Native in Tenbury Wells has been named among the best new restaurants in Worcestershire by the Good Food Guide Awards 2025.
To be listed in the guide is another feather in the cap for the ‘farm to table restaurant’ on the Netherwood Estate on the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, halfway between Bromyard and Tenbury Wells on the B4214.
GRAND: The interior of Native in Tenbury Wells, listed as one of the best new restaurants in Britain by the Good Food Guide Awards 2025 (Image: Supplied by Native)
Native is known for offering hyper-seasonal, modern British, fine dining from wild food pioneers Ivan Tisdall-Downes and Imogen Davis. The restaurant is already listed in the Michelin Guide.
It is not the first time the restaurant has won high praise. Journalist William Sitwell, writing for the Telegraph, said that Native was “properly fabulous” in his recent review.
Chef Ivan Tisdall-Downes said: “To be recognised by a hospitality institution such as the Good Food Guide means a tremendous amount. It is testament to all the hard work that the team have put into making this restaurant what it is in such as short amount of time.
“The restaurants in our category are all amazing, and to have such wonderful restaurants in our region, shows that there is a light at the end of the tunnel for the hospitality industry!”
STRIKING: The interior of Native in Tenbury Wells (Image: Native)
The Good Food Guide Awards 2025 in partnership with OpenTable has now released the shortlist, including Restaurant of the Year and Chef to Watch, along with new awards for Best Value Set Menu and Most Beautiful Restaurant.
The award ceremony is due to take place at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in central London on Monday, February 3, hosted by TV presenter and restaurant-goer, Richard Bacon.
The shortlist, which has been revealed ahead of the ceremony, comprises some of Britain’s most prolific restaurants with The Ritz Restaurant, St John and Opheem among the contenders for for Restaurant of the Year, sponsored by OpenTable (awarded to The Sportsman in 2024).
Meanwhile, the Chef to Watch category is more hotly contested than ever with seven entrants considered to be the biggest talents of tomorrow.
A new category for 2025 is value in dining out with the Best Value Set Menu award.
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In the Best New Restaurant, sponsored by Tripleseat, Native is up against Skof in Manchester, Lyla in Edinburgh, Briar in Somerset, Row on 5 in London and Albatross Death Cult in Birmingham
The Good Food Guide was first compiled by Raymond Postgate in 1951. Much has changed since the first edition but the ethos of the original book remains firmly in place: the Guide is about empowering diners, helping readers to find the very best places to eat and encouraging restaurants to offer the best possible food, service and experience.
Owned by Knife & Fork Media, who also run industry platform CODE Hospitality, The Good Food Guide is now a fully digital publication featuring 1200 restaurants, pubs, cafes and wine bars across Britain. All reviews are conducted anonymously by a network of inspectors and all meals are paid for in full.