Best Local Restaurant Season 1: Every Restaurant and Where It Is Now

Season 1 of The F Word: Britain's Best Local Restaurant ran 12 episodes from November 3, 2009 to January 7, 2010. We have researched records for 18 restaurants from it — 9 recorded open, 7 closed, and 2 renamed, relocated or under new ownership. Each one carries its own dated source.

Every episode in Season 1

Ep.	Episode	Air date	Restaurant	Status
1	Italian Restaurants	November 3, 2009	Prosecco , Salvo's	Closed Closed
2	Indian Restaurants	November 10, 2009	Curry Corner , Lasan India	Open Open
3	French Restaurants	November 17, 2009	Bouchon Bistro , French Table	Open Open
4	Chinese Restaurants	November 24, 2009	Chop Chop , Sweet Mandarin	Closed Open
5	Thai Restaurants	December 1, 2009	Simply Thai , Yum Yum	Closed Open
6	Spanish Restaurants	December 8, 2009	El Gato Negro , Lola Rojo	Relocated Closed
7	American Restaurants	December 15, 2009	Discovery Bay , Santa Maria del Sur	Closed Open
8	British Restaurants - Christmas Special	December 22, 2009	The Pheasant , The Swan	New owners Open
9	Rest of the World	December 29, 2009	Doukan , Retsina	Closed Open
10	The Dish of Their Lives	January 5, 2010	Lasan India , Santa Maria del Sur , Sweet Mandarin	Open Open Open
11	Everything is On the Line	January 6, 2010	Retsina , Simply Thai , The Pheasant	Open Closed New owners
12	The Best Local Restaurant	January 7, 2010	—