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29
August 2006
Gordon
Ramsay Voted London's
Best Chef
Celebrity
chef Gordon
Ramsay
has been named London's
best cook for the 11th
year running.
His
self-named restaurant in
Chelsea, west London,
was voted the "top
gastronomic experience"
by a panel of 8000
diners.
Chez
Bruce was voted
Londoners' favourite
restaurant and also came
second in the top
gastronomic experience
category.
The
surveys were carried out
for the Harden's
London Restaurants 2007
guide.
Five
of Gordon Ramsay's
restaurants appear in
the top 10 for the top
gastronomic experience
category - up from just
three last
year.
Their
success is partly due to
customer numbers being
boosted by the Ramsay
"PR machine", the guide
says.
"In
some cases this reflects
the intrinsic merits of
the restaurants, but in
others it is just a
function of the power of
the Ramsay PR machine to
generate footfall," the
book says.
"It
is no criticism of
Gordon - or his vaulting
international ambitions
- to say that for one
man, or brand, to
achieve such dominance
over London's top-end
restaurant scene risks
becoming
stifling."
Chez
Bruce's chef, Bruce
Poole, was voted the
second best in London.
Morgan Meunier of
Islington's Morgan M
beat off competition to
come third.
The
Oxo Tower retained top
place in the "most
overpriced" and "most
disappointing"
rankings.
Diners
were critical of
celebrity chef Gary
Rhodes, whose Rhodes W1
attracted the comment:
"Gary R is now a
repeat-offender when it
comes to putting his
name to disappointing
spin-offs."
The
Bleeding Heart and La
Poule au Pot retained
their number one spots
in the "best for
business" and "best for
romance" categories
respectively.
The
Harden's guide is based
on an annual survey of
8000 regular
restaurant-goers who
submit nearly 90,000
individual
reports.
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