| Here are some more details for Gordon Ramsay\'s | | | | - British, French, Italian, Indian, Asian, Rest of Europe, |
| latest Television endeavour in the UK - Ramsay\'s | | | | Fine Dining and finally an \'Open\' category. |
| Best Restaurant. Nominations are now open and the | | | | *Open |
| form is on the channel four website, here are the | | | | At the end of the Nomination Period all the restaurants |
| criteria that tthe judges will be looking for: | | | | nominated in accordance with the Nominating Criteria |
| 1. Serve delicious food. | | | | and these Terms and Conditions which either |
| 2. Provide top-notch customer service. | | | | (1) are the restaurants with the most nominations in |
| 3. Have an excellent ambience and atmosphere. | | | | each of the relevant categories, or |
| 4. Are not part of a major chain and are independently | | | | (2) are the restaurants which have received |
| owned. | | | | outstanding reviews in the media in each of the |
| 5. Are situated within the United Kingdom (we want to | | | | relevant categories (as determined by Optomen in its |
| hear about anywhere that's great, wherever that may | | | | sole discretion), will be assessed by the Optomen |
| be, from Land's End to John O'Groats). | | | | Production Team according to the Judging Criteria. |
| 6. Are willing to take part in Gordon Ramsay's Best | | | | The restaurants in each category that best fit the |
| Restaurant. | | | | Judging Criteria (as determined in the sole discretion of |
| The restaurants that you nominate should meet the | | | | the Optomen production team), will then be assessed |
| following criteria: | | | | by our panel (consisting of Gordon Ramsay, a |
| A. Have at least 2 chefs. | | | | representative of Channel 4 and a senior member of |
| B. Are willing to take part in the Programme and are | | | | Optomen's production team) according to the Judging |
| available for filming on specific dates to be notified by | | | | Criteria. |
| us in advance. | | | | The best restaurants in each category ("the Selected |
| C. Are available to take part in an interview over the | | | | Nominees") may be filmed for possible inclusion in a |
| phone with us at a time of our choosing. | | | | Channel 4 Gordon Ramsay television programme and |
| D. The chefs taking part in the Programme and | | | | or series (‘Programme'), subject to certain |
| owner(s) of the restaurant do not have any criminal | | | | verification checks including meeting the Judging |
| convictions, and are not (from the date of nomination | | | | Criteria and confirmation that the Nominee wishes to |
| to the date of broadcast) under any criminal | | | | participate in the Programme and the Nominee signing |
| investigation. | | | | a release form. Optomen has no obligation to make a |
| E. The chefs taking part in the Programme and | | | | Programme or to include a Nominee in the |
| owner(s) of the restaurant must sign our contributor | | | | Programme. The decision of Optomen is final and no |
| release form. | | | | correspondence will be entered into. |
| Restaurants will fall into one of the following categories | | | | |