So after a star studded bash at London’s Grosvenor House, ChefHermes.com can bring you the full list of the promotions & new entries into the AA 2015 Restaurant guide top 10%.
New 4rosettes for AA 2015 guide:
- Texture, London
- The French ~ Simon Rogan, Manchester
- Bohemia, Jersey
- Restaurant Story, London
- Le Gavroche, London
- Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Padstow
New 3rosettes for AA 2015 guide:
- Turner’s, Birmingham
- Sixty one restaurant, London
- The Randolf, Oxford
- Llangoed Hall, Wales
- Yorebridge House, Wensleydale
- Le Belle Époque, Sofitel, Heathrow T5, London
- Red Lion, Chisenbury, Wilts
- Andre Garret @ Cliveden, Berks
- The Hambrough, Isle of Wight
- One Devonshire Gardens, Glasgow
- Mark Greenaway, Edinburgh
- Cotswolds 88, Painswick
- Hinds Head, Bray
- The Clove Club, London
- Lainston House, Winchester
- The Crown at Whitebrook, Wales
- Ynyshir Hall, Wales
- Buckland Manor, Cotswolds
- Amberly Castle, Sussex
- Roka Mayfair, London
- Hell Bay, Isles of Scilly
- Manchester House, Manchester
- Packhorse Inn, Moulton, Suffolk
- Kitchen table @ Bubbledogs, London
- Caxton Grill, London
- Cannizaro House, Surrey
- Stovells, Surrey
Special awards:
Besides winning 4rosettes, Nathan Outlaw also won Chef’s Chef of the year.
The Lifetime achievement award went to Ruth Rogers of The River Cafe, which has held 3rosettes for as long as the AA Restaurant guide has been in print (1994 is the earliest Restaurant guide, published in 1993).
Restaurant of the Year
Winner, England – Sticky Walnut, Chester
Winner, Wales – Bully’s, Cardiff
Winner, Scotland – Timberyard, Edinburgh
Winner, London – Berners Tavern, London
Comment:
One of the several points of interest from Simon Numphud’s tweets, other than tweeting some of the January releases, was that The Black Swan in Helmsley was one of the new 3rosettes, despite the Head chef leaving in the Summer. Again, the glaringly obvious, is the elephant in the room. When will we see transparency from the AA, when the lines between commercial activity & ratings are so blurred?