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| Cornish fish restaurant named best in the UK | Cornish fish restaurant named best in the UK |
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| A Cornish fish restaurant has been named best in the UK, after five years at the top for the previous winner. | A Cornish fish restaurant has been named best in the UK, after five years at the top for the previous winner. |
| The Good Food Guide put Port Isaac's Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, named after its owner, just ahead of Cumbria's L'Enclume, ending its winning run. | |
| Traditional favourites such as Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck still feature in the top 50 list. | Traditional favourites such as Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck still feature in the top 50 list. |
| But new restaurants to feature include a tiny 12-seat restaurant and one set on a caravan site in Anglesey. | But new restaurants to feature include a tiny 12-seat restaurant and one set on a caravan site in Anglesey. |
| Outlaw described the news as "phenomenal" and attributed the success to the "hard work and dedication of the team". | Outlaw described the news as "phenomenal" and attributed the success to the "hard work and dedication of the team". |
| Despite losing the top slot, Simon Rogan's L'Enclume in Cartmel retained its perfect 10 score. | Despite losing the top slot, Simon Rogan's L'Enclume in Cartmel retained its perfect 10 score. |
| Four new entrants to the top 50, including Hart's Bakery in Bristol, are built under railway arches. One, named Vice and Virtue, occupies a former strip club in Leeds. | Four new entrants to the top 50, including Hart's Bakery in Bristol, are built under railway arches. One, named Vice and Virtue, occupies a former strip club in Leeds. |
| Stark, a 12-seater restaurant in Broadstairs, Kent, is so pushed for space that it does not have a toilet. Diners can instead pop up the road to the local pub. | Stark, a 12-seater restaurant in Broadstairs, Kent, is so pushed for space that it does not have a toilet. Diners can instead pop up the road to the local pub. |
| Despite its lack of facilities, its chef, Ben Crittenden, has been named "chef to watch" by the Guide. | Despite its lack of facilities, its chef, Ben Crittenden, has been named "chef to watch" by the Guide. |
| Peter Sanchez-Iglesias won the chef of the year title for the seasonal cuisine he serves at Casamia in Bristol. | Peter Sanchez-Iglesias won the chef of the year title for the seasonal cuisine he serves at Casamia in Bristol. |
| The Good Food Guide, published by Waitrose, started ranking the UK's restaurants in 1951. | |
| Each year it assembles a long-list from thousands of recommendations sent in by the public. | Each year it assembles a long-list from thousands of recommendations sent in by the public. |
| It then sends out inspectors to each of the chosen restaurants, where they assume the guise of regular customers before reporting back on their experience. | It then sends out inspectors to each of the chosen restaurants, where they assume the guise of regular customers before reporting back on their experience. |