Fraiche in Oxton, Cheshire has been named Britain’s best restaurant, topping The Sunday Times Top 100 Restaurants. The list, which was published on Sunday 19 October is compiled by The Sunday Times in association with Harden’s. Now in its fifth year, it is based on 70,000 reviews from more than 6,000 consumers.
Editor of The Sunday Times Top 100 Restaurants, Karen Robinson, said: “The Sunday Times Restaurant List is the definitive guide to the best places to eat in Britain. We carefully compile and analyse the reviews of thousands of diners to produce our top 100, so the chefs and restaurants that feature have truly earned their place. It is very exciting to see the evolution of the list since The Sunday Times first published it in 2010 – this year has seen a marked increase in the number of restaurants outside London, a sign that we are becoming an increasingly sophisticated culinary nation.”
The Sunday Times Top 100 Restaurants 2014 – Top 20
Key regional figures
- London – 47 restaurants featured – the first time London has provided less than half the list, but it has two in the top ten, and 19 in the top 50
- South West – 11 restaurants, including Bristol’s first ever entry on the list, Wilks
- South East – 11 restaurants, including three in the top 15
- North West – 7 restaurants, including top five rankings for Fraiche and L’Enclume
- Midlands – 7 restaurants, including three in the top 10
- Yorkshire – 3 restaurants, region’s best performance since the list was first published in 2010
- East – 2 restaurants, including new entry the Neptune in Norfolk
- North East – 1 restaurant, the region’s first ever entry is Raby Hunt in Darlington
- Scotland – 8 restaurants, including four in Edinburgh – 21212, The Castle Terrace and The Kitchin and Restaurant Martin Wishart – making it the city outside of London with the most entries on the list
- Wales – 2 restaurants, after no entries in the top 100 last year: Tyddyn Llan in Llandrillo and Checkers in Montgomery
- Jersey – 1 restaurant, The Bohemia at The Club Hotel & Spa, after the Channel Island had no entries in 2013
The full top 100, including rankings and overall score is revealed in The Sunday Times Top 100 Restaurants published on 19 October. The Top 100 Restaurants exemplifies The Sunday Times’ rich heritage and commitment to investing in its journalism to continue offering readers of its papers world-class, unique and unrivalled content.
The prices quoted in The Top 100 Restaurants are for the typical cost, per person, of a three-course dinner with half a bottle of house wine, coffee, service and VAT.
The Sunday Times Top 100 Restaurants is the first in a series of supplements and Food Magazine Specials celebrating cooking and dining. This weekend’s 100 Top Restaurants will be followed on Sunday October 26 by The Sunday Times Top restaurants for £20 a head.