The Sportsman, number five on our Top 20 list, is nestled on the Kent coast, and has long been a destination for food lovers. Our editor Elizabeth Carter gives us a picture of then and now.
Among the rolling lowlands, country estates, and crumbling abbeys, you'll find Helmsley and the Howardian Hills - The Good Food Guide’s Most Exciting Food Destination of 2024. Nestled in one of Britain’s National Landscapes (previously Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) it’s a picture-perfect patch of rural North Yorkshire with a rich natural larder to inspire seasonal and locally-led menus. Dive into the dazzling cooking at Mýse, soak up the views from The Owl at Hawnby, or relax into the proper Yorkshire hospitality at Tommy Banks’ Abbey Inn. Here are the best places to eat in the area.
In partnership with hundreds of restaurants throughout the UK, StreetSmart has kicked off its 25th annual campaign to tackle homelessness. For those of us fortunate enough to enjoy dining out, a £1 addition to your bill at participating restaurants will go towards funding beds, housing, employment training and mental health support for those in need. Head to one of the Good Food Guide restaurants below to support the campaign this winter.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? A food hall or a market hall? Indoor street stalls, micro-restaurants or a posse of static food trucks lined up like a covered caravan park? Takeaways that are not-takeaways. Eating in or eating out, food vendors or food shops, boundaries and definitions are increasingly blurred. Whatever you call it, this hybrid way of grazing-cum-eating (and shopping) has become increasingly familiar in cities such as Manchester. Clarissa Hyman enjoys a tour of the best Manchester has to offer.
Here’s our pick of restaurants offering gift vouchers. Tuck one inside a copy of The Good Food Guide 2020 for the food-lover in your life
