First Table, the New Zealand restaurant discount platform, is launching in the UK, starting with Bristol.

First Table offers deals to diners booking early evening seating and operates in 29 cities across Australia and New Zealand with more than 550 restaurant partners.

Elliott Hannam is leading the launch in Bristol, with Bath and London to follow.

First Table Founder Mat Weir said: “Elliott used First Table for himself while visiting Queenstown and also ran a restaurant in Sydney which was a First Table partner, so he knows the industry and our business inside out.

“Teamed with his local status, he is the perfect person to take First Table to his hometown, a city with rich hospitality offerings and a diverse population eager to check them out.

“He’s seen First Table in action from both a restaurant perspective and a diner perspective - so he knows what it is like at both sides of the coal face and we couldn’t have a better person on the ground in Bristol.”