In 2008, The Good Food Guide started listing the top 40 restaurants in the UK in order of merit. Now, with more chefs than ever scoring 7 out of 10 and some strong contenders scoring 6 out of 10, that list has expanded to become the Top 50.
(Please note: our scoring system has since changed. See here for a full ratings breakdown).
The Top 50 Restaurants 2010
1. The Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire (10)
2. Gordon Ramsay, Royal Hospital Road, London (9)
3. Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley, London (8)
4. Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, Great Milton, Oxfordshire (8)
5. The Square, London (8)
6. Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (8)
7. Le Gavroche, London (8)
8. The Vineyard at Stockcross, Newbury, Berkshire (8)
9. Pied-à-Terre, London (8)
10. Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Fowey, Cornwall (8)
11. Maze, London (8)
12. Tom Aikens, London (8)
13. L'Enclume, Cartmel, Cumbria (8)
14. Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh, Scotland (8)
15. The Capital, London (7)
16. The Waterside Inn, Bray, Berkshire (7)
17. Bohemia, St Helier, Jersey (7)
18. Hibiscus, London (7)
19. Danesfield House, Marlow, Buckinghamshire (7)
20. L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, London (7)
21. Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham (7)
22. Gidleigh Park, Chagford, Devon (7)
23. Holbeck Ghyll, Windermere, Cumbria (7)
24. Fischer's Baslow Hall, Baslow, Derbyshire (7)
25. Anthony's, Leeds, Yorkshire (7)
26. Simon Radley at the Chester Grosvenor, Cheshire (7)
27. Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles, Auchterarder, Scotland (7)
28. Michael Wignall at the Latymer, Pennyhill Park Hotel, Surrey (7)
29. Whatley Manor, Easton Grey, Wiltshire (7)
30. Fraiche, Oxton, Merseyside (7)
31. Tyddyn Llan, Llandrillo, Wales (7)
32. Mr Underhill's, Ludlow, Shropshire (7)
33. Murano, London (7)
34. Midsummer House, Cambridge (7)
35. Hambleton Hall, Hambleton, Leicestershire & Rutland (7)
36. The Crown at Whitebrook, Whitebrook, Wales (7)
37. Robert Thompson at the Hambrough, Ventnor, Isle of Wight (7)
38. The Creel, St Margaret's Hope, Scotland (7)
39. Harry's Place, Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire (7)
40. The Old Vicarage, Ridgeway, Derbyshire (7)
41. The Ledbury, London (7)
42. The Greenhouse, London (6)
43. Club Gascon, London (6)
44. The Kitchin, Edinburgh, Scotland (6)
45. Galvin at Windows, London (6)
46. The Sportsman, Whitstable, Kent (6)
47. Purnell's, Birmingham, West Midlands (6)
48. The Yorke Arms, Ramsgill, Yorkshire (6)
49. ramsons, Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester (6)
50. La Bécasse, Ludlow, Shropshire (6)
