BREAKING: London Restaurants That Just Won A Michelin Star!
For the rest of us there’s Christmas, for Chefs there’s Michelin star day. But unlike Christmas, there’s a chance that you really might get a stocking full of coal. Michelin stars come and go, and restaurants have to be on their best form all year round to win the coveted awards, and equally they can lose them with the same carelessness with which I leave baseball caps at house parties. And last night was the big night, the annual naughty and nice list, with eight London restaurnats losing their Michelin stars but six others gaining stars.
First, the unfortunates, whose unlucky stars were Benares (they somewhat acrimoniously lost their brilliant chef Atul Kochhar this year), Bonhams in Mayfair, Fera at Claridge’s, the wonderful Galvin at Windows, Soho’s Yauatcha, L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon and Hedone, out in Chiswick. Meanwhile poor The Araki found itself demoted from two stars to one.
sketch
While The Gallery at Sketch, resplendent in powder pink, scores highly in Insta likes, the food is somewhat hit-and-miss. But upstairs at The Lecture Room & Library the consistency is high, and so’s the quality because it’s been given a rare third Michelin Star! The restaurant deservedly joins the very elite club made up of the Fat Duck at Bray, Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester, Alain Roux’s The Waterside Inn and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay (who famously exclaimed at last year’s awards “Do you have any idea of the kind of s*** I’d get if I lost my third star?”).
Where: 9 Conduit Street, Mayfair, W1S 2XG
Website: www.sketch.london
Da Terra
Hackney’s Da Terra, set inside Bethnal Green Town Hall, represents a second Michelin star win for Paulo Airaudo after his Geneva restaurant La Bottega won one back in 2015. Da Terra glories in its Basque menu, an excellent addition to East London’s crowded fine dining scene.
Where: 8 Patriot Square, Bethnal Green, E2 9NF
Website: www.daterra.co.uk
Mãos
Under the helm of Chiltern Firehouse alum Nuno Mende, Mãos in Shoreditch is intimate. Really intimate. After the relatively sprawling auspices of Chiltern Firehouse this tiny, supper club-esque restaurant sits in a loft space and seats sixteen people (together, so expect to get to know them!).
Where: 41 Redchurch Street, Shoreditch, E2 7DJ
Website: www.bluemountain.school
Outside London, here are the restaurants that have also been awarded stars:
Two stars
The Dining Room, Whatley Manor, Malmesbury
One star
Stark, Broadstairs
Artichoke, Amersham
Cottage in the Woods, Lake District
Allium at Askham Hall, Lake District
Old Stamp House, Lake District
The Oak Room, Adare
Opheem, Birmingham
Mana, Manchester
The Angel, Hetton
Pensons, Herefordshire
Beach House, Oxwich
Condita, Edinburgh
Bastion, Kinsale
The Tudor Room, Egham
Isle of Eriska, Hebrides
The Royal Oak, Whatcote
Interlude, Lower Beeding
The Muddlers Club, Belfast
Alchemilla, Nottingham
Check out our other Michelin-star guides:
17 Michelin Restaurants You Need To Check Out Within Three Hours Of London
London’s 10 Most Affordable Michelin Star Restaurants
