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Stephanie Colderick

Welsh restaurant re-enters Michelin guide four years after handing back star

A Welsh restaurant that handed back its Michelin Star in 2018 has now been awarded a place in the prestigious guide. The restaurant decided to hand back its Michelin Star when the restaurant relaunched as Checkers Penny, you can read more here.

The Checkers in Montgomery was owned by Stephane Borie and when Stephane stepped back from working in the kitchen, to work for private clients across the UK and Europe, his partner Sarah Francis and her sister Kathryn Francis decided to relaunch the restaurant. After changing the name to Checkers Penny from The Checkers Sarah and Kathryn handed back the Michelin star.

Now the restaurant is owned by husband and wife duo Andrew and Rachel Birch. The restaurant has also returned to using the name The Checkers. You can keep up to date with the latest What's On news by signing up to the newsletter here.

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