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Summary
“Stunning tasting menus” prepared by chef Steven Barringer provided a couple of reporters’ best meal of the year at this “intimate dining room” – a high-ceilinged, midnight-blue room on a road into the town. It’s sign bills it as a ‘Relaxed Fine Dining Restaurant for Everyone’, inviting passers-by to ‘Come in and enjoy our tasting menus’: but you’d have to have a little time on your hands, with the options being either five or seven courses, starting at £70 per person for the former.
Summary
Bedfordshire-born Steven Barringer opened this popular restaurant alongside wife Amy seven years after starring on the 2011 season of MasterChef: The Professionals. The “great taster menu” (coming in five- or seven-course versions that change monthly) and “knowledgeable staff” have contributed to its local success – so do think to book in advance.
Summary
This “small & intimate” spot from MasterChef: The Professionals finalist Steve Barringer offers “very popular tasting menus (5 & 8 courses) that change monthly” – and “you need to book well in advance” to taste this “adventurous cooking – especially for Ampthill!”. It is named after his grandmother, who introduced Steve to cooking as a young boy.
Summary
Masterchef: The Professionals finalist “Steve Barringer has created a place to travel to in Ampthill instead of heading to London” at this cute little eight-table restaurant. It’s named after his grandmother, who set him on the cheffing path, and the bold seasonal cooking revolves around two monthly changing tasting menus (£60 for five courses, £80 for seven).
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86a Dunstable Street, Ampthill, MK45 2JP
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Always | £70.00 |  |
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Traditional European menu
| Veggies | Pudding |
|---|---|
| £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Drinks |
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|---|---|
| Wine per bottle | £0.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £0.00 |
| Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 10.00% |
86a Dunstable Street, Ampthill, MK45 2JP
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | CLOSED |
| Wednesday | 6:30 pm‑11 pm |
| Thursday | 6:30 pm‑11 pm |
| Friday | 6:30 pm‑11 pm |
| Saturday | 6:30 pm‑11 pm |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
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