The Ledbury Tops London's Ultimate Restaurant List For A Third Year Running
Brett Graham
and his team at The Ledbury have scooped the coveted gong for a third year
running as they top the definitive list of London's top 100 restaurants: the
All In London’s All In One: Ultimate Restaurant List, 2014.
It has been
another great year for the 2 Michelin star, Notting Hill restaurant, the
consistency and innovation of which has confirmed its position as London’s
ruling eatery by scooping the coveted award.
The list of
London’s top 100 restaurants, compiled by the website All In London.co.uk,
unifies and normalises the myriad of dining awards and ratings into one easy to
digest, definitive index. In short, the website’s development team has
formulated a mathematical algorithm which weights and assesses the various
local, national and global awards, accolades and industry momentum to rank
restaurants based on their standing over the preceding 12 months.
When
presented with the award, head chef Brett Graham hinted at the keys to The
Ledbury's success: “Consistency is important to us and this award shows what a
great job our team is doing here 7 days a week.” He added, “I like to think we
try our best to make people’s experience a relaxed one and not over-service
them at the table."
Second place
this year was taken by The Ledbury’s sister restaurant The Square, obviously
Philip Howard and co-owner Nigel Platts-Martin's eatery is still a culinary
force to be reckoned with after over 20 years… and third place went to Marcus
Wareing at the Berkeley (now simply
“Marcus”), the winner of the Ultimate Restaurant List in 2011.
Angela
Hartnett’s empire continues to go from strength-to-strength; she climbs 21
places with ‘Murano by Angela Hartnett’, which is placed at number 12. The
biggest climber this year was ‘Launceston Place’ which under the guidance of
Head Chef Tim Allen who took over in 2012, jumped 30 places to position 37.
Other notable
entries include Restaurant Story and HKK entering the list neck and neck at 23,
while Kitchen Table at Bubbledogs is in at 61.
All In One:
Ultimate Restaurant List 2014, Top 10:
1. The
Ledbury
Score: 8.597
2. The
Square Score: 8.442
3. Marcus
Wareing at The Berkeley (now “Marcus”) Score: 8.425
4. Dinner by
Heston Blumenthal
Score: 8.367
5. Le
Gavroche Score: 8.191
6. Restaurant
Gordon Ramsay
Score: 8.125
7. Alain
Ducasse at The Dorchester
Score:
8.068
8.
Hibiscus
Score: 8.025
9. Pollen
Street Social
Score: 7.911
10. Pied á
Terre
Score: 7.725
As for the
future, All In London anticipates high-ranking entries in 2015's list to
include the likes of:
Ametsa With
Arzak Instruction is the new restaurant at The Halkin and has already won
itself a Michelin star.
Fera at
Claridge’s by Simon Rogan is a huge name at a huge hotel; surely a winning
combination.
Chiltern
Firehouse is the hottest ticket in town right now with Nuno Mendes (formerly of
Viajante) at the kitchen helm.
Typing Room,
Viajante’s replacement in The Town Hall Hotel, has young, ambitious Lee
Westcott (protégé of Jason Atherton and previously Head Chef at Chelsea’s Tom’s
kitchen) as Head Chef.
City Social
is another restaurant from current golden boy, Jason Atherton’s stable. His
track record and current status suggests this latest offering is also destined
for great things.
Lyle’s is the
first solo venture from James Lowe of the hugely successful Young Turks, his previous
partner Isaac McHale having opened Clove Club which has been a hit this year.
Pavilion in
Kensington is a recent opening from Adam Simmonds, who previously ran the
Michelin starred restaurant at Danesfield House in Marlow.
Merchant’s
Tavern is the latest of Angela Hartnett’s London offerings run by her boyfriend
Neil Borthwick.
Gymkhana
counts the ever-popular Trishna as it’s older sister and has received much
critical praise including scooping the ‘National Restaurant of the Year’ title
in June 2014.
A hardcopy of
2014’s All In One: Ultimate Restaurant List will be available across London and
via All In London.co.uk from 15th July. As well as a run-down of the capital’s
top 100 restaurants the guide also features Q&As and recipes from some of
London’s most pre-eminent chefs including Tom Pemberton, Michel Roux Jnr, Paul
Hood, Marcus Eaves, Jocelyn Herland and Brett Graham. The full list as well as
the chefs' interviews can be found at allinlondon.co.uk
See more
information about All In London's All In One Ultimate Restaurant List here:
http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/ultimaterestaurants/
For recipes follow this link
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