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The MICHELIN Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2010
will be available in bookshops from Wednesday 20 January priced at
£15.99 (€18.99 in Ireland).
This year's guide includes one new three-star restaurant (Alain
Ducasse at The Dorchester) and one new two-star (The Ledbury); both
in London. Included in the list of 18 new one-stars is Sienna, a
small, family run restaurant in Dorset and The Harwood Arms, the
first pub in London to achieve this accolade. Also, Bray-on-Thames
has yet another star to add to its repertoire - The Royal Oak, a
traditional village pub in nearby Paley Street. Away from England
there are also three new stars in Scotland and three in Wales.
Commenting on the 2010 guide, Editor Derek Bulmer said: "Last
year was clearly a difficult year for hotels and restaurants but
those establishments who reacted by being more flexible and creative
appear to be riding the storm. Value for money has also been an
important factor and we have awarded 28 new Bib Gourmand awards -
'good food at moderate prices' - which reflects this.
"Chefs have had to be more resourceful and restaurants have had
to adapt to changing eating habits. Some have even introduced 'credit
crunch' menus to help fight the recession. Long-established
restaurants have proved to be resilient but we have also seen plenty
of new openings.
"There is now a greater geographical spread of starred
restaurants and the inspectors will continue to seek out
establishments serving particularly good food, wherever they are
situated.
"As we head into this new decade, the hotel and restaurant
industry appears to be leaner and fitter. Greater emphasis is being
placed on satisfying customers' needs; diversity continues to be one
of the UK's greater strengths and the public's interest in chefs,
food and cooking shows no sign of abating."
The format of the MICHELIN guide means it offers its readers an
unrivalled selection of hotels and restaurants to suit all pockets.
The 2010 guide recommends more than 1,900 hotels and guesthouses and
around 1,900 restaurants and pubs. All are regularly and anonymously
inspected by Michelin's own team of professional, full-time
inspectors and inclusion in the guide is free of charge.
Gordon Ramsay has suffered a new blow with the loss of the prized
Michelin star for his restaurant at Claridge's hotel in Central
London. The new guide gives the village of Bray in Berkshire the
distinction of having three Michelinstarred restaurants. Heston
Blumenthal's The Fat Duck at Bray, and The Waterside Inn, both have
three stars. The village also has a one-Michelin star pub, The Royal
Oak.
The Indian sector now has the greatest number of starred restaurants
in Michelin it has ever enjoyed. Tamarind, one of the two original
Michelin starred restaurants, has regained its star in the 2010
edition to bring the total to five - Tamarind, Amaya, Rasoi, Benares,
Quilon. Other popular restaurants with one star include Hakkasan,
Nahm, Kai, Nobu, Umu, Yauatcha, River Café, Zafferano, Murano
and Locanda Locatelli.
Cyrus Todiwala's Café Spice Namaste earns a Bib Gourmand once
again as does Udit Sarkhel's Mango & Silk in East Sheen and
Malabar in Kensington. Tangawizi in Twickenham and Kastoori in
Tooting have both lost their Bib Gourmand status. |
