Undercover judges have ruled that the restaurant is no longer worthy of the grade, which means that the Café du Moulin, St Peter’s, Guernsey, remains the only restaurant in the Channel Islands to possess a Michelin star – one of only 96 in the British Isles to have one.’There can be various reasons why a restaurant loses a star.
It could be because the chef has moved, they have changed the style of their food or that the standard of food has slipped,’ said Paul Cordle of Michelin Travel Publications.’In this case the Longueville Manor has been deducted of its Michelin star because we found the standard of food had dropped.
We would never give the reasons why we rated their food like we did, or indeed tell the hotel, because the guide is for customers and not the restaurants.’Judges come unannounced and undercover but do identify themselves once they have completed their meals.
Restaurants are then never told how they have performed and can only find out when the annual guide is published.Nobody from the hotel has been available for comment.On a positive note, the Village Bistro in Gorey has been awarded the Bib Gourmand award by Michelin for good value but the couple who own the restaurant were not aware of the award until a chef from Suma’s told them about it.Owner Sean Copp, who works and runs the bistro with his wife, Sarah, said: ‘Michelin don’t tell you anything about these awards and on Sunday the chef from Suma’s was in having a meal and congratulated us on the award.
We rushed out and bought a guide and saw we had been included.’The award signifies good value for money and only goes to those restaurants which have a three-course meal for under £25.’We are absolutely delighted at the award because this is what the Village Bistro is all about.
But the best prize we can have is our customers coming back for more,’ added Mr Copp.
