Vineet Bhatia is to launch a restaurant in the £13m Alea Casino, which is expected to open at Clarence Dock next month, its opening having been delayed from last December.
With restaurants around the globe, Bombay-born Vineet will not be in Leeds every day, according to the casino's owner London Clubs International. But he will be taking occasional hands-on shifts in the kitchen as well as overseeing the menu at BIRD – British Indian Design Restaurant.
Bhatia, 41, won his Michelin star in 2001 and saw his London eatery Rasoi awarded the prestigious accolade in 2006.
He said: "This will be my first restaurant in the UK outside London.
"I am currently working on the menu and will be including one or two surprises with some Yorkshire culinary influences."
BIRD will seat 90 and boasts a theatre kitchen plus a 16-seat private dining room.
Bhatia has restaurants around the globe, including Mauritius, Geneva, Saudi Arabia, Moscow and Dubai.
His presence in the city follows in the footsteps of other notable names from the culinary world.
Chef Raymond Blanc opened Brasserie Blanc on Sovereign Street last year; Michelin-starred Albert Roux will oversee menus at boutique hotel The Ellington, due to open on York Place later this month; Marco Pierre White will return to his home city this year with Frankie's; and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's Fifteen is expected to start serving in the Dark Arches at the end of next year.
The doors of Alea are finally expected to open next month with promises to "host one of the biggest launch parties Leeds has ever seen".
London Clubs International took four years to develop the four-storey building at the £260million Clarence Dock scheme next to the Royal Armouries.
Its "new generation" casino is over three floors, with two restaurants, seven bars, a conference centre, boutique 50-seat cinema and 500-capacity private event space.
Italian restaurant @Larocca opened at Clarence Dock earlier this year and the 100-cover Café Aagrah is due to open on August 18, followed by Pizza Express and Bradford-based curry house Mumtaz.