Thu 17th Aug 2017 - Outlaw tops Good Food Guide 2018 ending L’Enclume’s four-year reign Outlaw tops Good Food Guide 2018 ending L’Enclume’s four-year reign: Chef entrepreneur Nathan Outlaw’s restaurant in Cornwall has been crowned number one in the Good Food Guide (GFG) 2018, ending the four-year reign of Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume in Cartmel, Cumbria. Restaurant Nathan Outlaw in Port Isaac achieved a perfect score of ten for the second year running and beat L’Enclume after being branded the “whole package” for its seafood menu and perfect service that “happens in the most discreet and attentive way”. Quirkier entries in the guide include Vice and Virtue, a Leeds restaurant in a former strip club, Ode & Co cafe, based on a Devon holiday park, and four new entries under railway arches – Umezushi in Manchester, Hart’s Bakery in Bristol, and Bala Baya and El Pastor, both in London. It is the fifth edition of the guide to be published by Waitrose, while the company has also announced its Editors’ Awards. Chef of the Year was awarded to Peter Sanchez-Iglesias, of Casamia in Bristol, whose restaurant has climbed from 27 in the list to tenth. Bristol is also the city with the highest number of new entries in the GFG list outside London. The guide’s editor Elizabeth Carter said: “Nathan Outlaw’s food is characterised by the absolute freshness of ingredients and a clear sense of purpose. He has done an enormous amount to educate and encourage the public appetite for fish, driven by his supply of impeccably fine ingredients and a special talent for creating unique and thrilling fish dishes.” Outlaw added: “It just goes to show if you stay true to yourself, get your head down, look after your customers and use the best ingredients available, you’ll make it to the top.” GFG will be published on Monday, 4 September.