England triumphs with 14 new Michelin stars
Darroze’s eponymous restaurant at The Connaught and Outlaw’s eponymous restaurant in Rock, Cornwall, join the list of 14 British restaurants now holding two Michelin stars.
Twelve new one star additions have been announced for England, including Galvin La Chapelle, Gauthier Soho, Paris House and Viajante.
Gordon Ramsay also attained his fifth UK star for Petrus, which he wrestled back from former chief executive Chris Hutcheson at the end of last year. However he lost a Bib Gourmand for Foxtrot Oscar, the only award of that kind he held.
No new three star restaurants were announced, meaning The Fat Duck and Waterside Inn in Bray, Gordon Ramsay Royal Hospital Road and Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester in London remain the only four in the British Isles.
England only
Derek Bulmer, former editor of the guide, told BigHospitality this morning that he was surprised no new stars were given in Scotland, Wales or Ireland.
“There are more stars in the 2011 guide than there have ever been in any previous Michelin guide,” he said. “It’s a reflection of the way that the quality is rising and has been rising for years.
“In the UK, there are 12 new stars this year, and that’s a reflection of the fact that food in this country is getting better all the time.”
Several restaurants have lost a star, including the Star Inn at Harome, which this year was named the Gastropub of the Year, The New Angel in Dartmouth, which has been rebranded as Angelique by new owner Alan Murchison, and Deanes in Belfast.
Value triumphs
Rebecca Burr, Michelin UK & Ireland editor in chief, said: “There is no doubt that 2010 was a difficult year but those hotels and restaurants that represented value for money, at whatever price, were the ones who were best placed to weather the storm.
“The country embraces all kinds of restaurants and every type of cuisine and the public’s appetite shows no signs of abating.”
The new Michelin stars in the 2011 UK & Ireland Guide are:
One star:
Curlew, Bodiam, East Sussex
Pony & Trap, Bath
Adam Simmonds at Danesfield House, Marlow
The Black Rat, Winchester
Paris House, Woburn
Kitchen W8, London
Petersham Nurseries Café, London
Viajante, London
Galvin La Chapelle, London
Petrus, London
Seven Park Place (at St. James’s Hotel and Club), London
Gauthier Soho, London
Two stars:
Helene Darroze at The Connaught, London
Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Rock
Michelin star deletions:
Drakes on the Pond, Surrey
The Goose, Britwell Salome (closed)
West Stoke House, Chichester (closed)
The New Angel, Dartmouht
Harry’s Place, Lincolnshire
The Star Inn, Harome
Summer Isles, Highlands
Nahm (at the Halkin Hotel), Loondon
Roussillon, London
Deanes, Belfast
Bib Gourmands:
The New Inn, Bristol
The Jolly Cricketers, Buckinghamshire
Chilli Pickle, Brighton
Carpenters Arms, Oxon
Pea Porridge, Bury St Edmunds
Freemasons Country Inn, Clitheroe, Lancashire
La Locanda, Lancashire
Crown, Maidenhead
The Magdalen Arms, Oxon
Purefoy Arms, Hampshire
Black Rock, St Ives
The Cat Inn, West Sussex
The Bull Inn, Dorset
Osso, Peebles
O’Dowds, Galway
Goldfish City, London
28-50, London
Charlotte’s Bistro, London
Trullo, London
Morito. London
Canton Arms, Stockwell
Simply Thai, Teddington
Zucca, Southwark
Galvin Café a Vin, London
Iberica, London
Polpo, London
Bib Gourmand deletions:
Terre a Terre, Brighton
The Granville, Canterbury
Royal Well Tavern, Cheltenham
Coach & Horses, East Sussex
The Green Dragon, Buckinghamshire
The Gin Trap Inn, Norfolk
Black Boys Inn, Hurley
Village Bistro, Jersey
Anthony at Flannels, Leeds
Grainger Rooms, Newcastle
1Up at the Mad Moose Arms, Norwich
Trinity, Suffolk
The Westerly, Reigate
The Lough Pool at Sellack, Herefordshire
Stone House, Rushlake Green
Warehouse Brasserie, Southport
The Café at Daylesford Organic, Stow-on-the-Wold
Viners, Cornwall
Three Crowns Inn, Herefordshire
The Swan at West Malling
The Wild Mushroom, East Sussex
The Bell Inn, Herefordshire
J. Baker’s, York
Tony’s Table, Edinburgh
The Wee Restaurant, Fife
Casino House, Cork
Sushi-Hiro, Ealing
The Havelock Tavern, Shepherds Bush
The Modern Pantry, Islington
Foxtrot Oscar, Chelsea
Upstairs, Brixton
Le Provence, Barnes
Ma Cuisine, Kew
Ma Cuisine, Twickenham
Brula, Twickenham
Via Condotti, Mayfair
Galvin Bistrot de Luxe, Marylebone
