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The National Restaurant Awards have celebreated their fifth birthday.
The Ledbury claims top spot at The National Restaurant Awards 2012
For the third consecutive year London's The Ledbury has been awarded the prestigious honour of ‘National Restaurant of the Year' at The National Restaurant Awards, brought to you by Restaurant magazine, in association with www.bighospitality.co.uk
Celebrating its fifth anniversary, the awards took place on Monday October 8th, at The Brewery, London with a galaxy of names and faces from the UK restaurant industry in attendance. After polling the votes of 150 chefs, restaurants, food writers, critics and experts from across all regions of the country, the top 100 restaurants in the UK were revealed and the full list of category winners were announced as follows:
National Restaurant of the Year - The Ledbury, London
Gastropub of the Year - The Hand & Flowers, Marlow
Best Hotel Restaurant sponsored by Martell Cognac - Dinner by Heston Blumenthal in the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London
One To Watch sponsored by BigHospitality.co.uk - Lima, London
Best Restaurant in Scotland sponsored by Speyside Glenlivet - The Kitchin, Edinburgh
Best Restaurant in Wales sponsored by Speyside Glenlivet - The Hardwick, Abergavenny
Best Restaurant in Northern Ireland sponsored by Speyside Glenlivet - Shu, Belfast
Chefs' Chef of the Year sponsored by Ritter Fresh - Phil Howard, The Square, London
Personality of the Year Award sponsored by Movenpick Ice Cream - Chris Corbin and Jeremy King, Rex Restaurants
Sustainable Restaurant of the Year in association with the Sustainable Restaurant Association - The Pig, Brockenhurst, Hants
Wine List of the Year sponsored by Hallgarten Druitt - Texture, London
Front of House Award - The River Café, London
Photos can be viewed on the following link
http://roblawson.thirdlight.com/a.tlx?k=1b9zhniand
The full countdown is as follows:
1 The Ledbury
2 Pollen Street Social
3 The Hand & Flowers
4 Restaurant Sat Bains
5 The Fat Duck
6 The Sportsman
7 The Square
8 The Kitchin
9 Quo Vadis
10 Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
11 L'Enclume
12 10 Greek Street
13 Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons
14 Zuma
15 Alyn Williams
16 The Waterside Inn
17 The Hardwick
18 Galvin La Chapelle
19 The Walnut Tree
20 Restaurant Nathan Outlaw
21 Roganic
22 St John
23 Bocca Di Lupo
24 Ondine Restaurant
25 L'Anima
26 Hibiscus
27 Zucca
28 Pizarro
29 The Pig
30 Chez Bruce
31 Dabbous
32 Brawn
33 Texture
34 Castle Terrace
35 Koya
36 Paul Ainsworth at Number 6
37 The River Cafe
38 Yauatcha
39 Medlar
40 The Elephant
41 Midsummer House
42 Restaurant Martin Wishart
43 Viajante
44 The Royal Oak Paley Street
45 Hawksmoor Seven Dials
46 Arbutus
47 Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley
48 Hakkasan Mayfair
49 The Chilli Pickle
50 Upstairs at The Ten Bells
51 The Dock Kitchen
52 Hedone
53 The Seahorse Restaurant
54 St John Hotel
55 Burger and Lobster
56 Corrigan's Mayfair
57 Aumbry
58 Galvin at Windows
59 La Petite Maison
60 Restaurant Andrew Fairlie
61 Theo Randall at the Intercontinental
62 The Delaunay
63 Le Gavroche
64 Tyddyn Llan
65 Bar Boulud
66 Casamia
67 Hix Soho
68 Gidleigh Park
69 Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
70 The Latymer
71 The Wolesley
72 The Star at Harome
73 Roka
74 Koffmann's
75 MeatLiquor
76 Galvin Bistrot De Luxe
77 Bistrot Bruno Loubet
78 The Seafood Restaurant
79 La Becasse
80 Barrafina
81 Moro
82 CUT at 45 Park Lane
83 Umu
84 Alimentum
85 Shu
86 Pitt Cue
87 The Pass at South Lodge
88 Polpo
89 The Pipe & Glass Inn
90 Purnell's
91 The Potted Pig
92 Racine
93 Helene Darrozze at The Connaught
94 The Three Chimneys
95 Brasserie Zedel
96 Goodman Mayfair
97 Loves
98 Northcote Manor
99 Mourne Seafood
100 Fraiche
For further information on the list, please contact William Drew, Editor, Restaurant Magazine on william.drew@wrbm.com or call 01293 610214
