The top entries and award winners from the 2017 Good Food Guide are revealed today and Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles is the top rated Scottish restaurant.
One of five Scottish restaurants in the GFG’s Top 50, Chef Fairlie’s restaurant was in ninth position overall.
New Scottish entries include Edinburgh’s Aizle and Inver at Strachur. Aizle was praised for sustainability and its use of seasonal and local ingredients while Inver was singled out for its use of heritage ingredients and its reliance on local resources in a remote area.
Glasgow doubles up
Other new Scottish entries include Birlinn on Isle of Skye; North Port in Perth and Eusebi Deli, The Gannet and 111 by Nico in Glasgow.
Glasgow has nearly doubled its number of entries, moving from seven last year to thirteen in 2017.
The new entrants mentioned above join Good Food Guide old hands such as Porter & Rye, Number 16, The Finnieston, Gamba, Cail Bruich and Brian Maule at Chardon D’Or.
Castle Terrace in Edinburgh, run by chef-patron Dominic Jack, joined the Top 50 list for the first time and debuted at number 22.
The Peat Inn in Fife (ranked 20 with a cooking score of 8), along with Tom Kitchin’s eponymous Kitchin (ranked 23) and Restaurant Martin Wishart (ranked 39), all make the coveted Top 50 list.
Best talent in UK
The Top 50 recognises the very best talent in the UK. A place on the list represents a huge achievement, with each position earned by its score in The Good Food Guide, editor appraisal, anonymous expert inspections and strength of reader feedback.
The top restaurant in the whole of the UK this year is L’Enclume in Cumbria, which scored a perfect 10 and kept the number one spot for the fourth year running.
The Good Food Guide will be available to buy at Waitrose from 5th September priced at £12.99 (rrp £17.99). The guide can also be pre-ordered now at thegoodfoodguide.co.uk
Top 50 Restaurants
Score out of ten in brackets
1 L’Enclume, Cumbria (10)
2 Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Cornwall (10)
3 Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottinghamshire (9)
4 Pollen Street Social, London (9)
5 Hibiscus, London (9)
6 The Fat Duck, Berkshire (9)
7 Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London (9)
8 Hedone, London (8)
9 Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Tayside (8)
10 Fraiche, Merseyside (8)
11 The Ledbury, London (8)
12 Midsummer House, Cambridgeshire (8)
13 Le Champignon Sauvage, Gloucestershire (8)
14 Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester, London (8)
15 Fera at Claridges, London (8)
16 Le Gavroche, London (8)
17 Marcus, London (8)
18 The French, Manchester (8)
19 André Garrett at Cliveden, Berkshire (8)
20 The Peat Inn, Fife (8)
21 Whatley Manor, The Dining Room, Wiltshire (8)
22 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh (7) New to the Top 50 this year
23 The Kitchin, Edinburgh (7)
24 Bohemia, Jersey (7)
25 The Greenhouse, London (7) New to the Top 50 this year
26 The Waterside Inn, Berkshire (7)
27 Casamia, Bristol (7)
28 Paul Ainsworth at No. 6, Cornwall (7)
29 Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London (7)
30 Artichoke, Buckinghamshire (7)
31 Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Oxfordshire (7)
32 Restaurant Story, London (7)
33 Gidleigh Park, Devon (7)
34 Restaurant James Sommerin, Glamorgan (7)
35 Simpsons, Birmingham (7) New to the Top 50 this year
36 Sketch, London (7)
37 Forest Side, Cumbria (7) New to the Top 50 this year
38 Murano, London (7)
39 Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh (7)
40 Ynyshir, Powys (7)
41 Adam’s, Birmingham (7)
42 The Raby Hunt, Durham (7)
43 Freemasons at Wiswell, Lancashire (7)
44 Orwells, Oxfordshire (7) New to the Top 50 this year
45 Restaurant Marianne, London (7) New to the Top 50 this year
46 Hambleton Hall, Rutland (7)
47 The Whitebrook, Gwent (7) New to the Top 50 this year
48 Llangoed Hall, Powys (7)
49 Lake Road Kitchen, Cumbria (6)
50 The Dairy, London (6)