Vegan restaurant first to be awarded Michelin star in UK and Ireland A vegan restaurant has become the first be to awarded a Michelin star as 26 of the accolades were given in the annual Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland.
One star– Oma – London– Mark Poynton at Caistor Hall – Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk– Avery – Edinburgh, Scotland– The Morrison Room – Maynooth, Ireland– Wilsons – Bristol– Anglothai – London– Cornus – London– 33 The Homend – Ledbury, Herefordshire– Gorse – Cardiff, Wales– Starling – Esher, Surrey– Lita – London– Lyla – Edinburgh– 64 Goodge Street – London– Mauro Colagreco at Raffles London at the Owo – London– Skof – Manchester– Lignum – Bullaun, County Galway, Ireland– Forge – Middleton Tyas, North Yorkshire– Caractere – London– Row on 5 – London– Ballyfin – Ballyfin, County Laois, Ireland– Dosa – London– Plates London – London.
A first Michelin star was awarded to 22 new restaurants, including nine in London, three in Ireland and two in Scotland, while Gorse in Cardiff became the first restaurant in the Welsh capital to achieve the feat.
Moor Hall, located in the village of Aughton around 10 miles from Liverpool, opened in 2017 and received its first two Michelin stars in the two following years.
Plates London, located on Old Street, serves a fully plant-based menu and chef Kirk Haworth wowed judges by “taking his classical training and inventively adapting it to a vegan diet”, Michelin said.
