The Scotsman

Edinburgh restaurant scoops top award in guide

● The Peat Inn and Andrew Fairlie among seven Scots eateries in top 50

- By JANE BRADLEY jane.bradley@scotsman.com

It is housed in a basement tucked away on a city side street and uses almost entirely ingredient­s found within a 25 mile radius.

Now Edinburgh restaurant Forage and Chatter has been named Scotland’s “Best Local Restaurant” in the prestigiou­s Good Food Guide 2019.

The Good Food Guide’s annual Top 50 restaurant ranking is highly regarded by chefs and restaurant-goers alike and is now in its 68th year of publicatio­n.

Six other eateries from north of the Border have made the Uk-wide top 50 “best restaurant” list in the 2019 guide, with Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at the Gleneagles estate ranking highest of the Scottish contingent at number 12.

The other Scottish restaurant­s in the top 50 of the guide, published by Waitrose & Partners, included The Peat Inn in Fife, The Kitchin, Castle Terrace and Restaurant Martin Wishart in Edinburgh, and The Three Chimneys in Skye.

The Good Food Guide editors said that Forage and Chatter, which launched in November 2016, has received “consistent­ly good reports from readers”.

It added: “Food is expertly cooked, service friendly, and the wines decent and wellpriced.”

Owner Cameron Mcneil said: “I’m delighted. I would like to thank all of our staff and patrons and hope that the success continues. I think the rea-

son that people have enjoyed it so much is simply because we cook properly. We have a small menu, but we make sure that everything is done at a top level, it is attention to detail.”

The top restaurant in the guide Uk-wide is held by Restaurant Nathan Outlaw in Cornwall for the second year in a row.

The guide, which is published today, will for the first time list restaurant­s that have

a dedicated vegan menu, in response to the growing demand for plant-based meals.

The guide says of Restaurant Andrew Fairlie: “The world outside and indeed time itself is left behind as engaging staff glide through a seemingly effortless choreograp­hy with the diner at the centre. The food is as polished as the performanc­e.”

Six other Scottish restaurant­s made it into the Good Food Guide for the first time this year, including The Boathouse on the Isle of Uvla and Ballintagg­art Farm in Grandtully, Perthshire. Corusik House on the Isle of Skye is also a first-time entrant, alongside Le Roi Fou in Edinburgh, Pennygate Lodge on the Isle of Mull and Saramago in Glasgow.

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PICTURE: IAN GEORGESON 0 Cameron Mcneil’s Forage and Chatter takes top spot in Scotland

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