Michelin Guide 2006

[Gary Marshall]

I talk myself out if it every 5 minutes, one day it'll get the better of me.

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Oh go on, go on, go on, Sir. If the pasty Yorkshire man-Marshall can do it

And he is working soo hard too. I left him a message about an imminent visit to his Pub next week. Text response" Hi mate, what can I do for you I am in Barbados" Bastard

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i can assure you it's the monday - friday job that pays for the holidays not the pub, that just leaves you with a letter box full of bills to welcome you home!

[nicook]

I wonder if anyone can help?

I seem to remember last year that Le Guide was released on a friday, However we got a press release on the wedensday night. Probably to allow the media to carry the story on the thursday, Do P.R companies get prior knowledge?

I ask this beacause the press release was not supposed to be available until 8.30 on the thursday morning. Will it be the same scenario this year?

[jayrayner]

I wonder if anyone can help?

I seem to remember last year that Le Guide was released on a friday, However we got a press release on the wedensday night. Probably to allow the media to carry the story on the thursday, Do P.R companies get prior knowledge?

I ask this beacause the press release was not supposed to be available until 8.30 on the thursday morning. Will it be the same scenario this year?

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kinda.

My understanding is that the release goes up at 8.30 tomorrow morning. Various PRs and restaurateurs will be making calls to and receiving them from michelin around the same time.

[Matthew Grant]

Hopefully the press release will be found here first thing tomorrow:

http://www.michelin.co.uk/travel/

[Andy Lynes]

They'll be celebrating in Torquay tonight! Congratulations to ginger chef - well deserved.

Also great news for Vineet Bhatia and Brett Graham (The Ledbury)

Download the list here.

[Jon Tseng]

Interesting Daniel Galmiche has won back the * for Cliveden lost when Clive Fretwell moved in.

Also two real veterans losing * - Chewton Glen and Adlards. A shame...

Don't have much disagreement on the espoir for Greenhouse, given what I've heard about the place. Bet Tom Aikens and Marcus Wareing will be pissed off though.

cheers

J

Edited January 19, 2006 by Jon Tseng (log)

[ginger chef]

wooooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Mrs H]

Andy - Mr H says you owe him some money!

[Emma M]

wooooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Congrats on the award. I was just sitting in the dentist's waiting room yesterday reading all about you. Well done!

Emma

[Matthew Grant]

Torquay - the new Ludlow, who would have guessed?!

On a negative front, if Mello in Beckenham gets a bib Gourmand, then KFC deserves a star.

Edited January 19, 2006 by Matthew Grant (log)

[tony h]

New Two Stars

Vineyard, Newbury

Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles, Auchterarder

The Greenhouse, Mayfair

New One Stars

Lucknam Park, Bath

Amaya, Belgravia

Fraiche, Birkenhead

Le Poussin at Whitley Ridge, Brockenhurst

Atlantic, Channel Islands

Rasoi Vineet Bhatia, Chelsea

The Hare, Hungerford

The Harrow, Hungerford

Ynyshir Hall, Machynlleth

The Hand & Flowers, Marlow

Maze, Mayfair

Nobu Berkeley, Mayfair

The Moody Goose at the Old Priory, Midsomer Norton

The Ledbury, North Kensington

St Ervan Manor, Padstow

The Masons Arms, South Molton 

Waldo’s (at Cliveden), Taplow

Orestone Manor, Torquay

The Elephant, Torquay

Gilpin Lodge, Windermere

Two to One

Winteringham Fields, Winteringham

Thornton’s, Dublin

Lost a star

The Samling, Ambleside

Moody Goose, Bath

The Lygon Arms, Broadway

Café du Moulin, Channel Islands

Merchant House, Ludlow

Le Poussin at Parkhill, Lyndhurst

Chewton Glen, New Milton

Adlards, Norwich

The Abbey, Penzance

Black Pig, Rock

Thackeray’s, Royal Tunbridge Wells

Charlton House, Shepton Mallet

Sawyards, Storrington

Shanks, Bangor

The Oriel, Gilford

Putney Bridge, London

[Andy Lynes]

New Two Stars

Vineyard, Newbury

Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles, Auchterarder

The Greenhouse, Mayfair

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Vineyard and Greenhouse are rising stars so have still only got one star at the moment.

[Pweaver1984]

Well Done Ginger Chef! Excellent news.

Personally shocked and disappointed for Petrus.

[Andy Lynes]

Andy - Mr H says you owe him some money!

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Although Mr H did correctly predict Rasoi Vineet Bhatia (although not on eGullet) and I incorrectly predicted Apicius (who got a Bib Gourmand) we didn't agree a figure so my wallet is safe.

[tony h]

New Two Stars

Vineyard, Newbury

Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles, Auchterarder

The Greenhouse, Mayfair

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Vineyard and Greenhouse are rising stars so have still only got one star at the moment.

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Sorry - its not clear from the press release (rising star - new to me)

Add Fraiche, Altalntic & The Harrow to the list: on their way to one

[Andy Lynes]

Torquay - the new Ludlow...

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Its a shame you won't get royalties on that phrase - I think we'll be seeing a lot of very similar sentances very soon.

[Pweaver1984]

Would someone mind posting the Bibs on here as I can't seem to download them?

Prior thanks.

Paul

[Andy Lynes]

Sorry - its not clear from the press release (rising star - new to me)

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It's a funny old catagory, a bit of a tease really. It must be very frustrating for the restaurants, especially if they don't get the promotion the following year. They introduced it in the guide to France last year (Le Meurice for example is a rising three star) and this is the first time they've used it in the UK.

[Gary Marshall]

shame for Anthony's again, though i'm sure they'll be pleased for nathan at st ervan.

well done ginger chef

winteringham will be disappointed as they were gunning for 3 stars, i haven't been since germain sold up but friends say food is still very good.

and no new 3 stars...

[jackal10]

BIB GOURMAND 2006

Good food at moderate prices

New Bib Gourmands highlighted in bold italic

ENGLAND

Aldeburgh The Lighthouse

Alderley Edge The Wizard

Birmingham La Toque d’Or

Blackpool Twelve

Boroughbridge thediningroom

Bray-on-Thames Hinds Head

Brighton and Hove The Real Eating Company

Brighton and Hove Terre à Terre

Bromsgrove Epic

Burnham Market The Restaurant (at The Hoste)

Cambridge 22 Chesteron Road

Canterbury The Granville

Castle Cary The Camelot

Channel Islands - Guernsey The Pavilion

Channel Islands - Jersey Village Bistro

Channel Islands - Jersey Green Island

Chipping Campden Churchill Arms

Cranbrook Apicius

Danehill Coach & Horses

Dorking The Stephan Langton Inn

Durham Bistro 21

Exeter Jack in the Green Inn

Faversham The Dove

Haddenham Green Dragon

Hurley Black Boys Inn

Husthwaite The Roasted Pepper

Itteringham Walpole Arms

Kenilworth Simply Simpsons

Knaresborough The General Tarleton Inn

Leeds Brasserie Forty Four

Leeds The Calls Grill

Liverpool Simply Heathcotes

Loughborough Lang’s

Lowick Snooty Fox

Manchester Café Jem&I

Masham Vennell’s

Melton Mowbray Red Lion Inn

Mistley The Mistley Thorn

Newcastle upon Tyne Café 21

Norwich 1Up at the Mad Moose Arms

Norwich Wildebeest Arms

Oldham Brasserie (at White Hart Inn)

Ombersley Epic

Orford The Trinity (at Crown and Castle Hotel)

Oxford Mole Inn

Padstow Rick Stein’s CaféPreston Inside Out

Preston Winkleigh Square Chop House (formerly Simply Heathcotes)

Ramsbottom Ramsons

Ross-on-Wye The Lough Pool Inn

Rushlake Green Stone House

St Albans Sukiyaki

Saxmundham The Bell

Sheffield Thyme

Skipton Angel Inn

Southport Warehouse Brasserie

Sowerby Bridge The Millbank

Speldhurst George & Dragon

Stamford The Jackson Stops Inn

Standish The Mulberry Tree

Stow-on-the Wold The Old Butchers

Summercourt Viners

Sutton-on-the-Forest Rose & Crown

Tynemouth Sidney’s

Ullingswick Three Crowns Inn

Westfield The Wild Mushroom

West Malling The Swan

Whitstable The Sportsman

Windsor Al Fassia

Witney The Navy Oak

Woodbridge The Captain’s Table

LONDON

BROMLEY

Beckenham Mello

CAMDEN

Bloomsbury The Salt Yard

LEWISHAM

Blackheath Chapter Two

HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM

Hammersmith Agni

Olympia Cotto

ISLINGTON

Archway The Parsee

Clerkenwell Comptoir Gascon

Islington Brasserie La Trouvaille

Islington Metrogusto

KENSINGTON & CHELSEA

Chelsea Racine

Kensington Malabar

RICHMOND-UPON-THAMES

Kew Ma Cuisine

Twickenham Brula

Twickenham Ma Cuisine

SOUTHWARK

Southwark Anchor and Hope

TOWER HAMLETS

Whitechapel Cafe Spice Namaste

WANDSWORTH

Battersea Le Petit Max

Southfields Sarkhel’s

CITY OF WESTMINSTER

Bayswater & Maida Vale L’Accento

Regents Park & Marylebone Galvin

St James’s Al Duca

St James’s Brasserie Roux

SCOTLAND

Crieff The Bank

Edinburgh Atrium

Kilberry (Kintyre) Kilberry Inn

Sorn Sorn Inn

Strathyre Creagan House

WALES

Llandudno Nikki Ip’s

Newport The Chandlery

NORTHERN IRELAND

Belfast Aldens

Belfast Cayenne

Belfast Deanes Brasserie

Holywood Fontana

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

Baltimore Customs House

Cashel Café Hans

Dingle The Chart House

Dublin Bang Café

Dublin Jacobs Ladder

Dublin La Maison des Gourmets

Durrus Good Things Café

Kenmare An Leath Phingin

Kenmare The Lime Tree

Kilbrittain Casino House

Kinsale Fishy Fishy Café

BIB GOURMAND 2006

Good food at moderate prices

ADDITIONS

ENGLAND

Brighton and Hove The Real Eating Company

Canterbury The Granville

Castle Cary The Camelot

Cranbrook Apicius

Hurley Black Boys Inn

Masham Vennell’s

Ombersley Epic

Padstow Rick Stein’s Café

Speldhurst George & Dragon

Stow-on-the Wold The Old Butchers

Westfield The Wild Mushroom

LONDON

BROMLEY

Beckenham Mello

CAMDEN

Bloomsbury The Salt Yard

HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM

Hammersmith Agni

ISLINGTON

Clerkenwell Comptoir Gascon

CITY OF WESTMINSTER

Regents Park & Marylebone Galvin

SCOTLAND

Crieff The Bank

Kilberry (Kintyre) Kilberry Inn

BIB GOURMAND 2006

Good food at moderate prices

DELETIONS

ENGLAND

Birmingham Metro Bar and Grill

Burnsall Devonshire Fell

Channel Islands - Jersey Jersey Pottery

Corbridge The Angel at Corbridge

Devizes George & Dragon

Haslingden Sleigh Restaurant

Kelsale Harrisons

Kendal Punch Bowl Inn

Lydford Dartmoor Inn

Manchester Watersreach

Oakham The Fox and Hounds

Pateley Bridge Dusty Miller

Sowerby Bridge Casa Mia

Stow-on-the-Wold Kings Arms

LONDON

BARNET

Child’s Hill Philpott’s Mezzaluna

BRENT

Willesden Green Sabras

CITY OF WESTMINSTER

Bayswater & Maida Vale The Vale

SCOTLAND

Edinburgh Rogue

Tarbert (Kintyre) Anchorage

Troon Apple Inn

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

Dungarvan The Tannery

[Jon Tseng]

No * for Anthonys?

Can't wait til Marshall sees that!

EDIT: Cross-post. Gary you actually seem quite sedate today. I thought you'd be spitting!

Edited January 19, 2006 by Jon Tseng (log)

[Corinna Dunne]

Kevin Thornton is rumoured to be considering a move out of the Fitzwilliam Hotel. This should make up his mind for him. And Michelin continues to have a complete blindspot when it comes to Chapter One.

[Matthew Grant]

????Chapter One has a star, are you saying it doesn't deserve one or deserves two?

[postcode]

And Michelin continues to have a complete blindspot when it comes to Chapter One.

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And Patrick McDonald at Paris in Birmingham, too. Just been upped to four AA rosettes and still nothing from Michelin. Compare that to the ludicrous award of a fourth rosette to Michael Deane's eponymous restaurant in Belfast (who already has a star) and it kind of makes a mockery of both guides in my eyes.

[Scottf]

????Chapter One has a star, are you saying it doesn't deserve one or deserves two?

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The Irish version I think