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The Three Chimneys Restaurant

The Three Chimneys is a restaurant in Colbost, Isle of Skye, Scotland. While in operation beforehand, the restaurant came to prominence after being taken over around 1985 by Eddie and Shirley Spear. It has won over 30 major awards and in July 2010, was named as one of the New York food critic Frank Bruni's top five favourite restaurants.[1][2][3] It was included in the Restaurant magazine list of the world's 50 best restaurants in 2002 (28th position) and 2003 (32nd position).[4][5]

The restaurant was sold by the Spears to Gordon Campbell Gray in April 2019.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Frank Bruni's Top Five Favorite Restaurants". Epicurious. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  2. ↑ Ross, John (3 July 2010). "Top New York food critic puts Skye on his list of five world favourites". The Scotsman. Edinburgh, Scotland. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  3. ↑ MacPhail, Neil (3 July 2010). "Skye restaurant rated in world's top five". The Press and Herald. Aberdeen, Scotland. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "Best Restaurant Awards 2002 | The World's 50 Best Restaurants". Restaurant. William Reed. 15 February 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Best Restaurant Awards 2003 | The World's 50 Best Restaurants". Restaurant. William Reed. Archived from the original on 29 April 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  6. ↑ "Spears sell Skye's Three Chimneys restaurant after 34 years". BBC. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

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