AA ROSETTE CRITERIA

 One rosette
Chefs should display a mastery of basic techniques and be able to produce dishes of sound quality and clarity of flavours, using good, fresh ingredients.
 Two rosettes
Innovation, greater technical skill and more consistency and judgement in combining and balancing ingredients are all needed at this level.
 Three rosettes
This award takes a restaurant into the big league. Expectations of the kitchen are high: exact technique, flair and imagination must come through in every dish, and balance and depth of flavour are all-important.
 Four rosettes
At this level, not only should all technical skills be exemplary, but there should also be daring ideas, and they must work. There is no room for disappointment. Flavours should be accurate and vibrant.

 Five rosettes
The supreme accolade awarded only when the cooking is at the pinnacle of achievement. Flavours, combinations and textures show a faultless sense of balance, giving each dish an extra dimension.

 

THREE AA ROSETTES: LONDON
Arbutus, London W1	AA entry
L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, London WC1	AA entry
Aurora, Andaz Liverpool Street, London EC2	AA entry
L'Autre Pied, London W1	AA entry
Chapter Two, London SE3	AA entry
Chez Bruce, London SW17	AA entry
Clos Maggiore, London WC2	AA entry
Club Gascon, London EC1	AA entry
L'Escargot - The Picasso Room, London W1	AA entry
Le Gavroche, London, W1	AA entry
The Glasshouse, Kew, Greater London	AA entry
Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's, London W1	AA entry
The Greenhouse, London W1	AA entry
The Grill at the Dorchester hotel W1	AA entry
Hakkasan, London W1	AA entry
Jaan, Swissôtel The Howard, London WC2	AA entry
The Ledbury, London W11	AA entry
Lindsay House restaurant, London W1	AA entry
Maze, London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, London W1	AA entry
Morgan M, London N7	AA entry
Nahm, London SW1	AA entry
Nobu, London W1	AA entry
La Noisette, London SW1	AA entry
Notting Hill Brasserie, London W11	AA entry
Odette's, London NW1	AA entry
One-O-One, Sheraton Park Tower, London SW1	AA entry
Orrery, London W1	AA entry
Pearl Restaurant and Bar at the Renaissance Chancery Court, London  WC1	AA entry
Rasoi restaurant, London SW3	AA entry
Rhodes Twenty Four, London EC2	AA entry
Rhodes Restaurant W1, London W1	AA entry
The River Café, London W6	AA entry
Roka, London W1	AA entry
Texture at Best Western Mostyn hotel, London W1	AA entry
Theo Randall at the InterContinental, London W1	AA entry
Trinity restaurant, London SW4	AA entry
La Trompette, London W4	AA entry
Umu, London W1	AA entry
Zafferano, London SW1	AA entry

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