What Happened to Discovery Bay After Best Local Restaurant?
Current status
As of October 2026, Discovery Bay has closed — confirmed via Google, October 19, 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: A public listing checked 2026-10-19 marks Discovery Bay permanently closed, and an undated Huddersfield Examiner article says it closed and that a different restaurant, TJ Thai and Japanese, now occupies the site.
- Season / episode Season 1, Episode 7
- Original air date
- Address 12 Wood Street, Huddersfield HD1 1DG
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What happened after The F Word: Britain's Best Local Restaurant?
Discovery Bay, a Caribbean restaurant and cocktail bar at 12 Wood Street in Huddersfield, lost the heat shown on 2009-12-15 in the episode "American Restaurants" of Britain's Best Local Restaurant on Gordon Ramsay's The F Word (Channel 4), scoring 75 out of 100 against 86 for Santa Maria del Sur, according to Wikipedia. The Huddersfield Examiner, in an undated article, reported that owner Barrington Douglas cooked a rum pork main course at Ramsay's restaurant for the show, that it became Discovery Bay's top-selling dish, and that the restaurant opened in 2006 with 36 covers, with chef La Shaun Price managing day to day. A second undated Examiner article described the restaurant as Caribbean-inspired, said it closed in June, and reported that the site became TJ Thai and Japanese restaurant, the first Japanese restaurant on Wood Street. A public listing checked on 2026-10-19 also marks Discovery Bay permanently closed.
Featured on The F Word: Britain's Best Local Restaurant
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- Episode title
- American Restaurants
- What was featured
- Caribbean cooking including rum pork; scored 75 against 86
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Discovery Bay
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Visit info
- Address
- 12 Wood Street, Huddersfield HD1 1DG
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- None found
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Sources
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_F_Word_(British_TV_series)
- examiner.co.uk — https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/changing-face-huddersfields-restaurant-bar-14188783
- examiner.co.uk — https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/gordon-ramsays-f-word-mums-5005019
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