More reactions from the Michelin Guide 2015 winners

With the Michelin Guide 2015 having been released today, The Staff Canteen has three more reactions from its newest winners. For Adam Bennett, head chef of The Cross, a pub restaurant in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, winning a star is ‘a great feeling’. The business only opened twelve months ago and so Adam didn’t think they would be ‘on the guide’s radar’. “In our minds the year has been more about establishing ourselves,” he said. “We’d hoped to be up for a star next year maybe, but to get it this year is a real surprise.” Adam and his commis chef Kristian Curtis have recently been spending much of their time in the European finals of the Bocuse D’Or culinary Olympics, making the win all the more surprising. Meanwhile over in the North Yorkshire Moors sits another award-winning pub. Andrew Pern’s The Star has also – fittingly – regained its star after a three year absence, and for Andrew it’s ‘very nice to have it back’. As to how they achieved it, Andrew says himself and head chef Steve Smith worked their ‘socks off’. “We’ve not missed a shift in the last three years,” he said. “And it’s paid off.” He added: “Keeping at the top of the pile or thereabouts in our pub sector has always been very important to us. It’s a daily challenge, which is great – we’re