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Best Local Restaurant Awards 2023: the frontrunners
The race is on to uncover Britain’s best local restaurant of 2023. Nominations close on Wednesday 24th May but here are the frontrunners currently coming out on top.
The race is on to uncover Britain’s best local restaurant of 2023. Nominations close on Wednesday 24th May but here are the frontrunners currently coming out on top.
Our Best Local Restaurant list celebrates the places that are the beating heart of communities around Britain. Using reader nominations as a driving force, we inspected a great number of restaurants in the South East to decide which ones deserved a place in the 100 Best Local Restaurants 2023. Some are old favourites, others are new to The Good Food Guide, all are brilliant places to eat.
Keen to reopen safely, some restaurateurs have repurposed their outdoor space in novel ways.
Wild garlic is swathing woodland in vivid green, and lambs are starting to bleat and bounce round fields. Catkins jiggle like said lambs’ tails, and birdsong ripples through longer days. Officially, spring is here – but it’s deceptive as this week’s arctic blast has proven. New-season British-grown veg is a way off being ready, and chefs are having to dig deep into their creative abilities, and must practise patience.
It’s been a damp squib of a July and early August, but with the promise of a return to sunnier weather this week, here’s a reminder of what summer eating can be all about.