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Michelin-star restaurant regains top hygiene score after previous one-star inspection

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Wales' only two-Michelin-star restaurant, Ynyshir Restaurant near Machynlleth, has regained its top hygiene score after receiving a one-star rating in a previous inspection due to "significant hazards" including flies, broken equipment, and dirty utensils. The restaurant was ordered to stop serving raw lobster during the initial inspection, but following improvements, Ceredigion council awarded it a perfect five out of five score. 90% of inspected premises in Ceredigion achieved a rating between three and five out of five from April to December 2025, according to the Food Standards Agency. The restaurant's chef Gareth Ward had previously claimed that inspectors did not understand his "specialised procedures" for handling raw ingredients.

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Wales' only two-Michelin-star restaurant, Ynyshir Restaurant, located near Machynlleth in mid Wales, has regained its top hygiene score after initially receiving a one-star rating. The restaurant had been ordered to stop serving raw lobster due to "significant hazards" that were not properly identified during the inspection. However, the restaurant's owner and chef, Gareth Ward, claimed that inspectors did not understand the restaurant's specialized procedures for preparing Japanese-inspired raw dishes. After addressing the issues raised by the inspectors, the restaurant has been awarded a new hygiene rating of five out of five. This improvement is seen as a success story in food safety inspections, with the local council praising the effectiveness of their process and the constructive engagement between regulators and businesses to improve standards. The restaurant's 30-course tasting menu costs around £500 per head, making it one of the more expensive dining experiences in Wales.

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The council has now awarded it a hygiene rating of five after it found the "business had addressed all matters identified during the original inspection". "This outcome demonstrates the effectiveness of the food hygiene inspection process and the positive results that can be achieved through constructive engagement between regulatory officers and food businesses to improve standards," the council said.

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Michelin-star restaurant regains top hygiene score after previous one-star inspection · assertive framing

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- Published Wales' only two-Michelin-star restaurant that received a one-star food hygiene rating after inspectors found flies, broken equipment and a dirty knife has had its top score restored. asserted

score → receive → flies

Ynyshir Restaurant near Machynlleth in mid Wales was ordered to stop serving raw lobster after Ceredigion council had found "significant hazards" were not properly identified. asserted

hazards → order → lobster

Ynyshir serves Japanese-inspired raw dishes as part of its nearly £500 a head 30-course tasting menu, and had accused inspectors of not understanding its specialised procedures. asserted

Ynyshir → serve → procedures

council → award → standards

Chef Gareth Ward previously said he had not been embarrassed when the restaurant had been given a 1-out-of-5 score. asserted

restaurant → say → score

Ynyshir has been asked to comment. asserted

Ynyshir → ask → ?

Food critic Giles Coren previously came out in support of the restaurant, claiming Michelin-starred restaurants should not have to abide by normal health and safety rules and the guidelines should "probably be modernised". " asserted

guidelines → come → rules

It is not little kitchens and pots boiling away, mimsy little things being placed on plates. asserted

things → boil → plates

He is cooking with fire... asserted

He → cook → fire

he stands there in his leather apron and it's roaring like fireworks," Coren said. asserted

Coren → stand → fireworks

Ward, who has recently announced he will be bringing fine dining to Aberystwyth Town Football Club, previously said his restaurant was working "at the highest standard in the world" and doing "something different" with how it had approached raw ingredients and techniques. asserted

it → announce → ingredients

He said he had faced "persistent challenges" with Ceredigion council's environmental health department, "primarily relating to documentation and a lack of understanding of our specialised procedures". asserted

he → say → procedures

A Freedom of Information (FOI) request by BBC News revealed the one-star rating had been based on factors including a dirty floor, inadequate hand-washing facilities in some areas, broken equipment and "an accumulation of dead flies". asserted

rating → reveal → flies

Ceredigion council said inspections had been carried out in line with national standards set by the Food Standards Agency and, between April and December 2025, 90% of inspected premises in Ceredigion had achieved a food hygiene rating of between three and five out of five. asserted

% → say → five