So I've always worked in restaurants before I knew that that was really my calling and I just love the energy of restaurants and cooking for people."
Blaze will also co-host and new cooking show with Gordon Ramsay. It's called Next Level Chef and will air on FOX 35 in January.
Watch FOX 35 News for the latest Central Florida headlines.
This browser does not support the Video element.