Celebrity Yorkshire chef and star of Great British Menu Michael O’Hare has announced he is opening a new restaurant in a affluent Yorkshire village.

O’Hare, who was the chef at the helm of Man Behind The Curtain when it held Leeds’ only Michelin star, has revealed he will be opening an ‘intimate’ new venue in Boston Spa.

The 44-year-old closed his Michelin star-winning restaurant and rebranded Psycho Sandbar in March 2024 - however it closed just seven months later.

On his Instagram, the chef put out an appeal for staff to work at his new restaurant, which will open “early next year”.

He said it would be a “super intimate” experience with 16 covers, and four services a week.

The post featured an image featuring the words ‘new restaurant, small team, big vision’ with the expected name of the new restaurant ‘In Lamentation’ beneath.

Speaking on Instagram when closing Psycho Sandbar, he said: “I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved over the last decade. We’ve had some amazing moments and I’m so thankful to everyone that has played their part, either as guests or as part of the team.

Michael O'Hare at his former restaurant Psycho Sandbar before closure.

placeholder image — Michael O'Hare at his former restaurant Psycho Sandbar before closure.

"The decision is very much based upon my exciting plans for the future, but is reflective of the changing experience market we all live in.”

It was later revealed the restaurant firm which he ran, and was part-owned by Gary Neville, collapsed with debts of around £1m.

Football pundit and businessman Gary Neville had become a director of the business in 2017 and revealed on LinkedIn earlier this year that he considered it “one of the most instinctive and incredible deals that I’ve ever done” after going to the restaurant and being talked into investing.

He said: “At the end of a meal I had at the restaurant, Michael presented me with the bill, but it wasn’t a normal bill, it was a bill that had a figure on it accompanied with a note that said this will give you 50 per cent of the restaurant, and from that moment on I was the co-owner of a Michelin star restaurant in Leeds.”

In the same post, he praised Mr O’Hare for a “brave and courageous decision” to give up his Michelin star and reopen with the Psycho Sandbar concept.

Companies House filings show Mr Neville stepped down as a director on September 24, 2024.