Last night, Manchester didn’t get any new Michelin stars. Chef Simon Martin’s Ancoats restaurant Mana, which won the city its first new Michelin star in 40 years, retained its star but wasn’t awarded a second. And the renowned tyre company didn’t deem any other restaurant worthy of its first.
This is not for a lack of deserving talent. Far from it. Stockport’s Where The Light Gets In, headed up by founder Sam Buckley and his very gifted team, received a ‘green star’ last year, for recognition of its sustainability. It turned out not to be the precursor to its first ‘proper’ star, at least not this year.
Adam Reid at The French also didn’t get a star, despite many thinking he’s long overdue for one. But then again, Simon Rogan also didn’t snag a star while he was cooking there, and he now has three at his restaurant L’Enclume in the Lake District, and another at Rogan & Co, also down the road in Cartmel.
