With nominations for 2026’s search now open, we sat down with Simonetta Wenkert of Ida, London’s Best Local Restaurant 2025, to find out about what it means to be named a Best Local Restaurant.
Even before you arrive at the inn, the location is a corker, bang opposite the Gothic remains of Byland Abbey with its huge half-moon of empty rose window. If anything, the ruins look more dramatic when spotlit at night, which is when the Abbey Inn feels at its most welcoming as a retreat from the nearby North York Moors.
When he started cooking classic French food at the Berkshire village pub The Crown at Burchetts Green five years ago, Simon Bonwick says he was almost mocked for offering a style of food that was “so obvious”.
L'Enclume was named number one in our Top 20 Most Exciting Restaurants for 2022 list. Knife & Fork Media editor Josh Barrie caught up with its founder Simon Rogan.
Given a massive boost by evening curfews, long lunches have never seemed more appealing.
