A Glasgow restaurant has been named 'exceptional' in the Good Food Guide Awards.
The annual event returned to celebrate the best and most diverse eateries in the UK with a swanky event at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Tuesday.
With dozens of prestigious restaurants recognised by the awards, just one Glasgow spot was mentioned - Cail Bruich.
The Michelin-starred eatery in the West End was named on the guide's 'exceptional' list for 2024 alongside the likes of The Ritz and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay.
Meaning 'eat well' in Gaelic, Cail Bruich is famed for its five-to-seven-course tasting menus using the best local Scottish or British produce.
After the restaurant was awarded a Michelin star in 2021, head chef Lorna McNee became the first and only female solo chef in Glasgow to have the honour.
Good Food Guide editor Elizabeth Carter said: “It's a new era for The Good Food Guide with a new look and a revamped rating system, but the Guide’s deep-rooted values remain exactly the same.
"There’s always been a lot of excitement surrounding our awards, and this year we've overhauled them to better reflect the fast-paced changes in Britain’s dining out scene.
"I’m incredibly proud of the entire awards list as every restaurant on it, not just the winners, sets the standard by which all others should be measured.”
See the full list of winners in the Good Food Guide Awards 2024
The full list of World Class and Exceptional restaurants, along with the individual award winner is as follows:
World Class
L’Enclume, Cumbria
Moor Hall, Lancashire
The Sportsman, Kent - NEW
Ynyshir, Mid Wales
New Exceptional-rated restaurants for 2024:
Behind, London
CORE by Clare Smyth, London
Mýse, North Yorkshire
The Cedar Tree at Farlam Hall, Cumbria
The Ritz, London
The Sea, The Sea Chef’s Table, London
Exceptional
Aulis London, London
Annwn, Mid-Wales
Cail Bruich, Glasgow
Claude Bosi at Bibendum, London
Da Terra, London
Edinbane Lodge, Isle of Skye
Grace & Savour, West Midlands
Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, London
Hide and Fox, Kent
Hjem, Northumberland
Harborne Kitchen, Birmingham
Home at Penarth, Wales
La Dame de Pic, London
Lake Road Kitchen, Cumbria
Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Oxfordshire
Meadowsweet, Norfolk
Old Stamp House, Cumbria
Osip, Somerset
Outlaw's New Road, Cornwall
Pine, Northumbria
Pollen Street Social, London
Restaurant 22, Cambridge
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London
Solstice by Kenny Atkinson, Newcastle
Sosban & The Old Butcher's, Isle of Anglesey
Spring, London
The Glenturret Lalique Restaurant, Scotland
The White Swan, Lancashire
Woven by Adam Smith, Berkshire
BEST FRONT ROW SEAT
WINNER - The Sea, The Sea Chef’s Table, London
Behind, London
Aulis London, London
Barrafina, Dean Street, London
Harrods Dining Hall, London
DRINKS LIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER - Furna, Brighton
Noble Rot (all locations), London
Allium at Askham Hall, Cumbria
The Kitchin, Edinburgh
BEST FARM TO TABLE RESTAURANT
WINNER - Our Farm, Cumbria
Crocadon, Cornwall
Coombeshead, Cornwall
Osip, Somerset
The Goods Shed, Kent
The Small Holding, Kent
MOST EXCITING FOOD DESTINATION
Helmsley & the Howardian Hills, North Yorkshire
CHEF TO WATCH
WINNER - James Carn, Lark, Suffolk
Max Coen, Dorian, London
Kasia Piatkowska, Tropea, Birmingham
Rob Sachdev, Upstairs at Landrace, Bath
Wesley Smalley, Seasonality, Maidenhead
Jamie Smart, Cadet, London
BEST NEW RESTAURANT
WINNER - Mountain, London
Myse, North Yorkshire
Lark, Suffolk
Dorian, London
Higher Ground, Manchester
The Abbey Inn, North Yorkshire
Noble Rot Mayfair, London
RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR
WINNER - The Sportsman, Kent
Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Oxfordshire
Ynyshir, Mid-Wales
L’Enclume, Cumbria
Pine, Northumberland
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