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The Ledbury tops The National Restaurant Awards 2012 – again

By James Russell: The Ledbury tops The National Restaurant Awards 2012 – again

October 10, 2012

For the third year running, The Ledbury has been awarded the prestigious honour of ‘National Restaurant of the Year’ at The National Restaurant Awards. Celebrating its fifth anniversary, the awards took place on Monday 8 October attended by the great and the good from the UK restaurant industry.

The voting system

The votes of 150 chefs, restaurants, food writers, critics and experts from across all regions of the country, are polled to arrive at the top 100 restaurants in the UK.

The winners

The full list of category winners are:

National Restaurant of the Year – The Ledbury, London

Gastropub of the Year – The Hand & Flowers, Marlow

Best Hotel Restaurant sponsored by Martell Cognac – Dinner by Heston Blumenthal in the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London

One to Watch sponsored by BigHospitality.co.uk – Lima, London

Best Restaurant in Scotland sponsored by Speyside Glenlivet – The Kitchin, Edinburgh

Best Restaurant in Wales sponsored by Speyside Glenlivet – The Hardwick, Abergavenny

Best Restaurant in Northern Ireland sponsored by Speyside Glenlivet – Shu, Belfast

Chefs’ Chef of the Year sponsored by Ritter Fresh – Phil Howard, The Square, London

Personality of the Year Award sponsored by Movenpick Ice Cream – Chris Corbin and Jeremy King, Rex Restaurants

Sustainable Restaurant of the Year in association with the Sustainable Restaurant Association – The Pig, Brockenhurst, Hants

Wine List of the Year sponsored by Hallgarten Druitt – Texture, London

Front of House Award – The River Café, London

The Top Ten:

1 The Ledbury
2 Pollen Street Social
3 The Hand & Flowers
4 Restaurant Sat Bains
5 The Fat Duck
6 The Sportsman
7 The Square
8 The Kitchin
9 Quo Vadis
10 Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

The National Restaurant Awards are organised by Restaurant magazine, in association with www.bighospitality.co.uk

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