This year’s Michelin Guide for Great Britain and Ireland has been released.
The list provides all the restaurants that have received and retained a Michelin star this year, and there are plenty near Warrington on the list.
The Michelin Guide is produced by the French tyre company Michelin, which has been going since 1904, and can award up to three Michelin Stars for excellence to a select few establishments.
Here are all the Michelin-starred restaurants within an hour's drive of Warrington.
What do the Michelin Stars mean?
According to the guide, one Michelin Stars means "high quality cooking, worth a stop!", while being awarded two means "excellent cooking, worth a detour!".
Michelin Green Stars can also be awarded for "gastronomy and sustainability".
One Michelin Star
New
The Barn, Aughton
Where: Prescot Road, Aughton, L39 6RT, United Kingdom
What the Michelin Guide says: "Cooking is modern and imaginative and the appealing à la carte menu offers dishes which are British at heart, with understated elegance and well-judged combinations of delicious flavours. The set lunch menu is a steal!
"Hand-crafted cocktails are enhanced with their own fermented produce, staff are attentive and professional and, as dining spots go, on a sunny day the hedge-enclosed terrace by the lake takes some beating."
Retained
Fraiche, Birkenhead
Where: 11 Rose Mount, Oxton, Birkenhead, CH43 5SG, United Kingdom
What the Michelin Guide says: "You start and end your night in the bar, where movie clips are projected onto the wall above illuminated tables and a diverse selection of music plays. The dining room itself has a darker, more moody feel with colourful acrylic tables laid with unique tableware.
"A maximum of 10 diners are seated at the same time to experience a global tour of delicate, flavour-filled dishes with a playful edge. Ingredients come from across the world and are innovatively combined in different textures and flavours. There are two matching wine flights and a great range of half bottles available too."
Northcote
Where: Northcote Road, Langho, BB6 8BE, United Kingdom
What the Michelin Guide says: "The restaurant’s reputation is forged on its relationship with numerous local biodynamic and organic suppliers – who have now become almost as famous as the restaurant itself – and as much produce as possible is taken from the kitchen garden.
"Head Chef Lisa Goodwin-Allen’s refined, sophisticated cooking shows real depth of flavour and a lightness of touch, along with plenty of originality – and the accompanying wine list is outstanding. You can watch the chefs close-up from the glass-walled kitchen table and they also run a cookery school on-site."
Two Michelin Stars
Retained
Moor Hall, Aughton
Where: Prescot Road, Aughton, L39 6RT, United Kingdom
What the Michelin Guide says: "Your meal commences with a tantalising array of snacks – the last served in the kitchen where you can chat with Head Chef Mark Birchall.
"His refined, highly original dishes feature some terrific English produce, including some lesser-known herbs and plants, and his versatility results in a range of cleverly blended flavours, textures and temperatures. The wine list will have oenophiles in raptures and contemporary bedrooms complete the package."
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