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| Little Chef makes Good Food Guide | Little Chef makes Good Food Guide |
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| A service station restaurant has been included in The Good Food Guide after a makeover by celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal. | |
| The Little Chef, on the A303 in Popham, near Basingstoke, scored two out of 10 points in the industry guide, comparable to a good quality gastropub. | The Little Chef, on the A303 in Popham, near Basingstoke, scored two out of 10 points in the industry guide, comparable to a good quality gastropub. |
| New dishes include braised ox cheeks and Hereford steak and Abbot ale pie. | New dishes include braised ox cheeks and Hereford steak and Abbot ale pie. |
| Blumenthal, whose Michelin-starred Fat Duck restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, topped the guide, was "overjoyed". | Blumenthal, whose Michelin-starred Fat Duck restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, topped the guide, was "overjoyed". |
| The menu also includes an "Olympic" breakfast of free-range eggs, outdoor-bred British pork sausages, Wiltshire-cured back bacon and Ramsay of Carluke black pudding. | The menu also includes an "Olympic" breakfast of free-range eggs, outdoor-bred British pork sausages, Wiltshire-cured back bacon and Ramsay of Carluke black pudding. |
| It was so welcoming, vibrant and had a real buzz. I'm confident other diners will think so too Elizabeth Carter, editor of The Good Food Guide | It was so welcoming, vibrant and had a real buzz. I'm confident other diners will think so too Elizabeth Carter, editor of The Good Food Guide |
| 'Decent cooking' | 'Decent cooking' |
| Blumenthal filmed a Channel 4 TV series to try to revive the fortunes of the roadside chain in 2008. | Blumenthal filmed a Channel 4 TV series to try to revive the fortunes of the roadside chain in 2008. |
| The guide said the restaurant has "decent cooking, displaying good basic technical skills and interesting combinations and flavours. Occasional inconsistencies". | The guide said the restaurant has "decent cooking, displaying good basic technical skills and interesting combinations and flavours. Occasional inconsistencies". |
| Elizabeth Carter, editor of The Good Food Guide, said: "The minute I walked in I knew it belonged in The Guide. | Elizabeth Carter, editor of The Good Food Guide, said: "The minute I walked in I knew it belonged in The Guide. |
| "It was so welcoming, vibrant and had a real buzz. I'm confident other diners will think so too." | "It was so welcoming, vibrant and had a real buzz. I'm confident other diners will think so too." |
| Blumenthal's Fat Duck scored a perfect 10 for the second year, beating Gordon Ramsay's restaurant Chelsea. | Blumenthal's Fat Duck scored a perfect 10 for the second year, beating Gordon Ramsay's restaurant Chelsea. |
| He said: "I am overjoyed with this news. | He said: "I am overjoyed with this news. |
| "Inclusion in The Good Food Guide is a great barometer of success and it's fantastic news for Little Chef Popham to be recognised by such an established British food guide." | "Inclusion in The Good Food Guide is a great barometer of success and it's fantastic news for Little Chef Popham to be recognised by such an established British food guide." |
| The Fat Duck was forced to close for more than two weeks in February after 400 diners complained of having fallen ill. Tests later revealed the norovirus was to blame. | The Fat Duck was forced to close for more than two weeks in February after 400 diners complained of having fallen ill. Tests later revealed the norovirus was to blame. |