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Raymond Blanc presents the Good Food Guide Readers' Restaurant of the Year Award to Orwells, Shiplake

24 June 2011


Raymond Blanc yesterday presented the prestigious Good Food Guide Readers' Restaurant of the Year Award to Orwell's Restaurant, Shiplake.

Orwells, in Shiplake, beat stiff competition to be crowned  the overall winner.

Elizabeth Carter, consultant editor of The Good Food Guide, praised the Oxfordshire restaurant, saying: "It was the bags of energy and that something-for-everyone appeal that made Orwells stand out – and they had some very strong competition. Ryan Simpson clearly understands the way we want to eat now and has judged his market exactly. The sheer versatility takes in £10 lunches and easy-going, ingredient-led modern cooking in the brasserie, with the fine-dining room for special-occasion dinners the icing on the cake."

Orwells owners Ryan Simpson & Liam Trotman were delighted to win, added: "We're really thrilled and delighted to win The Good Food Guide Readers' Restaurant of the Year in such a short period of time since opening. It shows how hard work, determination and listening to your customers really can pay off".


Raymond Blanc's new book, Kitchen Secrets, featuring recipes from Kitchen Secrets Series 1 & 2 and many more, was published by Bloomsbury on 14 February and is available to buy online from Amazon, from Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Brasserie Blanc, Maison Blanc, and from online and retail bookstores.



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