Is The West House Still Open? Best Restaurant Update (Biddenden, UK)
Current status
As of October 2026, The West House is listed open on thewesthouserestaurant.co.uk, reviewed by our team on October 19, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
Last verified
What the source shows: The restaurant's own website, checked 2026-10-19, lists Thursday-to-Sunday lunch and dinner hours, Book a Table links and a Dine & Stay rooms page.
- Season / episode Season 1, Episode 4
- Original air date
- Address 28 High Street, Biddenden TN27 8AH
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What happened after Ramsay's Best Restaurant?
Gordon Ramsay presented The West House in Kent as one of his two finest local British restaurants, alongside Sheffield's Milestone, in the fourth episode of Ramsay's Best Restaurant (Channel 4, 'British Restaurants', aired 2010-10-05), according to TVmaze's episode synopsis. The restaurant occupies a 16th-century weaver's cottage at 28 High Street, Biddenden, and its own website names Graham Garrett as chef and patron. The Good Food Guide's listing describes a personally run restaurant with rooms serving modern European food, with a four-course fixed-price lunch and a five-course evening menu, and notes that it turned 20 in 2022. The restaurant's website, checked on 2026-10-19, lists lunch and dinner service Thursday to Sunday, a Book a Table link, and four rooms offered under a Dine & Stay page.
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- Original air date
- Episode title
- British Restaurants
- What was featured
- Local British cooking at a Kent restaurant in a 16th-century cottage
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- The West House
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Visit info
- Address
- 28 High Street, Biddenden TN27 8AH
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- thewesthouserestaurant.co.uk
- State hub
- TV restaurants in South East England
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Sources
- api.tvmaze.com — https://api.tvmaze.com/singlesearch/shows?q=ramsay%27s%20best%20restaurant&embed=episodes
- thewesthouserestaurant.co.uk — http://www.thewesthouserestaurant.co.uk/
- thegoodfoodguide.co.uk — https://www.thegoodfoodguide.co.uk/restaurant/the-west-house/id/385
- hardens.com — https://www.hardens.com/restaurants/biddenden/british%2c+modern/
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