Chef Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume restaurant in the beautiful Lake District region of Cumbria, England, has long been held up as a torchbearer for the bounty of the British Isles.
It could be said Rogan is the farm-to-table god of the UK, and his recipes reflect the exceptional produce he has on his doorstep, not least through his restaurant group’s own farm, known as Our Farm.
2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the restaurant and it has seen the Michelin Guide come over all department-store Santa by granting the restaurant’s wish for a third star.
“You could say it’s fantastic timing that we’ve received this news 20 years since I opened the doors of L’Enclume, which feels like forever but also just like yesterday,” says Rogan. “Following the win of our second star nine years ago, achieving a third star has always been front of mind and something we’ve been striving for every day.”
To suggest Michelin is being all warm and fuzzy though is of course a playful joke: there’s no doubt to many that L’Enclume is one of the finest restaurants in Europe.
Instead, the team has been working on refining every aspect of the L’Enclume experience, “through the evolution of our dishes and honing of our service-style, the meticulous work undertaken on Our Farm, or how we work to make every one of our guests feel, from when they enter the restaurant to the moment they leave,” says Rogan.
But don’t worry if you won’t be able to visit England’s lush northwest any time soon. You can recreate the flavours of L'Enclume with these three recipes from England’s latest three-Michelin-star restaurant.
