Every New Michelin-Starred Restaurant In The UK & Ireland
Last night, Michelin announced the UK & Ireland establishments that have made it into the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland. Usually revealed at a huge ceremony in the capital, in true 2021 style, this year’s winners were unveiled digitally – by Davina McCall and a host of big-name chefs, including Gordon Ramsay.
Each year, Michelin’s team of anonymous restaurant inspectors award venues with one star (“high-quality cooking, worth a stop”), two stars (“excellent cooking, worth a detour”) or three stars (“exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey”). This year, the capital gained two of the latter, for Core by Clare Smyth and Hélène Darroze at The Connaught. These top London restaurants join The Lecture Room & Library at Sketch, Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London, and Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck and Alain Roux’s Waterside Inn in Bray, Berkshire. Accepting the award, Darroze said: "I'm thinking of all the women in the kitchen and want to let them know that everything is possible – just believe in what you are... because anything can happen."
In other London news, three one-star establishments were upgraded to two stars: A Wong in Pimlico, Da Terra in Bethnal Green and Restaurant Story in Southwark, while seven restaurants picked up their first star. Eateries earning their first accolade include Sola in Soho, Muse by Tom Aikens and Casa Fofo in Clapton.
The evening also brought great news for restaurants across the rest of the UK & Ireland, with ten spots picking up their first star. One notable entry was Roots York, which has been awarded the city’s first Michelin star. Tommy Banks and his family launched the restaurant in 2018 alongside friend and restaurateur, Matthew Lockwood. Sister restaurant The Black Swan at Oldstead, which has retained its Michelin star since 2013, also won one of Michelin’s 23 new sustainability emblems – a green four-leaf clover – which recognises sustainable gastronomy and distinguishes restaurants taking responsibility in the conversation of resources and the protection of biodiversity. Of the 23 announced this year, four are in London: Petersham Nurseries, Silo, the Oxo Tower Brasserie and Tredwells.
The event also saw the Michelin Bib Gourmands unveiled. Named after Bibendum – the Michelin Man – the Bib Gourmand distinction “highlights restaurants offering good food at competitive prices”. This year, 16 new restaurants have made it into the 2021 Great Britain & Ireland selection, including Mo Diner in Mayfair – a newcomer from three-Michelin-starred Sketch – Sri Lankan spot Paradise in Soho and SL favourite Noto in Edinburgh.
The Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland Winners In Full…
New Three-Michelin-Star Winners – London
Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, Mayfair
Core by Clare Smyth, Notting Hill
New Two-Michelin-Star Winners – London
A Wong, Victoria
Da Terra, Bethnal Green
Restaurant Story, Southwark
New One-Michelin-Star Winners – London
Muse by Tom Aikens, Belgravia
Behind, London Fields
Cornerstone, Hackney Wick
Davies & Brook, Mayfair
Benares, Mayfair
Casa Fofo, Clapton
Sola, Soho
Emma Lewis
Ed Schofield
New One-Michelin-Star Winners – UK
Cail Bruich, Glasgow
Dede, Baltimore, Cork
Hide & Fox, Saltwood, Kent
Latymer, Bagshot, Surrey
Osip, Bruton, Somerset
Outlaw's New Road, Port Isaac, Cornwall
Pea Porridge, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Restaurant Hjem, Hexham, Northumberland
Roots, York
Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall, North Yorkshire
The Michelin Bib Gourmands – London
Fallow, Mayfair
Flor, Borough
Legare, Bermondsey
Mo Diner, Mayfair
Paradise, Soho
Peckham Cellars, Peckham
Volta do Mar, Covent Garden
The Michelin Bib Gourmands – UK & Ireland
Goldie, Cork, Ireland
Kentish Hare, Bidborough
Stag & Hounds, Burrough on the Hill
The Square, Porthleven
The Royal, St Leonards on Sea
Noto, Edinburgh
Spitalfields, Dublin, Ireland
Table Forty One, Gorey, Ireland
Volpe Nera, Blackrock, Ireland
Welcome & Service Award 2021
Saul McConnell of Noble in Holywood, County Down
Sommelier Award 2021
Karine Canevet of Maison Bleue in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Young Chef Award 2021
Kray Treadwell of 670 Grams in Birmingham
Mentor Chef Award 2021
Ross Lewis of Chapter One in Dublin
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