L'Ortolan is a

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restaurant in the village of

Shinfield Shinfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire, just south of Reading. It contains and is administered by the unitary authority of Wokingham District. Shinfield Park is the northern part of the parish, becomi ...

, south of the centre of

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, England. It is located in the village's old vicarage building, which is a Grade-II listed building The restaurant has one star in the

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and 3 AA rosettes. Run by John Burton-Race for 13 years, the restaurant was purchased by Peter Newman in 2000 who appointed

Alan Murchison Alan Murchison is a former Michelin-starred Scottish chef and restaurateur, living in England. Career Murchison started his kitchen career as a kitchen porter, aged 14. Like most chefs, he worked in a number of restaurants, learning and promoti ...

as head chef. Murchison left in 2003 and Daniel Galmiche took over for a year. Alan Murchison returned in 2004, heading up in the company that was given the contract to run the restaurant. Alan left in 2014 and Peter Newman took over the running of the Restaurant. In 2006, ''

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'' highlighted L'Ortolan's Chef's Table as one of the very best in the country. Since 14 September 2013, the restaurant has been operated solely by Newfee Ltd.

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External links

"Alan Murchison Restaurants Ltd in liquidation"
(26 November 2013) by Amanda Afiya and Neil Gerrard at The Caterer
Alan Murchison Restaurants Limited
at Gov.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Ortolan, l Restaurants in Berkshire Michelin Guide starred restaurants in the United Kingdom Borough of Wokingham