26 restaurants have been awarded Michelin stars at the 2025 ceremony which were held in Glasgow last night.

Moor Hall receives Three Michelin Stars
Three restaurants are awarded Two Michelin Stars
22 New One Michelin Stars, including the UK’s first plant-based restaurant
Five new Michelin Green Stars
36 restaurants awarded a Bib Gourmands

Moor Hall in Aughton, Lancashire has been awarded three stars in the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2025.

Twenty-two new one-star restaurants and three new two-star restaurants were announced at the ceremony in Glasgow on Monday night.

Moor Hall, by chef patron Mark Birchall, was awarded its first star within six months of opening in 2017 with a second following in 2018.

Last night, Mark joined the other three-star chefs on stage and in an emotional speech said: “You kind of dream about these things, you almost act it out in your mind of how you’ll be. The emotion is incredible. We got our first star in 2017, and that feeling was incredible, one of the best feelings ever, but this has just destroyed it. It’s amazing. We have a good team, a great core, we look after our guests and try to make them feel special and focus around that.”

All the new stars in the Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland 2025 — Mark Birchall of Moor Hall on stage after it was announced the Lancashire restaurant was awarded three stars

Three new restaurants were awarded two Michelin stars, including The Ritz Restaurant in London. Executive chef John Williams received a standing ovation as he took to the stage.

“I’ve waited 50 years for this, I’m not joking,” said John. “It’s special, the Ritz is a special place. We’ve built it on what the room was and classic cuisine. I thought we were forgotten. And we carry on cooking and cooking to the best of our ability, and looking after our guests, and hopefully that works. I have great people working for me, fantastic. We have great chefs and service-wise wise we now have people who really enjoy serving. The food, we all know as chefs, is very important but experience is done by the service.”

The other new two stars were Allister Barsby’s Hide and Fox in Saltwood, England and Angelo Sato’s Humble Chicken in London.

Twenty-two new restaurants were awarded one star, including Jason Atherton and Spencer Metzger’s Row on 5 in London.

Skof, by Tom Barnes, won a star for Manchester; Emily Roux and Diego Ferrari won the first star for their Notting Hill restaurant Caractère and Jake Jones, head chef at Forge, at Middleton Lodge, in Middleton Tyas, was also awarded its first Michelin star – after it received a Green Star for its sustainability practises at last year’s awards.

Kirk and Keeley Haworth’s Plates in London made history as the first vegan restaurant to win a star in the guide.

Gwendal Poullennec, International Director of The Michelin Guides, said: “I am so thrilled to see that our Great Britain & Ireland Guide has had such a strong year yet again. Despite the challenges they face, chefs and restaurateurs have shown us that their talent, commitment and ingenuity know no bounds.

“Moor Hall newly receiving Three Michelin Stars will rightly be headline news, but I am equally pleased to see a huge total of 22 new Stars join our family.

“Having 36 Bib Gourmands awarded this year is also a great sign for British and Irish hospitality – showing how hard restaurants are working to offer great value to diners. Finally, we must not forget our new Green Stars and their inspiring commitments, for they are role models of our industry.”

Moor Hall Joins the Three-Star Family

At Moor Hall, Chef Mark Birchall and his team have continued to hone their craft and have now achieved new levels of excellence. The ingredients, many from the kitchen garden, are outstanding; the chefs’ culinary technique is hugely impressive; and the judgement of flavours, of when to prioritise simplicity and when to add complexity, is exemplary. The Inspectors particularly enjoyed the classically based turbot cooked in brown butter, with seasonal kuri squash and Mylor prawns.

This new addition to the Three-Star family brings the total number of restaurants delivering “exceptional cuisine” to 10.

Three More Restaurants Awarded Two Michelin Stars

The Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland has also welcomed this year a trio of newly crowned Two-Star restaurants.

Two of the three are in London, further cementing its place as a global gastronomic hub. In Soho, the pounding heart of the city, Humble Chicken and its creative driving force, Angelo Sato, have made the leap to Two Stars just 12 months after being awarded their first. Chef Sato’s thrilling cuisine is innovative and delicious in equal measure, impressing the Inspectors with its original streak – as seen in the stunning array of snacks to start the meal.

The other recipient in the capital is a more familiar name: The Ritz. An enduring symbol of British luxury and quality, this truly iconic institution is made all the more appealing by a restaurant currently at the peak of its powers. Chef John Williams and his brigade are masters of their craft, taking classically based dishes – with nods to Escoffier – and adding increasing amounts of originality and modernity.

Outside of London, near the Kent coast, duo Allister Barsby and Alice Bussi have added another chapter to their impressive story, earning Two Stars for neighbourhood restaurant hide and fox. Allister and the team’s cooking is packed full of delicious produce, cooked with due respect to deliver dishes that succeed on every level. The Inspectors especially loved the Brixham crab with crab jelly, tandoori and pickled vegetables. The service is equally endearing, helping to create an experience that is a true delight.

In total, 29 Two-Star restaurants are recommended by the Inspectors in this year’s selection.

New Two-Star Restaurants

Hide and Fox, Saltwood, England
The Ritz Restaurant, London, England
Humble Chicken, London

New Three-Star Restaurant

Moor Hall, Lancashire, England

Five New Green Stars

The Green Star was introduced to The Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland in 2021, as a way of highlighting the restaurants at the forefront of the industry when it comes to rethinking the impact of their activities and the future of gastronomy. Their outstanding commitments towards a more eco-friendly approach to dining are a source of inspiration to both keen foodies and the hospitality industry as a whole. This year, there are five new recipients of the MICHELIN Green Star, bringing the total number of role model restaurants to 36.