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David Ellis

London’s gastronomic galaxy is now even more luminous with stars

Yesterday, Instagram was ablaze with well-deserved celebrations in dining rooms across the country. Michelin released their annual guide, recognising the extraordinary talent that stands behind stoves in the UK. We are an island luminous with stars — on this week’s count, more than 200.

The tyre company’s guide to good food offered a heartening toast to our restaurants, recognising the cocktail of innovation and grit that seems to be the hospitality sector’s signature. London fared particularly well, and the 2022 guide speaks to a city that can make a fair claim to being the food capital of the world — a claim that even just two decades ago would have had Parisians and New Yorkers snorting with derision. 

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