A little over 700 people watched Brett Graham’s Notting Hill restaurant The Ledbury reclaim its title as the Best Restaurant in the UK earlier this week (10 June) at North Greenwich venue Magazine.
Tomos Parry’s critically acclaimed Soho restaurant Mountain claimed second place on this year’s list and was this year's Highest New Entry.
Adejoké Bakare, founder and head chef at Chishuru, took home the Chef of the Year title with her West African restaurant entering the list at number 31. It comes after Bakare became the first black woman in the UK to be awarded a Michelin star earlier this year, and only the second black female chef in the world to have achieved this.
For the first time, a pub has been crowned Opening of the Year with the recent launch of The Devonshire in Soho. The Devonshire was also named Gastropub of the Year.
Stuart Ralston’s new Edinburgh restaurant Lyla received The Service Award, while Ayo Adeyemi of Akoko, who has led the kitchen since October 2022, won the Chef to Watch award, bringing greater attention to West African cuisine.
The Lifetime Achievement Award went to former chef-patron at Le Gavroche Michel Roux.
The Bull Inn in Totes won the Estrella Damm Sustainability Award. This year’s list shows the return of the capital’s dominance in the restaurant scene, with a total of 53 restaurants from London in the top 100 list and only three in the top 10 located outside of London.
The full list of the UK’s Top 100 Restaurants can be found on the National Restaurant Awards website. The National Restaurant Awards is Restaurant’s annual countdown of the top 100 restaurants in the UK as voted for by the UK’s leading chefs, restaurateurs and food writers.
