Tatler announced on 6 May the winners of its twelfth annual Restaurant Awards, sponsored by Champagne Laurent-Perrier and Taste of London. The Awards were presented by Jeremy Wayne, Tatler’s Restaurant Editor.
From a star-studded list, notable winners included Brad McDonald (Best Rising Star Chef), Merchants Tavern (Best Kitchen), Theo Randall (Best Dish), Shaun Dickens (Best of Britain), Berners Tavern (Taste of London Award for Best New Restaurant), Pierre Koffmann (Laurent-Perrier Lifetime Achievement Award), and Chiltern Firehouse (Restaurant of the Year).
1. Best Rising Star Chef
Brad McDonald at The Lockhart, 24 Seymour Place, W1H
Runners up
Claude Compton at Claude’s Kitchen, 51 Parsons Green Lane, SW6
Josh Katz and Eran Tibi at Zest, 341- 351 Finchley Road, NW3
Neil Rankin at Smokehouse, 63 – 69 Canonbury Road, N1
Carlo Scotto at Babbo, 39 Albemarle Street, W1
2. Best Front of House
Wiltons, 55 Jermyn Street, SW1
Runners up
Angler, 3 South Place, EC2
Clos Maggiore, 33 King Street, WC2
LeCoq, 292 – 294 St Paul’s Road, N1
Roka Mayfair, 30 North Audley Street, W1
3. Best Wine List
Sartoria, 20 Savile Row, W1S – Michael Simms
Runners up
Rex Whistler Restaurant at Tate Britain, SW1 – Hamish Anderson
Skylon, Royal Festival Hall, SE1 – Alexis Meszoly
Tirage, 64 Bishopsgate, EC2 – Roberto Della Pietra
Gymkhana, 42 Albermarle Street, W1 – Sunaina Sethi
4. Best Kitchen
Merchants Tavern, 36 Charlotte Road, EC2
Runners up
The Clove Club, 380 Old Street, EC1
Ember Yard, 60 Berwick Street, W1
Marianne, 104 Chepstow Road, W2
The Square, 6-10 Bruton Street, W1
5. Most Civilised Restaurant
Bellamy’s, 18a Bruton Place, W1
Runners up
34, 34 Grosvenor Square, W1
Boulestin, 5 St James’s Street, SW1
Caffé Caldesi, 118 Marylebone Lane, W1
Clos Maggiore, 33 King Street, WC2
6. Test of Time
Hush (1999), 8 Lancashire Court, W1
Runners up
La Poule au Pot (1962), 231 Ebury Street, SW1
Mango Tree (2001), 46 Grosvenor Place, SW1
Nobu (1997), 19 Old Park Lane, W1
Bibendum (1987), Michelin House, 81 Fulham Road, SW3
7. Best Room
Hoi Polloi, Ace Hotel, 100 Shoreditch High Street, E1
Runners up
Berners Tavern, The London Edition Hotel, 10 Berners Street, W1
Cecconi’s, 5a Burlington Gardens, W1
The Delaunay, 55 Aldwych, WC2
Plum+Spilt Milk, Great Northern Hotel, Pancras Road, N1
8. Best Dish
Theo Randall at the Intercontinental, 1 Hamilton Place, W1J
9. Best of Britain
Shaun Dickens at the Boathouse, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
10. Taste of London Award for Best New Restaurant
Berners Tavern, The London Edition Hotel, 10 Berners Street, W1
Runners up
Café Murano, 33 St James’s Street, SW1
Gymkhana, 42 Albemarle Street, W1
Hoi Polloi, Ace Hotel, 100 Shoreditch High Street, E1
Social Eating House, 58 Poland Street, W1
11. Laurent-Perrier Lifetime Achievement Award
Pierre Koffmann
Pictured top: Justin Pinchbeck GM of The Berkeley collecting the award on behalf of Pierre Koffman, which was presented by David Hesketh MW, MD of Laurent-Perrier UK.
Photo by Hugo Bernand / Tatler.
12. Restaurant of the Year
Chiltern Firehouse, 1 Chiltern Street, W1
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