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Jamie’s new Italian stirs things up in Glasgow

The news that celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is to open a 250-table, mid-priced Italian restaurant in Glasgow city centre, revealed exclusively in The Herald yesterday, has already caused a stir within the industry – not least because he is entering a highly competitive local market.

Glasgow, after all, is already famous for its Scots-Italian gastronomic heritage, and boasts many long-standing family dynasties such as the Crollas, Fazzis, Giovanazzis, Gizzis, and Sartis, all of whom run restaurants in the city centre.