Michelin awards 24 new Bib Gourmands

Michelin has announced 24 new Bib Gourmand restaurants in the 2017 Great Britain and Ireland Guide.

Those who have been recognised as offering "good quality, great value food" offering three courses for under £28 include Hoppers in London, critically acclaimed Bao in London's Soho, and El Gato Negro in Manchester which opened earlier this year.

Reacting on Twitter, Hoppers said it was "extremely happy", while El Gato Negro said it was "absolutely over the moon to have been awarded the only @michelinrestaurants #BibGourmand in Manchester for 2017".

Upstairs (At Trinity) in Clapham was also awarded a Bib Gourmand, capping a good day for chef Adam Byatt after Trinity was awarded a Michelin star.

One restaurant in Scotland, the Scran and Scallie in Edinburgh and the Wine & Brine in Moira, Northern Ireland were awarded Bib Gourmand status.

Meanwhile, among those that lost Bib Gourmand status were Russell Norman's Polpo restaurants in Soho, Covent Garden and Smithfield, Terroirs in London and Vennell's in Yorkshire.

NEW BIB GOURMANDS
London: Barbary, Camden
Charlotte's W5, Ealing
Legs, Hackney
Primeur, Islington
Bellanger, Islington
Upstairs (at Trinity), Clapham
Padella, Southwark
Marksman, Bethnal Green
Paradise Garage, Bethnal Green
Gunpowder, Spitalfields
Foley's, Regents Park and Marylebone
Newman Arms, Regents Park and Marylebone
Bao, Soho
Hoppers, Soho
Vico, Stand and Covent Garden

England: Russell Arms, Butler's Cross, Buckinghamshire
Sun Inn, Dummer, Hampshire
The Inn at Welland, Great Malvern/Welland, Worcestershire
El Gato Negro, Manchester
Pulpo Negro, Old Alresford, Hampshire
Anchor, Ripley, Surrey
St Tudy Inn, St Tudy, Cornwall

Scotland: Scran and Scallie, Edinburgh

Northern Ireland: Wine & Brine, Moira, Armagh

DELETIONS
London: Gail's Kitchen, Camden
Made Bar & Kitchen, Camden
Rotorino, Dalston
Shikumen, Shepherds Bush
500, Archway
Roots at N1, Barnsbury (closed)
Polpo Smithfield, Clerkenwell
Zucca, Bermondsey (closed)
Corner Room, Bethnal Green
Galvin Cafe a Vin, Spitalfields
Soif, Battersea
Bibo, Putney
Polpo Soho, Soho
Terriors, Stand and Covent Garden
Polpo Covent Garden, Stand and Covent Garden

England: The Queens, Belbroughton
Flinty Red, Bristol (closed)
The Joiners, Bruntingthorpe
At the Chapel, Bruton
Kings Arms, Christchurch
Bakers Arms, Droxford
Bistro 21, Durham (closed)
Jack in the Green, Exeter/Rockbeare
Chequers, Fedney Dyke
St Clements, Hastings and St Leonards
Lighthouse, Kibworth Beauchamp
Crown, Maidenhead (Now a Michelin Star)
Vennell's, Masham
Purefoy Arms, Preston Candover (closed)
Hearth of the Ram, Ramsbottom
Three Tuns, Romsey
Leaping Hare, Stanton
Gumstool Inn, Tetbury
Old Spot, Wells (closed)
The Ethicurean, Wrington

Scotland: Restaurant at Kailzie Gardens, Peebles (closed)

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