Scots chef Andrew Fairlie goes to the very top of Sunday Times Food List

Scotland’s only restaurant with two Michelin stars has been named as the best in Britain, in a list of the top 100.

Andrew Fairlie, at Perthshire’s Gleneagles Hotel, rose six places, from seventh last year, to claim the top spot in the 2012 Sunday Times Food List. which will be published tomorrow.

Perth-born Fairlie said it was “amazing” to have won the award.

He said: “I’m really proud and very happy for the team here. It has been an exceptionally busy year and they have all worked so hard, and now that it’s getting to the time of year where everyone is getting a bit tired, it’s a big boost.”