Hollyoaks spoilers observe.
Hollyoaks star Kieron Richardson has opened up concerning the thrilling return of The Hutch subsequent week – and what it means for his character Ste Hay.
Tony Hutchinson’s restaurant was compelled to shut in the course of the pandemic, however he has just lately placed on his chef’s uniform once more forward of the venue’s re-opening.
There is a sense of nostalgia for long-time followers of the cleaning soap as Tony has persuaded Ste to return to his former office, with the 2 iconic characters again collectively within the kitchen once more.
However there are different workers members on this new period of The Hutch – Ste’s son Lucas will start working along with his dad, after Tony was impressed along with his culinary expertise.
Plus, Tony’s new girlfriend Marie can be by his facet as he brings his outdated enterprise again to life.
Viewers will see that The Hutch has a brand new trendy look, however the menu will stay traditional – with Tony’s signature dish prawn linguine remaining a agency staple.
“For me, Tony in his chef’s clobber operating round The Hutch whereas chaos ensures round him is an enormous a part of Hollyoaks!” stated Richardson.
“So the truth that it is again and with a classy new look makes me very completely satisfied.
“Similar to it has all the time been, Ste is correct beside Tony as his surrogate son slash bestie slash protégé, and this time round, Ste has introduced his son Lucas on board.
“It is making the brand new Hutch period virtually generational – I am positive we are able to get Dee Dee or Ro ready tables and actually make it a household affair.”
Richardson added: “I hope the viewers love the nostalgia of the restaurant as a lot as we’ve cherished having it again.”
Nevertheless, there’s drama on the playing cards pretty early on.
Whereas The Hutch’s grand opening will get off to a flying begin in Monday’s episode (February 3), the day takes a dramatic flip when Abe sneaks into the venue.
Determined to flee the village, he asks his mum Marie for assist. However when she refuses, he threatens her with a knife and takes her hostage within the restaurant.
As Abe terrifies the villagers, will everybody get out alive?
Hollyoaks airs on Mondays-Wednesdays with its Channel four streaming premiere at 7am, then an E4 broadcast the identical night time at 7pm. Full episodes are additionally launched on YouTube every week after their Channel four launch.
Chosen omnibus episodes can be found by way of Prime Video.
