MICHELIN MEN KEEP 3 STARS
Super chefs with restaurants in Bray, Berkshire - Heston Blumenthal of the Fat Duck and Michel Roux at the Waterside Inn - join Gordon Ramsay with his Chelsea eatery in retaining their exclusive three star rating in the new Michelin Guide 2008.
In the scramble for the industry's highest awards, it was a mixed year for Ramsay with two of his protégées, Angela Hartnett, who was at the Connaught, and Marcus Wareing at the now-closed Savoy Grill, losing their stars.
Five London restaurants have been awarded their first Michelin stars at La Trompette, Chiswick, Rhodes1 in Regents Park and Quilon, Victoria, along with Hibiscus and Wild Honey in Mayfair.
New first-time one stars across England include The Goose, Britwell Salome, Oxon; West Stoke House, Chichester, Sussex; Apicius, Cranbrook, Kent; Nathan Outlaw, Fowey, Cornwall and Sportsman in Whitstable, Kent.
The most outlying newcomer is Tean in the Scilly Isles run by head chef Kenny Atkinson, of Newcastle, while those in Scotland are Balluchulish House in the Highlands and Champany Inn, Linlithgow, West Lothian.
There are no new two star venues with those retaining their status including Midsummer House, Cambridge; Gidleigh Park, Devon; Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham; Vineyard, Stock Cross; Le Manoir aux Quatre Saison, Oxon; and Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles in Scotland.
Those in London keeping their two stars are Pied a Terre; The Capital; Petrus; La Gavroche and The Square.
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Words: Les Leonard
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