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The 50 Best Restaurants In The UK For 2019

The best restaurants in the UK for 2019 have been revealed in Waitrose’s latest Good Food Guide.

Taking the top spot for the second year running is Restaurant Nathan Outlaw in Cornwall, which scored its third perfect 10.

The Port Isaac seafood restaurant was commended in the Good Food Guide 2019 by Waitrose & Partners for its “knack for deploying first-rate seafood to its ultimate advantage” and Outlaw’s “confident cooking.”

What’s more, the judges praised the two Michelin star restaurant’s “lack of pomp” and its tasting menu that is “ingenious in its simplicity, yet continues to surprise.”

The Waitrose & Partners Good Food Guide has been published annually since 1951 and sees restaurants, pubs and cafes across the UK reviewed to determine the best.

This year, notable trends include restaurants focussing on reducing food waste, catering for vegans and vegetarians, and diners being able to pay for their meals before eating.

Chefs such as Alexis Gauthier of Gauthier Soho, who is looking to transition to an entirely vegan menu by 2020, and Tom Oldroyd, who runs meat-free Mondays at his tiny self-named restaurant in Islington, have led the charge with championing vegetables.

The guide's editor Elizabeth Carter says: "As far back as 2014, The Good Food Guide noted that some of our top chefs were taking a more vegetable-focused approach, with meat playing a bit part. Following a plant-based diet is neither a trend nor a fad, but a lifestyle choice which is set to shift up a gear in the years to come."

Carter also explains why Restaurant Nathan Outlaw was awarded the top spot: “This is the perfect Good Food Guide restaurant, embodying everything we champion. Expect cooking that is consistently of the highest quality combining the freshest ingredients, from shellfish and fish from sea and estuary, to locally grown fruits and vegetables.

“There’s a brilliant wine list and the excellent service is devoted to diner enjoyment with no formality. It is with great delight that Restaurant Nathan Outlaw has been awarded a perfect 10 for the third year running, and retains the number one spot in our top 50.”

Upon being crowned the Good Food Guide’s top restaurant for a second time, Nathan Outlaw says: “Learning that we had been placed in the top spot last year and retained a cooking score of 10/10 from the previous year was amazing, but this is just mind-blowing.

“My aim has always been to offer customers food cooked simply but with subtle layers of flavour and to make a visit to Restaurant Nathan Outlaw an experience to remember, for not only the food, but also for the professional and welcoming hospitality our Front of House team provide.”

Restaurant Nathan Outlaw wasn’t the only one to be scored a perfect cooking score of 10, however - L’Enclume in Cumbria and Core in Notting Hill were also awarded top marks.