May we presume you've heard of Gordon Ramsay? The chef, restaurateur, TV personality and author heads one of the largest privately owned restaurant groups in the UK, including, to date, 18 restaurants in London and a further 17 internationally. Aubergine, which first appeared in the Guide in 1995, is where it all started.
In 2006, Gordon Ramsay banned mobile phones from his flagship restaurant on Hospital Road. YouTube was only a year old then and Instagram didn’t exist. Still, people must have been in there texting, or taking fuzzy pictures and posting them on Facebook.
From a simple country restaurant or French bistro to pub classics, you really don’t have to rely on swanky restaurants to celebrate the best of the country’s food scene. Here we shine the spotlight on past Best Local Restaurant award winners who have established a gold standard for cooking with ......
When, in 2002, Gordon Ramsay put one of his star protégés in charge of the Connaught the shock expressed by the old guard at an institution and formerly male bastion being rejuvenated by a female chef made headlines. In 2008, Angela Hartnett went on to open Murano, originally with Gordon Ramsay Holdings. Tucked discreetly in among the converted townhouse offices of Mayfair, Angela Hartnett’s Murano has been a major-league dining establishment for 14 years.
Just a year after opening, Core by Clare Smyth has entered this year’s guide at number three in the Top 50. With a perfect cooking score of 10, the first solo venture from the former Restaurant Gordon Ramsay chef becomes our highest ever new entry.
