L’Enclume is top UK restaurant in Waitrose Good Food Guide 2014

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Simon Rogan’s Cumbrian restaurant, L’Enclume, has achieved the top spot in Waitrose Good Food Guide 2014  for the very first time, as the restaurant guide publishes its annual ranking of the UK’s Top 50 restaurants.

Restaurants in the Good Food Guide are awarded a cooking score out of ten, with L’Enclume achieving the top score for the second year in a row.

Simon Rogan, chef-proprietor of L’Enclume, said: "I'm so proud of my staff and this phenomenal achievement with The Good Food Guide. This is something we have always dreamed about. We have received this accolade because of our focus on both the food product and the customer - keeping it natural and fresh in the kitchen, and friendly but professional in the dining room.'"

Elizabeth Carter, Consultant Editor of the Good Food Guide, said: "Rogan rightfully takes his place as leader of the pack when it comes to modern British cooking. His fantastic way with seasonal ingredients from the Cumbrian land and coast brings dishes that are a joyful celebration of this county’s magnificent diversity. L’Enclume is truly deserving of the number one spot."

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The 2014 edition of The Good Food Guide’s Top 50 restaurant ranking has seen all ten restaurants from 2013 hang on to their Top 10 ranking, with Cornish favourite Restaurant Nathan Outlaw rising to number three.  Restaurant Sat Bains, in Nottinghamshire, and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London are at the number four and five respectively. Jason Atherton’s Pollen Street Social in London remains at number six. Hibiscus, The Square and The Ledbury, also in London, have risen to spots seven, eight and nine respectively.  Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons is ranked at number ten.

>>> Read more about the Good Food Guide 2016

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Editor 3rd September 2013

L’Enclume is top UK restaurant in Waitrose Good Food Guide 2014