The Ritz in London has been named the UK’s greatest restaurant on the prestigious Nationwide Restaurant Awards.
Based in 1906, the restauran predates the title behind the awards, Restaurant journal, by virtually a century. It’s arguably London’s most glamorous place to dine and serves a menu of French haute delicacies, impressed partially by the dishes of the legendary Auguste Escoffier.
It’s also now the one one the place males should put on a jacket and tie, whereas ladies are requested to reach in night put on.
“As a bastion of nice French meals served in unashamedly refined environment, the Ritz stands alone within the UK,” stated Restaurant editor Stefan Chomka.
John Williams of the Ritz
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“The highest 100 eating places listing displays the varied nature of our consuming out scene and the altering developments inside it, whether or not they be much less formality, extra farm to fork menus, or embracing new cuisines, however it’s additionally great to see a restaurant unwavering in its focus lastly get the popularity it deserves. The Ritz is an exemplary restaurant.”
The listing reveals the continuation of the capital’s dominance within the nation’s eating scene, with a complete of 56 eating places from London within the prime 100 listing. Different massive London winners embody Trinity (4), Bouchon Racine (5), Oma (6), Anglothai (7) and Dorian (10).
The restaurateur of the 12 months was named as David Carter, the person behind Oma, 2025’s highest new entry, and Agora, the extra informal restaurant beneath it, which is at 51.
Claude Bosi, in the meantime, achieved comparable success with Bibendum re-entering the listing at 39; his restaurant on the Peninsula resort, Brooklands, made 20, and Chelsea’s Josephine — previously Josephine Bouchon — was introduced at quantity 23. Bosi owns the latter together with his spouse Lucy.
A restaurant now closed additionally options on the listing: Lyle’s, James Lowe’s former restaurant in Shoreditch that ran for 11 years, sits in twenty first place.
Skye Gyngell, the Aussie chef behind Spring at Somerset Home, was given the lifetime achievement award, recognising her contribution not simply to the British culinary scene but additionally her work tapping into the confluence of meals and tradition, all of the whereas overcoming a battle with uncommon pores and skin most cancers.
The winners have been introduced at a full of life ceremony at Journal London in Greenwich on June 9.
The Nationwide Restaurant Awards is Restaurant’s annual countdown of the highest 100 eating places within the UK as voted for by the UK’s main cooks, restaurateurs, critics and meals writers.
