A total of 17 establishments throughout the UK will contend this year’s Trophée Gosset Celebris.
The contenders are split into two categories – restaurants in London and those outside the capital.
Among the hopefuls in London are Bibendum, Hakkasan, Pearl and Gordon Ramsay at Claridges.
Outside the capital Winteringham Fields in Lincolnshire, Ashdown Park hotel in Sussex, Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in Great Milton and the Harrow at Little Bedwyn in Wiltshire vie for the title.
The full shortlist is as follows:
London: the Ritz hotel, the Savoy hotel, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, Bibendum, Hakkasan, Pearl restaurant at The Renaissance Chancery Court hotel and Fishmarket at the Great Eastern hotel.
Regional: the Strathearn Restaurant at the Gleneagles Hotel, Chewton Glen in Hampshire, The Bell at Skenfrith, Winteringham Fields in Lincolnshire, The Hotel du Vin in Tunbridge Wells, Ashdown Park Hotel in Sussex, Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in Oxford, The Harrow at Little Bedwyn in Wiltshire, The Vineyard at Stockcross and Who’da Thought It in Kent.
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