Michelin awards 26 new Bib Gourmands
Michelin UK has released details of the 26 restaurants to have gained a Bib Gourmand in its Guide for Great Britain and Ireland 2015.
Among the restaurants the guide rates as offering good food at affordable prices (a limit of £28 for three courses) are Bibo in Putney (run by chef Chris Beverley and backed by restaurateur Rebecca Mascarenhas), Made by Bob in Cirencester and Passorn in Edinburgh.
The Michelin UK guide editor Rebecca Burr said: "The Bib Gourmand awards also reflect the continuing trend for competitively priced, less structured and more flexible dining. These include Ibérico World Tapas in Derby, 64° in Brighton and Palomar in Soho; as well as the Gannet and Ox and Finch, both in Glasgow."
In total there were nine new Bib Gourmand's in London, with Scotland and Northern Ireland each securing three new ratings.
Those that were deleted from the list of Bib Gourmand's included the Fox and Grapes in Wimbledon, the Ginger Pig in Brighton and the Butchers Arms of Woolhope in Herefordshire.
New Bib Gourmands
England 64°, Brighton and Hove
Made by Bob, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Five Bells Inn, Clyst Hydon, Devon
Ibérico World Tapas, Derby
Three Oaks, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire
Crown, Maidenhead
Talbot Inn, Mells, Somerset
Halsetown Inn, St Ives/ Halsetown, Cornwall
Cornish Arms, Tavistock, Devon
Le Langhe, York
London
Indian Essence, Pett's Wood, Bromley
Barnyard, Bloomsbury, Camden
Rotorino, Hackney
Roots at N1, Hackney
Yipin China, Islington
Bibo, Putney
Earl Spencer, Southfields
Polpetto, Soho
Palomar, Soho
Scotland
Passorn, Edinburgh
The Gannet, Glasgow
Ox and Fin, Glasgow
Northern Ireland
Bar + Grill at James Street South, Belfast
Deanes at Queens, Belfast
Old Schoolhouse Inn, Lisbane, Ards
Republic of Ireland
Etto, Dublin
Deletions
England
Royal Oak, Bishopstone, Wiltshire
Ginger Pig, Brighton and Hove
Amelie and Friends, Chichester, West Sussex
Three Mariners, Faversham/ Oare, Kent
Quince Tree, Henley on Thames/ Stonor, Buckinghamshire
Plough Inn, Longparish, Hampshire
Apple Tree Inn, West Pennard, Somerset
Butchers Arms, Woolhope, Herefordshire
Scotland
Hawthorn, Benderloch
London
Barrafina, Soho (now Michelin starred)
Princess of Shoreditch, Hackney
Fox and Grapes, Wimbledon
Mango and Silk, East Sheen
Simply Thai, Teddington