28th Aug 2009 - 00:00
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Heston Blumenthal's makeover of the Little Chef Popham has been so successful it's made it into The Good Food Guide 2010, due to be published shortly.
Inspectors have been so impressed by the cooking of dishes like braised ox cheeks and Hereford steak and Abbot ale pie at the Popham eatery that they have awarded it a cooking score of two out of ten, comparable to a good quality gastropub.
Though the menu has been tweaked and upgraded with a greater focus on better quality produce. The new Olympic breakfast includes free-range eggs, outdoor-bred British pork sausages, Wiltshire-cured back bacon and Ramsay of Carluke black pudding. Elizabeth Carter, editor of The Good Food Guide, says: "The minute I walked in I knew it belonged in The Guide – it was so welcoming, vibrant and had a real buzz. I'm confident other diners will think so too." Heston Blumenthal says: "I am overjoyed with this news. Inclusion in The Good Food Guide is a great barometer of success and it's fantastic news for Little Chef Popham to be recognised by such an established British food guide."