The best restaurant in Britain has been crowned for 2025 – and it's just one hour from London
If you could possibly need any more inspiration, a new ranking has named the best restaurant in the UK, and said resto is only one hour outside of the capital.
Caldesi in Campagna, an Italian restaurant in Bray, Berkshire specialising in Tuscan cuisine, has been crowned Britain's best place to dine in the annual Muddy Stilettos awards.
Every year, the lifestyle guide names 'the best of' businesses in the UK, including pubs, bars, shops, cafés, hotels and more. This year's winners, selected by a team of Muddy Stilettos editors, have just been revealed.
The Italian joint in the top spot is part of a small chain owned by celebrity chef Giancarlo Caldesi. He also owns Caldesi in Marylebone and cookery schools in London and Berkshire. Opened in 2007, favourites on the menu at Caldesi in Campagna include pappardelle with beef and pork ragu, courgette flower carpaccio and Italian style doughnuts. The spot is also known as being a favourite haunt of the former PM Theresa May. Make of that what you will.
Runner's up for the UK's best restaurant in this year's Muddy Awards were Alfredo's in Somerset, Linden Stores in Cheshire, The Greyhound in Buckinghamshire and The Tasting Club in Derbyshire.
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