Rob and Emma Green from Green's Restaurant, Whitby
Whisk your date off for lunch or dinner at one of this year’s award-winning restaurants.
The winners of this year’s numerous restaurant and hotel awards have been announced, and here are the ones you need to know about. Bon appetit!
Green’s Restaurant & Bistro, in Whitby, North Yorkshire
If you’re looking for somewhere to take your date in North Yorkshire, head to Green’s Restaurant & Bistro in Whitby. Not only has chef Rob Green been crowned National Seafood Chef of the Year, but the restaurant which he runs with his wife Emma won the ‘Taste of Yorkshire’ award at the White Rose Awards organised by the Yorkshire Tourist Board.
The restaurant always has a menu brimming with bounty from the surrounding coast. Rob keeps in daily contact with the skippers of the local trawlers to get the best of ‘The Catch of the Day’, which he collects fresh each morning from the Quayside a few minutes away from the Restaurant – and even the name of the boat which caught the catch is on the menu. Of course all the meat is local too – and even the flour for their homemade bread hails from the county.
A two course menu costs £33.95 and a three course menu £40.95. To book telephone 01947 600284 or make a reservation online at http://greensofwhitby.co.uk/.
Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms, Nottingham
Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms is Nottingham’s only Michelin starred restaurant and it has now been crowned the 4th best restaurant in the UK at Restaurant Magazine’s National Restaurant Awards earlier this month, just days before it was awarded the prestigious 5 AA Rosettes – the highest accolade from the AA and the only restaurant to achieve the award this year.
A winner of the prestigious Roux scholarship in 1999, Sat Bains opened the restaurant with his wife Amanda in 2002 and won the county’s only Michelin star in 2003. It was awarded the best UK Restaurant of the Year 2007, and in 2008 Observer Food Monthly voted it Best Restaurant of the Year and number 1 in their ‘50 Sexiest Places to be Fed’.
Sat’s cuisine is based on a philosophy of taste, texture and temperature, and diners can choose from a 5, 7 or 10 course tasting menu. Throughout Autumn you can also take advantage of one of their Dinner, Bed and Breakfast Packages for £120 – £140 per guest for a Double or Superior room, the 7 Course Tasting menu and of course breakfast. For reservations telephone 0115 986 6566 or email info@restaurantsatbains.net.
Gidleigh Park, Devon in Dartmoor National Park
Gidleigh Park is a luxury hotel set in 107 acres within the beautiful Dartmoor National Park. The hotel has won a series of awards this year including gold in the ‘Hotel of the Year’ category at this year’s Enjoy England Awards, silver in the Green Tourism award, 4 Red Stars in AA Inspectors’ Choice, and Condé Nast Johansens Awards for Excellence ‘Connoisseurs List’.
The restaurant holds two Michelin stars and since 1994 the critically acclaimed chef Michael Caines MBE, has been at the helm. Special offers this Autumn include a garden tour and 2 Michelin star lunch, or a fungi foray and lunch costing £57 and £65 per person respectively. Up until the 31st November you can also enjoy a special autumn mid-week lunch for £25 for two courses or £33 for three. For further information telephone 01647 432367 or visit http://www.gidleigh.com/.
The Kitchin, Edinburgh
The Kitchin run by chef Tom Kitchin and his wife Michaela won it’s first Michelin star in 2007 just six months after it opened. This year it has won a host of awards including second place in Eat Out magazine’s best restaurants in the UK, and the Best in Scotland at the National Restaurant Awards.
Situated in the Commercial Quay in Leith, Edinburgh, the Kitchin’s motto is from nature to plate, and if you’ve ever seen Tom on Saturday Morning Kitchen or The Great British Menu, you’ll know just how passionate he is about this ethos. The set lunch menu offers three courses for £24.50, whilst main on the a la carte menu are around £30. To book telephone 0131 555 1755 or email info@thekitchin.com.
Hardwick Restaurant in Abergavenny, Wales
The Hardwick Restaurant owned by chef Stephen Terry is the winner of the Good Pub Guide’s Dining Pub of the Year 2010 for Wales. Stephen makes sure The Hardwick is a place where everyone feels welcome, whether it’s for a quick pint or meeting friends and family for lunch. So you’ll find ham, egg and chips on the menu alongside roasted Gower Peninsula Sea Bass – yet the ingredients will be of equal qaulity.
Main courses range from £14 – £25, or you can have the set lunch menu for around £20 per person. Telephone 01873 854220 or email info@thehardwick.co.uk to make a reservation.
The Vineyard at Stockcross, Newbury
The Vineyard scooped the Hotel Restaurant of the Year title at this year’s Restaurant Awards, and came 6th in the top 100 UK restaurants. This 5-star country hotel has 49 beautiful individually designed rooms and a 2 star Michelin restaurant, so it’s a beautiful destination for lunch, dinner of a weekend away.
The restaurant is now run by French chef Daniel Galmiche who has been described as the ‘king of contemporary French cooking’. Mains on the lunch menu cost around £20 and the taster menu is £100. Telephone 01635 528770 or visit http://www.the-vineyard.co.uk to book.
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