Birmingham beats London to be named Britain’s ‘most exciting foodie destination’

Friends in high places: Opheem chefs Aktar Islam, Glynn Purnell and Alex Claridge at their restaurant in Birmingham, pictured here with West Midlands Mayor Andy Street (Jacob King/PA)

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Birmingham has bettered London at The Good Food Guide’s awards ceremony, with the second city named as Britain’s “most exciting food destination”.

In an evening at the Groucho hosted by the guide’s longstanding editor Elizabeth Carter, who has helmed it for some 15 years and contributed since the Nineties, alongside its publisher Adam Hyman, the night saw Birmingham championed for its “frequently exceptional restaurants right across the price range.”