These are the top 50 restaurants in the UK

A two Michelin star fish restaurant owned by chef Nathan Outlaw has been named as the best in the UK. Restaurant Nathan Outlaw in Port Isaac, Cornwall topped the list of UK restaurants in the annual Good Food Guide, released on Thursday.

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Nathan opened his eponymous restaurant in 2007 and counts Jamie Oliver among his fans; the celebrity chef shared a photo of the seafood he enjoyed at one of Nathan's restaurants in Cornwall at the weekend, writing: "Amazing Thank you @nathanoutlaw."

Nathan Outlaw's restaurant has been named the best in the UK

The restaurant claimed the top spot after scoring a perfect ten for the second year running, and knocked L'Enclume into second place after four years as number one. Other restaurants in the top ten include Pollen Street Social in London, along with Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, the Hell's Kitchen star's Michelin star outpost in Chelsea.

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Explaining why Nathan was a deserving winner, 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."

Jamie Oliver is a fan of Nathan Outlaw's food

Nathan added: "The award has come due to the hard work and dedication of our team who have now been working together for a decade. It just goes to show that if you stay true to yourself, get your head down, look after your customers and use the very best ingredients available to you, you'll make it to the top."

See the UK's top 50 restaurants below:

1. Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Cornwall
2. L'Enclume, Cumbria
3. Pollen Street Social, London
4. Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottinghamshire
5. The Fat Duck, Berkshire
6. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London
7. Hedone, London
8. Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Perthshire & Kinross
9. Claude Bosi at Bibendum, London
10. Casamia, Bristol
11. Bohemia, Jersey
12. Ynshir, Powys
13. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London
14. Fraiche, Merseyside
15. Marcus, London
16. Le Champignon Sauvage, Gloucestershire
17. Adam Reid at The French, Greater Manchester
18. The Ledbury, London
19. André Garrett at Cliveden, Berkshire
20. Midsummer House, Cambridgeshire
21. Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester, London
22. The Peat Inn, Fife
23. The Kitchin, Lothians
24. Sketch, Lecture Room & Library, London
25. The Three Chimneys, Highlands & Islands
26. Moor Hall, Lancashire
27. The Greenhouse, London
28. The Ritz, London
29. Castle Terrace, Lothians
30. Forest Side, Cumbria
31. Orwells, Oxfordshire
32. Paul Ainsworth at No.6, Cornwall
33. Restaurant Marianne, London
34. The Waterside Inn, Berkshire
35. Restaurant James Sommerin, Glamorgan
36. Artichoke, Buckinghamshire
37. The Raby Hunt, Co Durham
38. Whatley Manor, The Dining Room, Wiltshire
39. Restaurant Story, London
40. Simpsons, West Midlands
41. Restaurant Martin Wishart, Lothians
42. The Sportsman, Kent
43. Adam's, West Midlands
44. Freemasons at Wiswell, Lancashire
45. Gidleigh Park, Devon
46. Le Gavroche, London
47. Hambleton Hall, Rutland
48. Murano, London
49. The Whitebrook, Monmouthshire
50. The Man Behind the Curtain, West Yorkshire

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