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Usain Bolt claimed that it was useless in the kitchen because his mother "never taught him" how to cook – while he was opening a Caribbean-style restaurant in London.
The eighth Olympic champion, 32, was joined by a host of famous friends, including the actor and DJ Idris Elba, and the Elbe's fiancée, model Sabrina Dhowre, for the launch of Tracks & Records near Liverpool Street Station.
It's his first culinary experience outside of his native Jamaica, where he oversees the Kingston, Ocho Rios and Montego Bay sites. The restaurant offers more than 150 types of rum, including 100 from Jamaica.
The athlete, who has won three gold medals at the London 2012 Olympics, said last night: "London has always been a second home for me because it 's where I am. was based that I practiced athletics.
"It has always been a part of me, especially after 2012 and the amount of love I have had. It is the ideal place for the first restaurant.
However, he admitted that his strength does not extend to the kitchen. "I can do anything but cook," he said. "My mother did not learn that – so I blame my mother."
Bolt said the new restaurant business was thrusting his toes into different things. He added, "You have to diversify because you can not play sports forever."
Usain Bolt – In pictures
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Usain Bolt, of Jamaica, turns to Canada's Andre De Grasse, who is competing in the men's 100m semi-finals at the 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil.
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2/58 2016
Usain Bolt in London
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3/58 2016
Gold medalist Usain Bolt of Jamaica wins gold medal at Men's 4x100m Relay medal ceremony on Day 15 of Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium
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4/58 2015
Usain Bolt, of Jamaica, celebrates after winning gold in the men's 200-meters final on the sixth day of the 15th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Beijing 2015, at the stadium National Beijing
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5/58 2002
Usain Bolt, of Jamaica, reacts after winning the men's 200 meters at the IAAF World Junior Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica.
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6/58 2002
200m World Junior Champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica Wins Rising Star Award at IAAF Athletics Gala at Monte-Carlo Sporting Club in Monaco
7/58 2006
Usain Bolt trains at a training session at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica
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8/58 2008
Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Nesta Carter and Asafa Powell of Jamaica receive their gold medal at the men's 4 x 100m relay medal ceremony, which will be held at the National Stadium on the 15th day of the day. Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 23, 2008 in Beijing. China
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9/58 2009
Usain Bolt, of Jamaica, celebrates victory in the men's 100-meter final on the second day of the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships at Berlin's Olympic Stadium
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10/58 2009
Usain Bolt, from Jamaica, poses for a portrait during a training session at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica
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11/58 2009
West Indies captain Chris Gayle with Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt (left) at first test at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
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12/58 2009
Usain Bolt (JAM), world record holder in the 100m and 200m, receives the Laureus Award for World Sport of the Year from Michael Johnson, Academy member, at a ceremony and a press conference held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto, Ontario
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13/58 2010
Usain Bolt signs copies of his new book My Story at Waterstone in Piccadilly, London
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14/58 2012
The new Usain Bolt wax figure unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London
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15/58 2012
Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt poses on the field in anticipation of the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Fulham at Old Trafford
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16/58 2012
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt wearing the 2012 Jamaican Olympic kit with designer Cedella Marley at a photocall in Village Underground, London
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17/58 2012
Prince Harry is the first to break out of the block against Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, where the Prince arrived yesterday afternoon from the Bahamas.
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18/58 2012
Prince Harry poses with Usain Bolt on the Usain Bolt track of the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica
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19/58 2012
Sprinter Usain Bolt of Jamaica poses with his cleated shoes and his official uniform for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games during a photo shoot organized by his sponsors, PUMA, next to A traditional Routemaster bus outside the British Museum in London.
Reuters
20/58 2012
Jamaican Usain Bolt is wearing his country's flag at the Opening Ceremony at the London Olympic Stadium
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21/58 2012
Usain Bolt of Jamaica wins men's 100m final on Day 9 of London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium
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22/58 2012
Jamaican Usain Bolt gesturing before competing in the track and field events at the London Olympics
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23/58 2012
Usain Bolt of Jamaica crosses the finish line to win the gold medal in the men's 200m final at the Olympic Stadium in London
Pennsylvania
24/58 2012
Jamaican Usain Bolt uses a photographer's camera after winning the men's 200m final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium
REUTERS
25/58 2012
Usain Bolt, gold medalist in Jamaica at the 4x100M relay, and Mohamed Farah, gold medalist in Britain, posing after athletics at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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26/58 2012
Street artist James Cochran, Aka Jimmy C puts the finishing touches on a piece depicting the face of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt in London, England.
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27/58 2013
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is interviewed before signing copies of his autobiography "Faster than Lightning" at Selfridges, London.
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28/58 2013
Jamaican Usain Bolt celebrates victory in men's 100 meters
Pennsylvania
29/58 2013
Jamaican Usain Bolt receives a kiss from his mother Jennifer after winning the men's 200m final on the eighth day of the 2013 IAAF World Athletics Championships at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia
Pennsylvania
30/58 2013
The British 4x400m relay team (from left to right) Margaret Adeoye, Eilidh Child, Christine Ohuruogu and Shana Cox, who won the bronze medal with the winner of the men's 200m final, Jamaican Usain Bolt, at the Eighth day of the 2013 IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow
Pennsylvania
31/58 2013
Jamaican Usain Bolt wins 100-meter final at 2013 IAAF World Championships at Luzhniki stadium in Moscow
AFP / Getty Images
32/58 2013
Usain Bolt's wax figure wearing a Christmas sweater to show his support for Save the Children's Christmas Rider Day
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33/58 2013
Usain Bolt arrives on a rocket at Sainsbury's birthday games, Olympic Stadium, Stratford
Andy Hooper
34/58 2014
Prince Harry with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet with Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt during their visit to Athletes Village for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games
Pennsylvania
35/58 2014
Jamaican Usain Bolt wears his tartan as he celebrates victory at the men's 4x100m relay
Pennsylvania
36/58 2015
Usain Bolt, of Jamaica (R), wins the gold medal in front of Justin Gatlin, US, Tyson Gay, USA, Mike Rodgers, US and Trayvon Bromell, US , in the final of the men's 100 meters. second day of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Beijing 2015 at the Beijing National Stadium on August 23, 2015 in Beijing, China
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Bolt celebrates victory at 4 x 100 meters with Jamaican relay team
Pennsylvania
38/58 2015
Usain Bolt, of Jamaica, hit by a Segway cameraman, celebrates after winning the men's 200-meter final at the 15th IAAF World Championships at Beijing National Stadium, China
Reuters
39/58 2015
Jamaica's Usain Bolt falls after a cameraman with a segway (the photo is not pictured in the photo) drove it after the men's 200m final at the IAAF World Championships 2015 in Beijing at the National Stadium, also known as Bird's Nest, in Beijing, China.
EPA
40/58 2015
TV cameraman Tao Song (left) of CCTV (left) offered a gift to Jamaica during a collision with the sprinter, at the seventh day of the IAAF World Championships at Beijing National Stadium
Pennsylvania
41/58 2015
Olympic sprinter and champion Usain Bolt at Oktoberfest 2015 at Theresienwiese in Munich, Germany
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42/58
Usain Bolt takes a selfie with a group of winners at the Laureus World Sports Awards
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Usain Bolt athlete in the Virgin Media campaign
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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt poses with his gold medals on the podium of (from bottom to top) the Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games during the victory ceremonies of the (100m), Relay 200m and 4x100m
AFP / Getty Images
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Usain Bolt wears the PUMA evoSPEED
46/58 2016
Usain Bolt celebrates victory at Rio Olympics
Jeremy Selwyn
47/58 2016
Usain Bolt at a press conference after his 100m victory at the Rio Olympics
Jeremy Selwyn
48/58 2016
Chijindu Ujah of Great Britain, Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Andre De Grasse of Canada compete in the men's 100m semi-final on day nine of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
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49/58 2016
Usain Bolt attends the world premiere "I Am Bolt" at Odeon Leicester Square, London
Pennsylvania
50/58 2016
Usain Bolt and Mo Farah attend an evening after the world premiere of "I Am Bolt" at Tape London
Dave Benett
51/58 2016
Jamaican Usain Bolt is on the track on the first day of the Muller Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium, at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.
Pennsylvania
52/58 2017
Usain Bolt of Jamaica salutes the crowd after running his last race in his home country at the Racers Grand Prix at Kingston National Stadium, Jamaica
AFP / Getty Images
53/58 2017
Jamaican Usain Bolt celebrates after winning the "Salute of a Legend" in the 100-meter Racer Grand Prix at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica
AP
54/58 2017
Jamaican Olympic champion Usain Bolt reacts at the funeral of high jump star Germaine Mason, who died on April 20 in a motorcycle accident in the suburbs of Kingston, at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kingston, Ontario. Jamaica
Reuters
55/58 2017
Jamaican Olympic champion Usain Bolt (C) carries the coffin of the high jump star, Germaine Mason, who died on April 20 in a motorcycle accident in the suburbs of Kingston, at Grange Hill Cemetery in Portland. in Jamaica.
Reuters
56/58
Usain Bolt gets cold with an ice bath in Moscow, Russia
57/58 2017
Usain Bolt, of Jamaica, prepares for a practice session during previews before the 17th IAAF World Athletics Championships, London 2017
Getty Images
58/58 2017
Jamaica Usain Bolt at a press conference preceding the last Bolt World Championships in East London
AFP / Getty Images
1/58 2016
Usain Bolt, of Jamaica, turns to Canada's Andre De Grasse, who is competing in the men's 100m semi-finals at the 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil.
Reuters
2/58 2016
Usain Bolt in London
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3/58 2016
Gold medalist Usain Bolt of Jamaica wins gold medal at Men's 4x100m Relay medal ceremony on Day 15 of Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium
Getty Images
4/58 2015
Usain Bolt, of Jamaica, celebrates after winning gold in the men's 200-meters final on the sixth day of the 15th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Beijing 2015, at the stadium National Beijing
Getty Images
5/58 2002
Usain Bolt, of Jamaica, reacts after winning the men's 200 meters at the IAAF World Junior Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica.
Getty Images
6/58 2002
200m World Junior Champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica Wins Rising Star Award at IAAF Athletics Gala at Monte-Carlo Sporting Club in Monaco
7/58 2006
Usain Bolt trains at a training session at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica
Getty Images
8/58 2008
Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Nesta Carter and Asafa Powell of Jamaica receive their gold medal at the men's 4 x 100m relay medal ceremony, which will be held at the National Stadium on the 15th day of the day. Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 23, 2008 in Beijing. China
Getty Images
9/58 2009
Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates his victory in the men's 100 meters final on the second day of the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin
Getty Images
10/58 2009
Usain Bolt, from Jamaica, poses for a portrait during a training session at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica
Getty Images
11/58 2009
West Indies captain Chris Gayle with Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt (left) at first test at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Pennsylvania
12/58 2009
Usain Bolt (JAM), world record holder in the 100m and 200m, receives the Laureus Award for World Sport of the Year from Michael Johnson, Academy member, at a ceremony and a press conference held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto, Ontario
Getty Images for Laureus
13/58 2010
Usain Bolt signs copies of his new book My Story at Waterstone in Piccadilly, London
Pennsylvania
14/58 2012
The new Usain Bolt wax figure unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London
Getty Images
15/58 2012
Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt poses on the field in anticipation of the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Fulham at Old Trafford
Getty Images
16/58 2012
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt wearing the 2012 Jamaican Olympic kit with designer Cedella Marley at a photocall in Village Underground, London
Pennsylvania
17/58 2012
Prince Harry is the first to break out of the block against Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, where the Prince arrived yesterday afternoon from the Bahamas.
Pennsylvania
18/58 2012
Prince Harry poses with Usain Bolt on the Usain Bolt track of the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica
Getty Images
19/58 2012
Sprinter Usain Bolt of Jamaica poses with his cleated shoes and his official uniform for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games during a photo shoot organized by his sponsors, PUMA, next to A traditional Routemaster bus outside the British Museum in London.
Reuters
20/58 2012
Jamaican Usain Bolt is wearing his country's flag at the Opening Ceremony at the London Olympic Stadium
Pennsylvania
21/58 2012
Usain Bolt of Jamaica wins men's 100m final at ninth round of London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium
Getty Images
22/58 2012
Jamaican Usain Bolt gesturing before competing in the track and field events at the London Olympics
AFP / Getty Images
23/58 2012
Usain Bolt of Jamaica crosses the finish line to win the gold medal in the men's 200m final at the Olympic Stadium in London
Pennsylvania
24/58 2012
Jamaican Usain Bolt uses a photographer's camera after winning the men's 200m final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium
REUTERS
25/58 2012
Usain Bolt, gold medalist in Jamaica at the 4x100M relay, and Mohamed Farah, gold medalist in Britain, posing after athletics at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Pennsylvania
26/58 2012
Street artist James Cochran, Aka Jimmy C puts the finishing touches on a piece depicting the face of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt in London, England.
Getty Images
27/58 2013
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is interviewed before signing copies of his autobiography "Faster than Lightning" at Selfridges, London.
Pennsylvania
28/58 2013
Jamaican Usain Bolt celebrates victory in men's 100 meters
Pennsylvania
29/58 2013
Jamaican Usain Bolt receives a kiss from his mother Jennifer after winning the men's 200m final on the eighth day of the 2013 IAAF World Athletics Championships at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia
Pennsylvania
30/58 2013
The British 4x400m relay team (from left to right) Margaret Adeoye, Eilidh Child, Christine Ohuruogu and Shana Cox, who won the bronze medal with the winner of the men's 200m final, Jamaican Usain Bolt, at the Eighth day of the 2013 IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow
Pennsylvania
31/58 2013
Jamaican Usain Bolt wins 100-meter final at 2013 IAAF World Championships at Luzhniki stadium in Moscow
AFP / Getty Images
32/58 2013
Usain Bolt's wax figure wearing a Christmas sweater to show his support for Save the Children's Christmas Rider Day
Pennsylvania
33/58 2013
Usain Bolt arrives on a rocket at Sainsbury's birthday games, Olympic Stadium, Stratford
Andy Hooper
34/58 2014
Prince Harry with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet with Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt during their visit to Athletes Village for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games
Pennsylvania
35/58 2014
Jamaican Usain Bolt wears his tartan as he celebrates victory at the men's 4x100m relay
Pennsylvania
36/58 2015
Usain Bolt, of Jamaica (R), wins the gold medal in front of Justin Gatlin, US, Tyson Gay, USA, Mike Rodgers, US and Trayvon Bromell, US , in the final of the men's 100 meters. second day of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Beijing 2015 at the Beijing National Stadium on August 23, 2015 in Beijing, China
Getty Images
37/58
Bolt celebrates victory at 4 x 100 meters with Jamaican relay team
Pennsylvania
38/58 2015
Usain Bolt, of Jamaica, hit by a Segway cameraman, celebrates after winning the men's 200-meter final at the 15th IAAF World Championships at Beijing National Stadium, China
Reuters
39/58 2015
Jamaica's Usain Bolt falls after a cameraman with a segway (the photo is not pictured in the photo) drove it after the men's 200m final at the IAAF World Championships 2015 in Beijing at the National Stadium, also known as Bird's Nest, in Beijing, China.
EPA
40/58 2015
TV cameraman Tao Song (left) of CCTV (left) offered a gift to Jamaica during a collision with the sprinter, during the seventh day of the IAAF World Championships at Beijing National Stadium
Pennsylvania
41/58 2015
Olympic sprinter and champion Usain Bolt at Oktoberfest 2015 at Theresienwiese in Munich, Germany
Getty Images
42/58
Usain Bolt takes a selfie with a group of winners at the Laureus World Sports Awards
43/58
Usain Bolt athlete in the Virgin Media campaign
44/58
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt poses with his gold medals on the podium of (from bottom to top) the Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games during the victory ceremonies of the (100m), Relay 200m and 4x100m
AFP / Getty Images
45/58
Usain Bolt wears the PUMA evoSPEED
46/58 2016
Usain Bolt celebrates victory at Rio Olympics
Jeremy Selwyn
47/58 2016
Usain Bolt at a press conference after his 100m victory at the Rio Olympics
Jeremy Selwyn
48/58 2016
Chijindu Ujah of Great Britain, Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Andre De Grasse of Canada compete in the men's 100m semi-final on day nine of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Getty Images
49/58 2016
Usain Bolt attends the world premiere "I Am Bolt" at Odeon Leicester Square, London
Pennsylvania
50/58 2016
Usain Bolt and Mo Farah attend an evening after the world premiere of "I Am Bolt" at Tape London
Dave Benett
51/58 2016
Jamaican Usain Bolt is on the track on the first day of the Muller Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium, at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.
Pennsylvania
52/58 2017
Usain Bolt of Jamaica salutes the crowd after running his last race in his home country at the Racers Grand Prix at Kingston National Stadium, Jamaica
AFP / Getty Images
53/58 2017
Jamaican Usain Bolt celebrates after winning the "Salute of a Legend" in the 100-meter Racer Grand Prix at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica
AP
54/58 2017
Jamaican Olympic champion Usain Bolt reacts at the funeral of high jump star Germaine Mason, who died on April 20 in a motorcycle accident in the suburbs of Kingston, at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kingston, Ontario. Jamaica
Reuters
55/58 2017
Jamaican Olympic champion Usain Bolt (C) carries the coffin of the high jump star, Germaine Mason, who died on April 20 in a motorcycle accident in the suburbs of Kingston, at Grange Hill Cemetery in Portland. in Jamaica.
Reuters
56/58
Usain Bolt gets cold with an ice bath in Moscow, Russia
57/58 2017
Usain Bolt, of Jamaica, prepares for a practice session during previews before the 17th IAAF World Athletics Championships, London 2017
Getty Images
58/58 2017
Jamaica Usain Bolt at a press conference preceding the last Bolt World Championships in East London
AFP / Getty Images
The restaurant aims to give guests an authentic taste of the Caribbean and serves some of Bolt's favorite Jamaican dishes, such as jerk pork, fried fish and bammy (a flatbread). Other menu items include curry mutton, crispy fried wings and cod fritters.
Spread over two floors, Tracks & Records offers a variety of sports memorabilia, modern art and Bolt vinyls. Downstairs, it hosts a large dance floor with reggae music and DJ sets.
Bolt said that Jamaican cuisine was his ultimate comforting food, adding, "I try to eat Jamaican food as much as possible.
"When I play sports, I try to be healthy … but it is difficult."
The fastest man in the world is planning to expand to 15 sites in the UK.
94 Middlesex St, E1 7EZ, tracksandrecords.com
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