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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Bethan McKernan Wales correspondent

Two stars from Michelin, one for hygiene: star chef’s poor score ignites UK dining debate

A chef in a kitchen.
Gareth Ward, the chef and owner of two-Michelin-starred Ynyshir in Powys, which has been given a one-star hygiene rating. Photograph: Great British Chefs

According to a critic who has eaten at every three-star Michelin restaurant in the world, Gareth Ward, the star chef and owner of Ynyshir, on the southern edge of Eryri national park, is a groundbreaking visionary.

“He knows which rules to break and when,” Andy Hayler wrote. “He’s like Picasso; if you look at his early still lifes, they’re unbelievably perfect.”

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