Penrith restaurant named in The Good Food Guide’s top 100

Penrith’s Four and Twenty restaurant has been included in The Good Food Guide’s list of Britain’s 100 best local restaurants — one of only four in Cumbria.

There were more than 37,000 public nominations for the list. All the restaurants included in it were then checked out by anonymous Good Food Guide inspectors, travelling all over England, Scotland and Wales, to compile the final list.

This is the first time that Four and Twenty has made the guide, and it is also currently listed in the Hardens restaurant guide.

The complete list includes city centre locations, as well as suburban and rural offerings. Typically, best local restaurants have been geographically located in classic “neighbourhood” locations, but The Good Food Guide’s team of inspectors found that connection to the community is far more important than the restaurant’s address. 

Four and Twenty is owned by James and Rebecca Cowin, with James working as a chef along with Steve Angel, and Rebecca doing front of house duties.

James and Rebecca said they are incredibly proud of what they have achieved and delighted to have been listed in the top 100 local restaurants. “This is a great reward for all the work our small hard working team have put in over the years,” they said. “We would like to give a big thank you to our amazing team — George, Steve, Kate, Alasdair and Sophia — and a massive thank you must also go to our customers for all their support over the years and, of course, everyone who took the time out to send a nomination to the guide. We would also like to thank our amazing suppliers for delivering us the best that Cumbria and the North has to offer.”

The other Cumbrian restaurants included in the top 100 list are The Kirkstile Inn and Sportsman’s Rest, near Slaggyford; Kysty, at Ambleside; and The Yan, at Grasmere.

The list is published on www.thegoodfoodguide.co.uk