Restaurants celebrate Michelin star awards

Two restaurants in Herefordshire and Worcestershire are celebrating after winning top culinary awards.

Native, near Tenbury Wells, has been awarded a green star for sustainable gastronomy.

And 33 The Homend in Ledbury, which has been given its first Michelin star, is a tiny restaurant that can seat only 14 people at a time.

It was one of just 26 restaurants across the whole of the UK to be awarded a Michelin Star this year.

Executive chef and creative director at Native, Ivan Tisdall-Downes, said the restaurant had extensive on-site gardens, which gave it an "even more focused ultra-seasonal approach".

He said: "Sustainability in all areas of the restaurant's operation has been at the heart of all we do."

Green stars are awarded by Michelin to restaurants at the forefront of the industry with their sustainability practices.

The Ledbury restaurant, 33 The Homend, is described on the business's website as a tiny 18th Century Grade II-listed building set in the heart of the town.

The Michelin website said: "33 The Homend is another success for James and Elizabeth Winter, who previously held a star at The Butchers Arms in Eldersfield. James' experience shines through."

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