British restaurants celebrate after success in food awards
Three British restaurants have been voted among the world’s top 50 by Restaurant magazine.
‘Dinner’ by Heston Blumenthal restaurant, in London shot straight into the top 50 at number 9, and also took the Highest New Entry award.
Organisers said his "historically influenced British cooking has proved hugely popular with both the local and international judging panels".
His world-famous Fat Duck restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, came in at number 13.
Australian Brett Graham, whose London restaurant The Ledbury was last year’s Highest New Entry, rose an impressive 20 places to number 14, taking the Highest Climber award.
The number one position went for the third year running to Rene Redzepi’s Noma in Copenhagen.
Visitors to London will have a chance to sample his cooking during London2012 when he will be cooking at Claridges for 10 days.
British food was also celebrated earlier on Monday in the heart of London when top chefs and producers from across Britain helped launch "Food is GREAT".
The event, hosted at 10 Downing St, was part of the campaign to promote Britain as a GREAT place to visit, invest in and do business with.
Food is one of the seven tourism pillars that VisitBritain is promoting around the world, using chef Jamie Oliver to invite the world to come to Britain.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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