Should Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant still be top of Good Food Guide after mass poisonings?
It is the responsibility of anyone in any kind of food job to ensure that quality control and safety standards remain consistently high, which is why a restaurant which caused mass poisonings would not normally be seen as a quality establishment.
However, the Good Food Guide 2011 disagrees, as they have awarded celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant in Berkshire the number one spot on their list of top UK eateries. Despite being the site of a mass poisoning incident in February of this year, the Good Food inspectors have given The Fat Duck a rare 10 out of 10 and named it the UK's best restaurant.
The three-Michelin-starred Fat Duck was closed for three weeks during February and March 2010, after sewage-tainted oysters caused 529 to suffer from food poisoning.
This setback aside, the Good Food Guide still recognises The Fat Duck as offering a cutting-edge gastronomical experience, mainly thanks to the talents and imagination of chef/gastro-alchemist Blumenthal.
Also included in the list was Gordon Ramsay's flagship Royal Hospital Road restaurant, which made the number two spot for the second year running. This is good news for Ramsay, who has faced a barrage of criticism over standards in his restaurants in recent years.
However, the Good Food Guide 2011 disagrees, as they have awarded celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant in Berkshire the number one spot on their list of top UK eateries. Despite being the site of a mass poisoning incident in February of this year, the Good Food inspectors have given The Fat Duck a rare 10 out of 10 and named it the UK's best restaurant.
The three-Michelin-starred Fat Duck was closed for three weeks during February and March 2010, after sewage-tainted oysters caused 529 to suffer from food poisoning.
This setback aside, the Good Food Guide still recognises The Fat Duck as offering a cutting-edge gastronomical experience, mainly thanks to the talents and imagination of chef/gastro-alchemist Blumenthal.
Also included in the list was Gordon Ramsay's flagship Royal Hospital Road restaurant, which made the number two spot for the second year running. This is good news for Ramsay, who has faced a barrage of criticism over standards in his restaurants in recent years.
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