(Stoke-on-Trent – 6 October 2011) – The Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2012 is launched today and will be available in bookshops from Friday 7 October, priced at £14.99 (€17.99 in Ireland).
This year’s guide sees the first British pub to be awarded two Michelin stars. The Hand and Flowers in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, was opened by Tom and Beth Kerridge in 2005 and received its first Michelin star the following year.
Editor Rebecca Burr said “This is a good news story for the British pub industry and confirms our view that pubs serving good food are the ones that continue to thrive. In the 2012 guide we are delighted to have 13 pubs with Michelin stars”.
“At the Hand and Flowers, Tom’s cooking has risen to new heights. His dishes are sophisticated yet familiar, and are a perfect match for the relaxed surroundings of his charming pub”.
The second restaurant to be promoted to two star level in the 2012 edition of the guide is Restaurant Sat Bains in Nottingham. Sat’s cooking has always been original and creative and now focus has been added to the flair. The restaurant gained its first star in 2003.
This year’s guide, published for the first time before Christmas, sees a wide geographical spread of new stars, stretching from the Driftwood Hotel in Portscatho, Cornwall to Glenapp Castle in Ballantrae, Scotland. There are three new stars in Scotland, one in Wales and four in London, which include ‘Dinner by Heston Blumenthal’. There are also three new pubs with one star.
The guide also highlights those restaurants that represent value for money. We are therefore delighted that this year a further 28 restaurants have been awarded a Bib Gourmand, the award given to those establishments offering good cooking but at moderate prices.
Rebecca Burr said “Our readers have told us how much they enjoy these places so we are very pleased that our inspectors have found so many new ones, particularly in London”.
Also launched today is the Michelin Guide London 2012, priced at £10.99(€12.99 in Ireland). This guide provides extended text on London’s restaurants, with additional photographs and information on all starred establishments. It also includes a selection of London’s best hotels, across all categories.
Michelin GB&I 2012 Complete Star Listing
Michelin Three Stars (Exceptional Cuisine, Worth a Special Journey)
Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire
Waterside Inn, Bray, Berkshire
Gordon Ramsay, London
Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, London
Michelin Two Stars (Excellent Cooking, Worth a Detour)
Midsummer House, Cambridge
Gidleigh Park, Chagford, Devon
Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham, Glos.
Whatley Manor (The Dining Room), Malmesbury, Wiltshire
Hand and Flowers (New), Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Restaurant Sat Bains (New), Nottingham
Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Oxford
Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Rock, Cornwall
Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles, Auchterarder
Patrick Guilbaud, Dublin
The Ledbury, London
Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley, London
Le Gavroche, London
Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, London
Hibiscus, London
Square, London
L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon, London
Michelin One Star (Very Good Cooking in its Category)
Coworth Park (New), Ascot Surrey
Michael Wignall at The Latymer (at Pennyhill Park Hotel), Bagshot, Surrey
Fischer’s at Baslow Hall, Baslow, Derbyshire
The Park (at Lucknam Park Hotel), Bath
The Terrace (at Montagu Arms Hotel), Beaulieu, Hampshire
Pipe and Glass Inn, Beverley
West House, Biddenden, Kent
Fraiche, Birkenhead, Merseyside
Purnell’s, Birmingham
Simpson’s, Birmingham
Turner’s, Birmingham
Northcote, Langho, Lancashire
Morston Hall, Norfolk
Curlew, Bodiam, East Sussex
Burlington (at Devonshire Arms Country House), Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire
Lords of the Manor, Bourton-on-the-Water/Upper Slaughter, Gloucestershire
Royal Oak, Windsor & Maidenhead
Casamia, Birstol
Manor House H. and Golf Club, Castle Combe, Wiltshire
Simon Radley at The Chester Grosvenor, Chesire
Pony & Trap, Chew Magna, Bath & NE Somerset
Sir Charles Napier, Chinnor / Sprigg’s Alley, Buckinghamshire
The Olive Branch & Beech House, Clipsham, Rutland
Apicius, Cranbrook, Kent
Ockendon Manor, Cuckfield, West Sussex
Sienna, Dorchester, Dorset
Butcher’s Arms, Eldersfield, Worcestershire
36 on the Quay, Emsworth, Hampshire
Read’s, Faversham, Kent
L’Enclume, Grange-over-Sands/Cartmel, Cumbria
The Pass, Horsham, West Sussex
The Neptune, Hunstanton, Norfolk
Box Tree, Ilkley, West Yorkshire
Atlantic, Jersey / La Pulente, Channel Islands
Bohemia (at Club Hotel & Spa), Jersey / St Helier, Channel Islands
Tassili (at Grand Hotel) N, Jersey / St Helier, Channel Islands
The Stagg Inn, Kington/Titley, Herefordshire
Mr Underhill’s at Dinham Weir, Ludlow, Shropshire
Harrow at Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire
Adam Simmonds at Danesfield House, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Nut Tree, Murcott, Oxfordshire
Hambleton Hall, Oakham/Hambleton, Rutland
Black Swan N, Oldstead, North Yorkshire
Yorke Arms, Pateley Bridge/Ramsgill-in-Nidderdale, North Yorkshire
JSW, Petersfield, Hampshire
Driftwood, Portscatho, Cornwall
L’Ortolan, Reading, Berkshire
Drake’s, Ripley, Surrey
Mallory Court (The Dining Room), Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Old Vicarage, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Mason’s Arms, South Molton/Knowstone, Devon
Room in the Elephant, Torquay, Devon
Sharrow Bay Country House, Ullswater/Pooley Bridge, Cumbria
Auberge du Lac, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
The Sportsman, Whitstable/Seasalter, Kent
Hambrough, Wight (Isle of)/Ventnor
5 North St, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
The Black Rat, Winchester, Hampshire
Holbeck Ghyll, Windermere, Cumbria
Paris House, Woburn, Bedfordshire
Glenapp Castle (New), Ballantrae, South Ayrshire
Martin Wishart at Loch Lomond (New), Balloch, West Dunbartonshire
Braidwoods, Dalry, North Ayrshire
Castle Terrace (New), Edinburgh
Number One (at Balmoral Hotel), Edinburgh
21212, Edinburgh
Kitchin, Edinburgh
Martin Wishart, Edinburgh
Sangster’s, Elie, Fife
Inverlochy Castle, Fort William, Highland
Albannach, Lochinver, Highland
Boath House, Nairn, Highland
Peat Inn, Fife
Knockinaam Lodge, Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway
Kinloch Lodge, Skye (Isle of)/Sleat, Highland
Walnut Tree, Abergavenny/Llanddewi Skirrid, Monmouthshire
Tyddyn Llan, Llandrillo, Denbighshire
Crown at Whitebrook, Monmouth/Whitebrook, Monmouthshire
The Checkers (New), Montgomery, Monmouthshire
House (at Cliff House Hotel), Ardmore, Waterford
Chapter One, Dublin
L’Ecrivain, Dublin
Thornton’s (at The Fitzwilliam Hotel), Dublin
Bon Appétit, Dublin
Michelin One Star: London
Chapter One, Hakkasan Hanway Place, Pied à Terre, Club Gascon, Rhodes Twenty Four, Harwood Arms, River Café, La Trompette, North Road N, St John, Rasoi, Kitchen W8, The Glasshouse, Petersham Nurseries Café, Viajante, Galvin La Chapelle, Chez Bruce, Amaya, Apsleys (at Lanesborough Hotel), Pétrus, Zafferano, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal(at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park) N, Benares, Galvin at Windows (at London Hilton Hotel), Greenhouse, Hakkasan Mayfair N, Kai, Maze, Murano, Nobu (at The Metropolitan Hotel), Nobu Berkeley St, Pollen Street Social N, Semplice, Sketch (The Lecture Room & Library), Tamarind, Umu, Wild Honey, L’Autre Pied, Locanda Locatelli, Rhodes W1 (Restaurant), Texture, Seven Park Place (at St James’s Hotel and Club), Arbutus, Gauthier-Soho, Yauatcha, Quilon
