London's restaurant industry is in line to receive a major boost this year with the opening of a number of eateries headed by Michelin-starred chefs.

Raymond Blanc - chef and founder of the Brasserie Blanc chain - unveiled his eighth restaurant in the UK at the end of March, which forms part of an office development in Threadneedle Street. Bruno Loubet has launched the new Bistrot Bruno Loubet eatery in Clerkenwell, while Joel Antunes has been appointed to lead the signature restaurant at the £350m Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London hotel.

Daniel Boulud will open his first UK restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park in the coming weeks, which is designed as a French-inspired bistro and bar. Fellow chef Heston Blumenthal is also in line to open his first London restaurant at the property. Meanwhile, the Evening Standard has reported that Michel Roux, Pierre Koffman and Gordon Ramsay are also set to open restaurants in the capital this year.

Richard Harden of Harden's London Restaurant Guide told the newspaper: "This year we've had this flowering that nobody would have expected. At the moment everyone seems to think London is the place to be." Image: Daniel Boulud and Heston Blumenthal are due to open restaurants at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park property in the near future.