A TOP chef is just weeks away from opening a new restaurant on the beach.

Michael Bremner, who heads the kitchen at the acclaimed 64 Degrees in Meeting House Lane, Brighton, is now set to open his second restaurant on the seafront.

The news comes as the chef, regarded as one of Brighton’s finest, stormed into the finals week of BBC’s Great British Menu after wowing judges with his innovative cooking.

Mr Bremner’s new restaurant Murmur will open in the new arches along the promenade in six weeks.

He describes the new restaurant as relaxed.

He said: “The food will be healthy and honest.

“I have two girls and there are only a handful of restaurants on Brighton beach where I would eat.

“So I like creating something I can take my kids to.

“It will be very chilled and relaxed – I don’t want the same sort of pressures and expectations of 64 Degrees.”

The restaurant will also serve breakfasts and brunches.

The name for Murmur, which looks on to the West Pier, was inspired by the murmurations of the starlings that fly around it.

It is the second year that the darling of the city’s food scene has competed in the hit TV competition – and the second time he has made the finals.

The competition sees the best chefs in the country battle it out to cook at a special banquet which each year celebrates a different aspect of British culture.

This year it will mark the 140th anniversary of Wimbledon.

Many of the top chefs in the country have competed over the years including Tom Kerridge, Shaun Rankin and Tom Kitchen, who have five Michelin stars between them.

The 24 chefs compete against each other to cook four courses at the banquet – starter, fish, main and dessert.

Last week Mr Bremner won over the judges with his four courses.

He took a risk with his starter which was a vegan salad with a gin cocktail.

His fish course – turbot with a Ridgeview blanc butter emulsion – was a tribute to Wimbledon’s all-white dress code. It was a hit with guest judge Nathan Outlaw.