Gidleigh Park number one in The Sunday Times/Harden Britain's Top 100 Restaurants

A triple win for Gidleigh Park in The Sunday Times Food List and Hardens Britain's Top 100 Restaurants

Best Restaurant, Best Place to Stay and Best Wine List

Gidleigh Park together with The Bath Priory, also on the list of Britain's 100 top restaurants, is the flagship of the hotel group that owns ABode. Michael Caines is not only the two-star Michelin Executive Chef at Gidleigh Park as well as Executive Chef at The Bath Priory, he is of course in the Partner and Director in charge of all food and beverage at ABode hotels. So this wonderful accolade is a very personal and important award for ABode!

In the award survey, Gidleigh Park achieved the highest marks, scoring an impressive 9.86 out of 10. Coming in at number one, ahead of the likes of The Fat Duck, Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley and three Michelin-starred The Waterside Inn amongst others, this accolade is undoubtedly the highlight of MBE Executive Chef, Michael Caines and his team at Gidleigh Park this year. Gidleigh Park also came first in two further categories, Best Places to Stay and Wine Lists.

A totally unbiased survey, thousands of people chose to spend their own money and time to dine out and report back to The Sunday Times and Hardens to devise the first Food List. Diner's verdicts on Michael Caines's restaurant included 'flawless' cuisine, 'just gets better' at this luxurious but 'welcoming' Tudorbethan mansion; it's part of a 'wonderful' all-round experience, further boasted by the 'gorgeous' location, on the fringe of Dartmoor.

Says Michael Caines, 'We're ecstatic. Thank you to all the Harden's and Sunday Times readers who rated us so highly. Gidleigh Park has been my pride and joy ever since I was appointed chef in 1994. We've gone on to hold two Michelin stars for almost 12 years and my team has never taken their eye off ball; these awards mean a great deal to us and we feel like Christmas has come early! Special mentions must go to General Manager Sue Williams, Resident Manager Sue Kendall and Head Sommelier Edouard Oger who have helped to keep our standards so high in a warm and homely environment.'

Gidleigh Park is a stunning Tudor style country house hotel situated on the banks of the North Teign River in a magnificent 107 acre estate of woodlands and secluded gardens surrounded by Dartmoor National Park.

Additional accolades include:

Winner Top restaurant - Toptaple.com Top Restaurant Awards 2010
Condé Nast Johansens Awards for Excellence Shortlisted in the Most Excellent Hotel Category 2010,
Gold in 'Hotel of the Year' category in the Enjoy England Awards for Excellence 2009
Gold Winner, Hotel Of the Year - Enjoy England Awards for Excellence 2009
Silver Green Tourism Award 2009
Michael Caines, Cateys Chef of the Year 2001