A Lancashire eating place that clocked up Michelin stars inside two years of opening has been topped the first-class inside the UK, as different eating places within the north of England and Scotland received plaudits within the enterprise awards than ever earlier than. Moor Hall in Aughton, which gives seasonal modern-day British cuisine in an unstuffy us of a residence putting, is among 23 north of England and Scottish eateries named in Restaurant mag’s top 100 after its annual ballot.
Now in its 12th yr. The winners were introduced at the National Restaurant Awards ceremony at the Hurlingham Club in London. Moor Hall’s leap to the top from No six closing year way the No 1 slot returns to an eating place out of doors of the capital. This year, forty-six of the top 100 restaurants are located outside London.
The awards are judged by way of a panel of greater than 2 hundred experts consisting of food writers, cooks, and restaurateurs. The UK is split into 11 regions, with judges vote to cast for the pinnacle seven eating places they have dined at within the final one year, in order of desire. In a refurbished Grade II-listed 16th-century farmhouse with seven visitor rooms, the eating place at Moor Hall is overseen with the aid of its chef-patron, Mark Birchall, who made his call as government chef at the 2-Michelin-starred L’Enclume in Cartmel, Cumbria.
“Mark is an exceedingly proficient chef who has a clear ambition to now not just create one of the high-quality eating places within the UK however inside the international,” said Stefan Chomka, the editor of Restaurant mag. “Moor Hall is a nearly immaculate enjoy. Mark’s food is clever and resourceful but also scrumptious, the service is terrific, and the environment is relaxed and friendly.
It’s an incredible eating place that merits its name because of the first-class within the UK. Nestling in 5 acres of grounds, where a maximum of its produce is grown, by using a lake in low-mendacity Lancashire farmland, the previous non-public house changed into sold by using Andy and Tracey Bell in 2015 and underwent multimillion-pound preservation before reopening in 2017. Last year the eating place turned into awarded two Michelin stars.
