An Aughton restaurant has been given a Michelin star for the first time.
The French-based group who oversee the awarding of the prestigious accolade announced the best UK restaurants at a ceremony this evening, and some well-known Merseyside and Lancashire spots made the cut. Establishments receive a number of stars based on food quality, cooking techniques, value and consistency.
Tonight, on March 27, the Michelin Stars were unveiled at at a ceremony honouring the very best restaurants in Great Britain and Ireland.
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Fraiche, Birkenhead retained its one Michelin star, as did The Barn in Aughton, with Moor Hall celebrating its two stars and now Sō–Lō in Aughton joins them as it celebrated a one Michelin star.
So-Lo, near Ormskirk, was the only restaurant in Lancashire to receive the accolade for the first time after opening just more than 12 months ago, LancsLive reports. Chef Tim Allen aims to give a modern take on British food as he has two decades of experience working in the UK’s best restaurants.
Chef Patrol at Fraiche congratulated So-Lo on their star rating as Marc Wilkinson took to social media to say: "Huge congratulations to the team at Solo from your friends at Fraiche, super made up for you!"
Here's the full list based on star ratings:
Three Star Restaurants
- Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, London
- CORE by Clare Smyth, London
- Fat Duck, Bray
- Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, London
- L'Enclume, Cartmel
- Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London
- Sketch (The Lecture Room & Library), London
- Waterside Inn, Bray
Two Star Restaurants
- A.Wong, London
- Aimsir, Celbridge
- Alex Dilling at Hotel Café Royal, London – New
- Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles, Auchterarder
- Chapter One by Mickael Viljanen, Dublin
- Claude Bosi at Bibendum, London
- Da Terra, London
- dede, Baltimore – New
- Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London
- Hand and Flowers, Marlow
- Ikoyi, London
- Kitchen Table, London
- La Dame de Pic London, London
- Le Gavroche, London
- Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, a Belmond Hotel, Great Milton
- Liath, Blackrock
- Midsummer House, Cambridge
- Moor Hall, Aughton
- Patrick Guilbaud, Dublin
- Raby Hunt, Summerhouse
- Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham
- Story, London
- The Clove Club, London
- The Ledbury, London – New
- Ynyshir, Machynlleth
One Star Restaurants
- Àclèaf, Plymouth – New
- Adam's, Birmingham
- alchemilla, Nottingham
- Allium at Askham Hall, Askham
- Aniar, Galway
- Amaya, London
- Angler, London
- Artichoke, Amersham
- Barrafina, London
- Bastible, Dublin
- Bastion, Kinsale
- Beach House, Oxwich
- Behind, London
- Ben Wilkinson at The Pass, Horsham – New
- Benares, London
- Black Swan, Oldstead
- Bohemia, Saint Helier
- Brat, London
- Bridge Arms, Bridge
- Bulrush, Bristol
- Bybrook, Castle Combe
- Cail Bruich, Glasgow
- Campagne, Kilkenny
- Carters of Moseley, Birmingham
- Casa Fofō, London
- Chestnut, Ballydehob
- Chez Bruce, London
- City Social, London
- Clock House, Ripley
- Club Gascon, London
- Condita, Edinburgh
- Cornerstone, London
- Cottage in the Wood, Braithwaite
- Cycene, London – New
- Dining Room at The Goring, London
- Dog and Gun Inn, Skelton
- Dysart Petersham, London
- Eipic, Belfast
- Elephant, Torquay
- Elystan Street, London
- Endo at The Rotunda, London
- Evelyn's Table, London
- Five Fields, London
- Fordwich Arms, Fordwich
- Forest Side, Grasmere
- Fraiche, Birkenhead
- Frog by Adam Handling, London
- Galvin La Chapelle, London
- Gidleigh Park, Chagford – New
- Glovers Alley, Dublin
- Grace & Savour, Hampton in Arden – New
- Gravetye Manor, East Grinstead
- Gymkhana, London
- Hakkasan Hanway Place, London
- Hakkasan Mayfair, London
- Hambleton Hall, Hambleton
- Harwood Arms, London
- heft, Newton in Cartmel – New
- Heron, Leith – New
- HIDE, London
- hide and fox, Saltwood
- Hinds Head, Bray
- Hjem, Wall
- Home, Penarth
- House, Ardmore
- House of Tides, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Ichigo Ichie, Cork
- Interlude, Lower Beeding
- Jamavar, London
- John's House, Mountsorrel
- Kai, London
- Kitchen W8, London
- Kol, London
- La Trompette, London
- Lady Helen, Thomastown
- Latymer, Bagshot
- Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham
- Leroy, London
- Locanda Locatelli, London
- Loch Bay, Isle of Skye
- Luca, London – New
- Lumière, Cheltenham – New
- Lyle's, London
- Lympstone Manor, Lympstone
- mana, Manchester
- Marcus, London
- Martin Wishart, Leith
- Masons Arms, Knowstone
- Meadowsweet, Holt
- Morston Hall, Morston
- Murano, London
- Muse, London
- Northcote, Langho
- Nut Tree Inn, Murcott
- Old Stamp House, Ambleside
- Olive Tree, Bath
- Opheem, Birmingham
- Osip, Bruton
- Outlaw's Fish Kitchen, Port Isaac
- Outlaw's New Road, Port Isaac
- OX, Belfast
- Paco Tapas, Bristol
- Paul Ainsworth at No.6, Padstow
- Pea Porridge, Bury St Edmunds
- Pensons, Tenbury Wells
- Pentonbridge Inn, Penton – New
- Pétrus by Gordon Ramsay, London
- Pied à Terre, London
- Pine, East Wallhouses
- Pipe and Glass, South Dalton
- Pollen Street Social, London
- Portland, London
- Purnell's, Birmingham
- Quilon, London
- Restaurant Hywel Jones by Lucknam Park, Colerne
- Restaurant Twenty-Two, Cambridge – New
- Ritz Restaurant, London
- River Café, London
- Rogan & Co, Cartmel
- Roots, York
- Sabor, London
- Salt, Stratford-upon-Avon
- Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall, Ripon
- Simpsons, Birmingham
- SO|LA, London
- Sollip, London
- Sō–Lō, Aughton – New
- SOLSTICE BY KENNY ATKINSON, Newcastle upon Tyne – New
- Sorrel, Dorking
- Sosban & The Old Butchers, Menai Bridge
- SOURCE, Bowness-on-Windermere
- St. Barts, London – New
- St. JOHN, London
- Star Inn at Harome, Harome
- Stark, Broadstairs
- Store, Stoke Holy Cross – New
- SY23, Aberystwyth
- Taku, London – New
- Terre, Castlemartyr – New
- The Angel, Hetton
- The Barn, Aughton
- The Cellar, Anstruther
- The Coach, Marlow
- The Cross, Kenilworth
- The Dining Room, Malmesbury
- The Glenturret Lalique, Crieff
- The Kitchin, Leith
- The Man Behind The Curtain, Leeds
- The Muddlers Club, Belfast
- The Neptune, Hunstanton
- The Ninth, London
- The Oak Room, Adare
- The Peat Inn, Peat Inn
- The Royal Oak, Whatcote
- The Samling, Ambleside – New
- The Sportsman, Seasalter
- The Tudor Pass, Egham – New
- The Whitebrook, Whitebrook
- Timberyard, Edinburgh – New
- Trinity, London
- Trishna, London
- Trivet, London
- Umu, London
- Unalome by Graeme Cheevers, Glasgow
- Upstairs by Tom Shepherd, Lichfield
- Variety Jones, Dublin
- Veeraswamy, London
- Walnut Tree, Llanddewi Skirrid
- White Swan, Fence
- Wild Honey Inn, Lisdoonvarna
- Wild Honey St James, London
- Winteringham Fields, Winteringham
- Woven by Adam Smith, Ascot
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