Ian F. wrote:
> http://tinyurl.com/2v3ffa
>
> London is home to six of world's best restaurants
>
> By Patrick Sawer, Evening Standard 23.04.07
>
>
> London scored a major triumph in the field of haute cuisine today after it
> emerged it has six of the world's best restaurants.
>
> The capital's international reputation for fine dining was confirmed by
> the inclusion of the six on a list of 50 restaurants drawn up by a panel
> of 651 judges who surveyed more than 70 countries.
>
> France had the largest number on the list, with the US second and Britain
> third with seven. Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck was the only British
> restaurant on the list outside London.
>
> The six were Le Gavroche, St John's, Nobu, Hakkasan, Restaurant Gordon
> Ramsay and the River Café.
>
> The Fat Duck, in Bray, Berkshire, is set to go head to head against
> Spain's internationally-renown El Bulli for the top prize at the S
> Pellegrino awards in London tonight.
>
> Blumenthal, who has previously won the S Pellegrino award for top
> restaurant, said British restaurants are benefiting from a greater
> interest in food from the UK public. "What's happened is that we used to
> consider going to a restaurant on a special occasion, and when we went it
> was all candelabras and fancy waiters in dickie-bow ties.
>
> "More recently we have seen more of a going out culture. People in Britain
> are much more aware and interested in food," he said.
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He came 2nd to El Bulli, and was just interviewed on R4's today
programme FWIW.
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