Congratulations are in order to Nathan Outlaw whose eponymous restaurant in Cornwall has just topped the UK's Top 50 restaurants list as decided by the Good Food Guide 2018 (that's the crab, kohlrabi and seaweed dish currently on the menu by head chef Chris Simpson.
Last year's awards saw Hedone as the biggest mover while The Ledbury slipped out of the top 10. Both have moved still further, with Hedone up to 7 and The Ledbury down from 11 to 1. And while Claude Bosi was previously on the list at No 5 with Hibiscus, he'll surely be pleased with his new restaurant at Bibendum going straight on the list at No 9. A big mover is Restaurant Marianne which in 2016 was a new entry at No 45. This year's it's at 33.
On the 2017 list London had 17 restaurants up in the Top 50. This year the city has 16 on the list.
- 1. Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Cornwall
- 2. L'Enclume, Cumbria
- 3. Pollen Street Social, London
- 4. Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottinghamshire
- 5. The Fat Duck, Berkshire
- 6. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London
- 7. Hedone, London
- 8. Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Perthshire & Kinross
- 9. Claude Bosi at Bibendum, London
- 10. Casamia, Bristol
- 11. Bohemia, Jersey
- 12. Ynyshir, Powys
- 13. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London
- 14. Fraiche, Merseyside
- 15. Marcus, London
- 16. Le Champignon Sauvage, Gloucestershire
- 17. Adam Reid at The French, Greater Manchester
- 18. The Ledbury, London
- 19. André Garrett at Cliveden, Berkshire
- 20. Midsummer House, Cambridgeshire
- 21. Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester, London
- 22. The Peat Inn, Fife
- 23. The Kitchin, Lothians
- 24. Sketch, Lecture Room & Library, London
- 25. The Three Chimneys, Highlands & Islands
- 26. Moor Hall, Lancashire
- 27. The Greenhouse, London
- 28. The Ritz, London
- 29. Castle Terrace, Lothians
- 30. Forest Side, Cumbria
- 31. Orwells, Oxfordshire
- 32. Paul Ainsworth at No. 6, Cornwall
- 33. Restaurant Marianne, London
- 34. The Waterside Inn, Berkshire
- 35. Restaurant James Sommerin, Glamorgan
- 36. Artichoke, Buckinghamshire
- 37. The Raby Hunt, Co Durham
- 38. Whatley Manor, The Dining Room, Wiltshire
- 39. Restaurant Story, London
- 40. Simpsons, West Midlands
- 41. Restaurant Martin Wishart, Lothians
- 42. The Sportsman, Kent
- 43. Adam's, West Midlands
- 44. Freemasons at Wiswell, Lancashire
- 45. Gidleigh Park, Devon
- 46. Le Gavroche, London
- 47. Hambleton Hall, Rutland
- 48. Murano, London
- 49. The Whitebrook, Monmouthshire
- 50. The Man Behind the Curtain, West Yorkshire
