Two Michelin-starred Notting
Hill restaurant The Ledbury has been crowned the best restaurant in the UK at
the National Restaurant Awards for the third year running. As reported on db.com, the restaurant, run by
Australian chef Brett Graham, saw off competition from Jason Atherton’s Pollen
Street Social and Marlow pub The Hand and Flowers, which came in second and
third respectively.
Owned and run by Tom
Kerridge, The Hand and Flowers, the world’s first pub to be awarded two Michelin
stars, was also named Gastropub of the Year. Five of the top ten restaurants on
this year’s list are in London, with Quo Vadis in Soho, run by Jeremy Lee, the
highest new entry at number 9. Master sommelier Xavier Rousset’s Texture in
Marylebone bagged the Wine List of the Year award, while Lima London in
Fitzrovia was voted the One to Watch.
Phil Howard meanwhile, of
two Michelin-starred The Square in Mayfair, was voted Chef’s Chef, while Dinner
by Heston Blumenthal picked up the Hotel Restaurant of the Year award. Chris
Corbin and Jeremy King, owners of celebrity favourites The Wolseley and The
Delaunay, along with the newly opened Brasserie Zedel, scooped the Personality
of the Year award.
Earlier this year, the
Ledbury climbed 20 places to number 14 at The World’s 50 Best Restaurant
Awards, making it the highest climber on the list. And if running the UK’s best
restaurant wasn’t enough, Graham and his team heroically protected diners last
August when the restaurant was attacked during the London riots, chasing away
masked looters with rolling pins.
Now in their fifth year, the
National Restaurant Awards aim to highlight the best restaurants in the UK and
reward the nation’s top chefs and restaurateurs. The restaurants are voted for
by a team of 150 chefs, restaurateurs, food critics and journalists across 12
UK regions. Chefs are not allowed to vote for their own restaurant.
The Top 10 Restaurants in the UK
1: The Ledbury, London
2: Pollen Street Social,
London
3: The Hand & Flowers,
Marlow
4: Restaurant Sat Bains,
Nottingham
5: The Fat Duck, Bray
6: The Sportsman, Seasalter
7: The Square, London
8: The Kitchen, Edinburgh
9: Quo Vadis, London
10: Dinner by Heston
Blumenthal, London
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