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The
Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2008 was launched on
Friday 25 January priced at £15.99 (€23.20 in Ireland).
ISBN: 2067133225
This year's guide includes 15 new
one star restaurants. Making-up the list of 'Rising Stars' for 2008
are five establishments tipped for one star and three that are tipped
for two stars. There are also 33 new Bib Gourmand establishments,
offering 'good food at moderate prices' - three courses for less than
£28 (€40 in Ireland).
Derek Bulmer, the Editor, says: "Informal
dining, greater use of locally grown produce and seasonality are the
trends evident in this year's guide. Customers are demanding more
information about food provenance and sustainability, and chefs are
responding by rediscovering local ingredients."
There has also been a swing away
from 'fusion' cooking and back to more European based cooking. "We
have also seen more competitive pricing which is why we have awarded
so many Bib Gourmands this year," Derek Bulmer says "Culinary
diversity has long been the UK's strength and now there's an even
wider choice, thanks to greater informality and lower prices."
The format of the Michelin Guide
means that it offers readers an unrivalled selection of hotels and
restaurants to suit all pockets, in a compact sized book. The 2008
Guide has 4,567 entries, and of those, 2,748 are hotels and
guesthouses and 1,819 are restaurants and pubs; all regularly and
anonymously inspected by Michelin's own team of professional inspectors.
At the same time, the Michelin
Guide London 2008 is also launched, priced at £9.99 (€14.50
in Ireland). This new-look guide was introduced in 2007 and forms
part of our collection of City guides, from New York to Tokyo. It
features two entries per page for non-starred establishments and one
entry per page for starred eateries.
The 2008 edition gives a new star
to fashionable South Indian restaurant Quilon in London whlist the
existing four star holders Benares, Amaya, Rasoi Vineet Bhatia and
Tamarind, retain theirs. Other ethnic restaurants with a Michelin
star are Assaggi, Hakhasan, Locanda Locatelli, Nahm, Nobu, River
Café, Umu, Yuatcha, Zafferano.
Five other Indian restaurants are
knocking on the door of a star with a grading of three knives &
forks. These are Cinnamon Club, which many expected to get a star
this year, Bombay Brasserie, Chutney Mary, Memsaab and Red Fort.
All the branches of Yorkshire's
popular Aagrah group are recognised with two knives & forks as
are 36 other Indian restaurants, half of which are in London. Eight
of the capital's Italian restaurants also had a grading of two knives
& forks.
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