Condé Nast Traveller, the worldwide authority on high-end journey, introduced the winners of its second annual UK’s Top New Restaurant Awards, celebrated at an occasion hosted by Condé Nast Traveller’s world editorial director, Divia Thani, at Ambassadors Clubhouse in London.
Judges together with Raymond Blanc OBE, Jackson Boxer and Anna Shaffer shaped this yr’s distinguished panel, deciding on winners who demonstrated culinary aptitude, creativity and excellence within the kitchen.
Meals has an unimaginable skill to be a gateway right into a tradition, to convey down partitions and to convey individuals collectively, which is what we got down to do with our second annual UK’s Prime New Restaurant Awards. Gathering the highest expertise throughout the nation’s vibrant meals scene to have fun their unimaginable achievements right here tonight has been a privilege.
We wish to congratulate all of tonight’s winners and thank our unimaginable panel of judges who’ve rightfully recognised a few of the greatest cooks and eating places within the UK. Divia Thani, world editorial director of Condé Nast Traveller
The UK’s high new eating places are:
- Albatross Demise Cult, Jewelry Quarter, Birmingham
- Ambassadors Clubhouse, Mayfair, London
- AngloThai, Marylebone, London
- Briar at Quantity One, Somerset
- Camille, Borough, London
- Canteen, Notting Hill, London
- Fallachan Kitchen, Finnieston, Glasgow
- Fonda, Mayfair, London
- Josephine Bouchon, Chelsea, London
- Lita, Marylebone, London
- The Grain Retailer, Weybourne, Norfolk
- Miga, Hackney, London
- Nàdair, Marchmont, Edinburgh
- Nest Farmhouse, Docking, Norfolk
- Oma, Borough, London
- Outlier, East Finish, Glasgow
- Pomus, Margate, Kent
- Riverine Rabbit, Stirchley, Birmingham
- The Shed, Waterfront, Swansea
- Skof, Noma, Manchester
- Tollington’s, Finsbury Park, London
A reader’s selection vote chosen Sonnet Restaurant, Alnwick, Northumberland as The Readers’ Favorite Prime New Restaurant of 2024.
The judges additionally chosen winners in six bespoke classes:
- The Prime New Sustainable Restaurant of 2024 Sponsored by Polestar, Osip, Bruton, Somerse
- The Prime New Resort Restaurant 2024, Briar at Quantity One Bruton, Somerset
- The Prime New Sommelier of 2024 Sponsored by Champagne Laurent-Perrier, Emma Denney, Claridge’s, London
- The Prime New Chef of 2024, Kirk Haworth, Plates, London
- The One to Watch 2024, Nathaniel Morley aka Natty Can Cook dinner, The Greyhound, London
- The Lifetime Achievement Award, Fergus Henderson, St. John, London
Winners have been introduced with a personalized magnum of Laurent-Perrier Heritage.
Judges for the UK’s Prime New Restaurant Awards are:
- Raymond Blanc OBE: A culinary icon famend for his distinctive expertise, innovation, and unwavering dedication to the artwork of French delicacies.
- Gizzi Erskine: A chef and award successful meals author who has a column on meals sub tradition and girls’s points within the I-paper.
- Infamous Foodie: One of the vital influential content material creators within the UK, Infamous Foodie is a self-taught dwelling prepare dinner from London. Whether or not it’s indulgent dwelling cooking utilizing the perfect elements or advantageous eating on the most talked about eating places, you’ll discover this and every part in between on his channels which have amassed over 14 million followers (@Notorious_Foodie).
- Anna Shaffer: Anna’s breakout function got here as Romilda Vane within the broadly acclaimed Harry Potter movies. She later captivated audiences as Triss Merigold, the enigmatic sorceress in Netflix’s fantasy collection The Witcher, a job she has performed because the first season, with the fourth set to air in 2025. On stage, Anna delivered a standout efficiency within the UK premiere of Faculty Ladies; Or, The African Imply Ladies Play at The Lyric Theatre, bringing Ericka Boafo to life in a critically acclaimed, joy-filled, and sold-out run. In 2019 her husband opened well-liked neighbourhood wine bar Hector’s in De Beauvoir, the place she may be discovered on Friday’s arranging the flowers and most Saturday’s propping up the bar.
- Poppy O’Toole: Poppy O’Toole is the self-titled ‘Potato Queen’ of the web, the place she has amassed over 5.5 million followers. She will usually be seen on TV as a choose on ITV’s Cooking With The Stars or BBC Three’s Younger Masterchef. She’s additionally the bestselling creator of three books, along with her most up-to-date, The Really Scrumptious Slowcooker E-book, hitting #1 on the Sunday Occasions bestselling charts.
- Jackson Boxer: Jackson Boxer is a famend London chef working throughout establishments together with Brunswick Home and Orasay the place he’s chef proprietor, Cowley Manor, Jackson Boxer at The Nook and most just lately, Henri at Henrietta Experimental. He sometimes places pen to paper for numerous publications.
- Julie Lin: A Malaysian-Scottish chef, author, TV presenter and restaurateur. Julie has a profitable restaurant in Glasgow, GaGa, Michelin advisable and named Greatest Restaurant in Scotland in 2022. A few of her current work consists of common appearances on Saturday Kitchen, that includes on The Bushy Bikers Go Native and massively well-liked Netflix collection Someone Feed Phil, in addition to cooking for Judi Dench on Nation File.
- Jackson Mclarty: The founding father of Black Eats LDN, the UK’s largest Black-owned meals and tradition platform. Recognised as a trailblazer, McLarty was named to GUAP’s 30 Below 30 record in 2021. Below his management, Mclarty has instantly supported over 500 Black-owned companies and collaborated with prestigious festivals together with Wi-fi and Cross the Tracks.
- Tom Parker Bowles: A contributing editor to Conde Nast Traveller, in addition to Restaurant Critic for The Mail on Sunday and Meals Editor of Esquire, in addition to writing a month-to-month column for County Life. He’s an everyday choose on BBC’s Masterchef, and is the creator of eight books. His new one, Cooking and The Crown, is out in September.
- Sarah Allard: Digital director at Condé Nast Traveller. Sarah lives in east London and is journey and meals obsessed – if she’s not consuming out at one of many latest spots within the metropolis, then you definately’ll discover her battling to stuff as a lot as she will right into a carry-on and heading to the airport.
About Polestar
Polestar (Nasdaq: PSNY) is the Swedish electrical efficiency automobile model decided to enhance society by utilizing design and expertise to speed up the shift to sustainable mobility. Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, its vehicles can be found on-line in 27 markets globally throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Within the UK, Polestar is predicated in Bicester, Oxfordshire. A complete of eight retail areas, referred to as Polestar Areas, can be found for patrons to bodily have interaction with non-commissioned Polestar Specialists and prepare check drives.
Polestar plans to have a line-up of 5 efficiency EVs by 2026. Polestar 2, the electrical efficiency fastback, launched in 2019. Polestar 3, the SUV for the electrical age, launched in late 2022 and Polestar 4, the SUV coupé remodeled, launched earlier in 2024. Polestar 5, an electrical four-door GT and Polestar 6, an electrical roadster – each engineered within the UK – are coming quickly.
The Polestar 0 challenge helps the corporate’s formidable objective of making a really climate-neutral manufacturing automobile by 2030. The analysis initiative additionally goals to create a way of urgency to behave on the local weather disaster, by difficult workers, suppliers and the broader automotive business, to drive in direction of zero.
About Champagne Laurent-Perrier
Based in 1812, Laurent-Perrier is among the most distinguished, family-owned Champagne Homes. Primarily based proper within the coronary heart of the Champagne area in Excursions-sur-Marne, Laurent-Perrier has a pedigree for innovation, handcrafting elegant champagnes utilizing conventional, time-honoured strategies.
The Home was acquired by the Nonancourt household in 1939 and for 50 years Bernard de Nonancourt devoted his life to innovating and perfecting Laurent-Perrier champagne. At present, with Bernard’s daughters Alexandra and Stéphanie on the Administration Board, the Home of Laurent-Perrier is among the nice success tales in Champagne, and is the most important unbiased champagne model worldwide.
As a recognition of high quality and environmental duty, Laurent-Perrier was first awarded the Royal Warrant of HRH The Prince of Wales in 1998 and in 2024 is the one champagne home to be granted the celebrated Royal Warrant by King Charles III.
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