Tom Kerridge’s Bull and Bear Restaurant at Manchester Stock Exchange has the best roast, according to an independent panel that reviewed more than 100 UK Sunday meals.
Rating Good Roasts, an Instagram account with a lot of followers that reviews restaurants across the nation put this restaurant on the first spot for their 2021 ranking.
The city centre restaurant offers a £39 two course roast – with options including beef, pork, turkey, mushroom tart and cod with vegetables – for £39, while three courses cost £46.50.
Gary Neville co-owns the Stock Exchange Hotel, which houses this upmarket restaurant.
Tom Kerridge’s Bull and Bear restaurant at Manchester Stock Exchange has the UK’s finest roast, according to an independent panel of reviewers. They have served more than 100 Sunday meals in Britain. The Bull and Bear Roast is shown here
James Cochran, winner of the Great British Menu and Michelin star 12:51 was second
The third place was won by the Wheatsheaf, Brigsteer, Cumbria. This is just one of many North West offerings.
The restaurant posted a picture of their roast on Instagram with the caption, “Ok, we’re feeling pretty proud today.”
@rategoodroasts has proclaimed us the UK’s best Sunday roast spot. “Yes team.”
The second place was 12:51 which James Cochran, winner of the Great British Menu, owns.
Rate Good Roasts reviewed over 100 different roasts to compile the list. This is their fourth annual Top 10 List.
Fulham’s Harwood Arms, which is the only Michelin-starred pub in London and was a former winner, didn’t make this year’s list.
In third place was The Wheatsheaf, Brigsteer, Cumbria, while fellow Cumbrian restaurant The Black Labrador, in Underbarrow came fifth, after Mustard & Co in Liverpool.
Each roast gets a rating based on 10 factors. A percentage score is added to the final result.
Tom Kerridge’s Bull & Bear scored an impressive 95 per cent.
High scores were given to the restaurant for their service and delicious sides, as well as quality meats and potatoes.
The company did not get the highest marks for value. It scored instead eight out of ten.
For their main course, guests can chose, Dry Aged Hereford Sirloin of Beef with H&F Carrot, Buttered Kale and Roast Potatoes; Roasted Norfolk Brown Turkey with Sage and Chestnut Stuffing, Pigs in Blankets and Seasonal Vegetables; Salted Aged Pork Belly, Caramelised Apple Purée and Celeriac; Confit Autumn Mushroom Tart with Braised Turnip, Orange, Horseradish & Winter Truffle or Pan Roasted Cod with Braised Fennel, Apple Jam and Shellfish Sauce.
There’s also starters on offer of Chestnut & Mushroom Soup with Granny Smith Apple, Salt Pollock Scotch Egg with Red Pepper Sauce and Grilled Chorizo, Tunworth Cheese Cream, William Pears, Candied Walnuts and Celery, Duck Liver Parfait with Fig & Cherry Chutney and Toasted Brioche and Roasted Celeriac Risotto with Aged Parmesan.
Desserts include Chocolate Orange Choux Bun with Hazelnut, Baileys Ice Cream and Salted Caramel Sauce, Cinnamon Waffle with Mulled Wine Poached Pear and Christmas Pudding Ice Cream, Vanilla Buttermilk Panna Cotta, Ginger Wine Jelly and Mandarin Sorbet, ‘Lemon Meringue Pie’ with Blackcurrant Sorbet and Truffled Baron Bigod, Quince Tart and Truffle Honey (£6 supplement).
Mustard & Co in Liverpool came fourth for it’s Sunday offering of a £17.95 roast beef
Underbarrow’s Black Labrador came in fifth place for its delicious Sunday dinner
The White Horse in Fenton came in the top 5 for it’s leg of lamb and roast pork loin
The news will be welcome for Tom Kerridge, who last year was criticised for selling steak for £87 at his two Michelin-star pub.
The MasterChef star, 48, charges £87 for a sirloin steak with vegetables costing £7.50 extra at The Hand and Flowers in Marlow, Buckinghamshire.
Despite the restaurant’s expensive menu serving the likes of £69 lamb and £60 venison loin its marketed as ‘casual’ and ‘accessible’.
He was once again criticised last month for selling an extremely small Christmas turkey that he claims can be fed eight people.
The free-range Copas turkey breast roast will set you back a whopping £140, or £17.50 a head.
However, there are 12 slices on each piece of meat. This leaves only one-and-a half slices per dinner guest.
The Borrowers fans joked that the number would not be enough if guests were vegetarians or small people.