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MasterChef contestant opens gluten-free restaurant

Joe Lemer
BBC Radio Bristol
Carys Nally
BBC News, West of England
From Bristol builder, to Masterchef, to restaurant owner

A MasterChef quarter-finalist is set to open a new gluten-free restaurant in Bristol.

Bristolian Adam Ball is launching Frankies on North Street, Bedminster, on 30 January.

Mr Ball, who competed on MasterChef in 2023, wanted to create a venue that could cater for his wife, after she was diagnosed with coeliac disease in 2019.

"No one's doing 100% gluten-free fried chicken and waffles like me," he said.

@ratheryummy Adam leans against the restaurant windows, with his arms crossed and smiling at the camera. He wears a dark green t-shirt and blue jeans. 'Kitchen by Kask' is plastered on the outside of the restaurant, below the windows, and a 'Frankie's' sign lit up leans against the middle window pane. @ratheryummy
MasterChef contestant Adam Ball is launching a restaurant in Bedminster

The chef, who was once a bricklayer in the city, told BBC Radio Bristol's Joe Lemer that featuring on the BBC programme had given him "a leg up" in the world of food.

"For the last six or seven years it's been a dream of mine," he said. "I used to cook a lot and people would eat my food and say, yeah you can cook.

"So I thought, 'why not charge them money for it":[]}