The Ledbury, the 2 Michelin star, Notting Hill restaurant is not short of awards, but it’s just added yet another trophy – topping the All in One Ultimate Restaurant List for the fourth time in succession.
When presented with the award, head chef Brett Graham hinted at the keys to The Ledbury’s success: “We constantly focus on the customer and push to improve in all areas.” The Australian-born chef has always credited his team for the restaurant’s success over the years, “this award shows what a great job our team is doing here 7 days a week.”
Second place this year was taken by Michel Roux Jnr’s Le Gavroche, which has slowly improved its position in the list over the years; and third place went to Dinner by Heston Blumenthal. This year’s highest new entry in the list is Fera at Claridges under the supervision of Simon Rogan which has been wowing critics over the past twelve months.
Outside the top ten, the next highest entry came from the modern Indian cooking of Gymkhana, at 14; where the colonial feel coupled with delicious food has put it in the ascendancy. At number 16, new entrant Patty & Bun’s take on burgers has capitalised on the current trend towards up-market fast food, and clearly plenty of people and critics feel like they’ve hit the spot just right. In similar fashion, Brixton pizzeria Franco Manca has stormed in to number 18 on the list beating plenty with Michelin stars to their name.
All In One: Ultimate Restaurant List 2015 – The Top 10
- The Ledbury Score: 8.827
- Le Gavroche Score: 8.653
- Dinner by Heston Blumenthal Score: 8.565
- Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Score: 8.516
- The Square Score: 8.483
- Fera at Claridges Score: 8.250
- Pollen Street Social Score: 8.235
- Hibiscus Score: 8.232
- Marcus Score: 8.154
- Alain DuCasse at The Dorchester Score: 8.00
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How does it work?
All In London has developed one simple, aggregated rating system to rank London’s restaurants, which it describes as ‘a well guarded recipe of statistics, blended in such a way to give a cutting edge view of the vibrant London dining scene’.
The main ingredients are the firm base of the established guidebooks: Michelin, AA and The Good FoodGuide, complimented by a contemporary sprinkling of expert industry and newspaper awards, ranging from The S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants, to the Observer Food Monthly Awards, or The Sunday Times Top 100, to name but three.
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