{"id":449527,"date":"2023-12-18T17:10:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T17:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/?p=449527"},"modified":"2023-12-18T17:10:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T17:10:29","slug":"how-did-some-of-londons-poshest-diners-get-one-star-hygiene-rating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/lifestyle\/how-did-some-of-londons-poshest-diners-get-one-star-hygiene-rating\/","title":{"rendered":"How did some of London&apos;s poshest diners get one-star hygiene rating?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> How did some of London&#8217;s poshest restaurants get a one-star hygiene rating? Two diners in the Raffles hotel are marked for &#8216;major improvement&#8217; while sushi bar with set menu costing \u00a3310 per person is also berated for &#8216;food handling&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Some of London&#8217;s poshest diners have racked up low scores in recent months\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Italian restaurant in London refuses to serve carbonara<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of London&#8217;s poshest restaurants &#8211; including one which features a set menu for \u00a3310 per person &#8211; have been marked for &#8216;necessary improvement&#8217; in food hygiene.<\/p>\n<p>Prestigious eateries, such as Paper Moon and Caf\u00e9 Lap\u00e9rouse, both of which have menus available at luxurious Whitehall hotel, Raffles, scored a one, meaning &#8216;major&#8217; corrections are necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The lowest possible result is a zero &#8211; and the highest is a five.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also coming with a ranking of only one, as of October, was Akira &#8211; located in the heart of bougie Kensington &#8211; where a lunch bento box could set one person back \u00a340, and a three-course sushi\u00a0Omakase costs \u00a365.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Major improvement&#8217; was flagged in the hygienic handling of food and management of food safety.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/16\/79092127-12877035-Elsewhere_The_Araki_which_was_last_year_listed_as_one_of_the_mos-a-15_1702915482753.jpg\" height=\"690\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, The Araki, which was last year listed as one of the &#8216;most expensive restaurants in London&#8217; by Elite Traveller , also has a score of two as of June this year. Pictured, staff at the restaurant in 2017<\/p>\n<p>However, the &#8216;cleanliness and condition of facilities and building&#8217; was generally satisfactory.<\/p>\n<p>West London Brazilian restaurant Bossa, where dinner mains start at \u00a328 and go up to \u00a338, was also ranked at two in October.<\/p>\n<p>There, the &#8216;hygienic handling of food including preparation, cooking, re-heating, cooling and storage&#8217; needed improvement, but food safety management was &#8216;generally satisfactory and the cleanliness of facilities was &#8216;very good&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson told MailOnline: &#8216;We received an inspection during our initial opening stages and promptly addressed identified issues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We are currently awaiting a re-inspection. It&#8217;s noteworthy that our lounge bar, Maroto, an extension of the restaurant, achieved a five-star rating a few weeks later, reflecting the substantial improvements made in line with EHO standards.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Cafe Murano at St James Street got a similarly low score of two in September, as improvement was &#8216;necessary&#8217; in hygienic food handling, but good safety management and building cleanliness was generally satisfactory.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian eatery&#8217;s menu starts its &#8216;Secondi&#8217; dishes at \u00a325, and even offers a \u00a390 Bistecca Fiorentina.<\/p>\n<p>Even just some bruschetta at the diner will set you back \u00a39.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/16\/79092111-12877035-Prestigious_eateries_such_as_Paper_Moon_and_Caf_Lap_rouse_pictur-a-16_1702915503593.jpg\" height=\"722\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Prestigious eateries, such as Paper Moon and Caf\u00e9 Lap\u00e9rouse (pictured), both of which have menus available at luxurious Whitehall hotel, Raffles, scored a one, meaning &#8216;major&#8217; corrections are necessary<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/16\/79092121-12877035-This_weekend_journalist_and_food_critic_Jay_Rayner_took_to_his_I-a-17_1702915516822.jpg\" height=\"572\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>This weekend, journalist and food critic Jay Rayner took to his Instagram to hit out at the &#8216;astonishing&#8217; food rankings at Paper Moon (pictured) and Caf\u00e9 Lap\u00e9rouse<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, The Araki, which was last year listed as one of the &#8216;most expensive restaurants in London&#8217; by Elite Traveller, also has a score of two as of June this year.<\/p>\n<p>However, the venue has told MailOnline that it has &#8216;made the amendments to what the local council requires for the handling of raw fish, which is not the way things would be handled in Japan&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s known for its\u00a0Sushi &#8216;Omakase&#8217; Chef&#8217;s Set Menu, which costs a whopping \u00a3310 per person &#8211; and excludes the 15 per cent service charge, beverages and extra orders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was the first Japanese restaurant in the United Kingdom to be awarded three stars in 2017 after previously winning two.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Japanese chef Mitsuhiro Araki opened the sushi bar in 2014 after closing his three-starred restaurant in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020 the restaurant lost all its stars after chef Araki left. Currently, his legacy is proceeded by his &#8216;right-hand man&#8217; Marty Lau.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/16\/79092115-12877035-Also_coming_with_a_ranking_of_only_one_as_of_October_was_Akira_l-a-18_1702915525997.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Also coming with a ranking of only one, as of October, was Akira &#8211; located in the heart of bougie Kensington &#8211; where a lunch bento box could set one person back \u00a340, and a three-course sushi Omakase costs \u00a365<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/16\/79092113-12877035-West_London_Brazilian_restaurant_Bossa_where_dinner_mains_start_-a-19_1702915538415.jpg\" height=\"672\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>West London Brazilian restaurant Bossa, where dinner mains start at \u00a328 and go up to \u00a338, was also ranked at two in October<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/16\/79092119-12877035-Cafe_Murano_at_St_James_Street_got_a_similarly_low_score_of_two_-a-20_1702915546859.jpg\" height=\"755\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cafe Murano at St James Street got a similarly low score of two in September, as improvement was &#8216;necessary&#8217; in hygienic food handling, but good safety management and building cleanliness was generally satisfactory<\/p>\n<p>The Araki&#8217;s &#8216;cleanliness and condition of facilities and building&#8217; were &#8216;good&#8217; &#8211; and &#8216;management of food safety&#8217; was &#8216;generally satisfactory&#8217; &#8211; but improvement was &#8216;necessary&#8217; in &#8216;hygienic handling of food including preparation, cooking, re-heating, cooling and storage&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, journalist and food critic Jay Rayner took to his Instagram to hit out at the &#8216;astonishing&#8217; food rankings at Paper Moon and Caf\u00e9 Lap\u00e9rouse.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8216;A reader got in touch directing me to the Food Standards Agency hygiene rating for @cafelaperouse.london. It\u2019s a 1 out of 5, from an inspection in early November. That means &#8220;major improvement necessary&#8221;,&#8217; he penned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Which is astonishing for a business charging this much located inside a hotel like @raffleslondon.theowo.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In a second post, he added: &#8216;Turns out another restaurant inside the @raffleslondon.theowo has had a 1\/5 hygiene rating from the @foodgov.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This time it\u2019s the &#8220;legendary Milanese&#8221; Italian restaurant @papermoonlondon&#8230; the main issue this time was hygienic food handling or, one assumes, the lack of it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Have checked and it doesn\u2019t seem the other restaurants inside the hotel have been inspected yet (or if they have, no rating has been released).&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>MailOnline has reached out to the Paper Moon, Cafe Laperouse, Akira, Bossa, Cafe Murano at St James and The Araki &#8211; as well as Raffles &#8211; for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12877035\/How-did-Londons-poshest-restaurants-one-star-hygiene-rating-Two-diners-Raffles-hotel-marked-major-improvement-sushi-bar-set-menu-costing-310-person-berated-food-handling.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How did some of London&#8217;s poshest restaurants get a one-star hygiene rating? 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