n 1 57 51 w 51.9537 n 1.9641 w 51.9537 ; 1.9641 5 north st 5 north street winchcombe restaurant information established 24 january 2003 2003 01 24 chef marcus ashenford rating michelin guide 2004 15 street address 5 north street city winchcombe gloucestershire country england website www.5northstreetrestaurant.co.uk 5 north st also known as 5 north street is a restaurant located in winchcombe gloucestershire england which is owned and run by chef marcus ashenford . it has held a michelin star for over a decade . contents 1 history 2 description 3 reception 4 references 5 external links history edit chef marcus ashenford had previously held a michelin star at the chavignol restaurant purchased 5 north st for 56 000 in 2002 and moved in on 15 january 2003 . 1 2 it had previously operated as poacher s under former owners claire and frank eckermann . under ashenford the restaurant reopened on 24 january 2003 and described the food to be served on the new menu 2 saying i ll be cooking the same sort of food as at chavignol but we want an affordable family run restaurant where all the locals can come as well as people that are into food . 1 he also announced his intention to aim to repeat his success with michelin stars but said that he didn t want to become obsessed by it . 1 at opening his wife kate was running the front of house and he was joined by marcus mcguinness as pastry chef who had previously worked with ashenford at chavignol . despite the intention for ashenford s wife to only work until she gave birth until their first child as she was seven months pregnant when they opened she was still working there nearly two years later . 1 2 after three years mcguinness departed to join the team at nearby le champignon sauvage and went on to join claude bosi at his restaurant hibiscus . 3 in 2014 ashenford published a cook book based on recipes from 5 north street entitled flavour . the book was edited by andy richardson . 4 description edit the timbers on the exterior of the building are more than 400 years old . 5 the restaurant can seat 28 diners at a time 1 and because of the age of the building it has some quirks of layout such as the wine cellar access being through a trapdoor in the women s bathroom . 6 reception edit food critic matthew fort described the dishes as simple when he wrote a review for the guardian in 2003 . but he clarified by saying that simplicity did not lead to a diminution in effectiveness excellence and all round edibility . 7 he praised several dishes including a pigeon dish with bubble and squeak and sweet onion confit and said that the pork belly and mushy peas was little short of paradisiacal for those who love comfort in the tum . 7 fort was pleased with the value of the meal and gave the restaurant a rating of seventeen out of twenty . 7 fort s review was later framed and hung inside the restaurant . 6 in 2004 jay rayner described ashenford s food as evolved and refined in the way of small restaurants which have sought and gained a michelin star while writing for the observer . 8 he tried the tasting menu and found that the courses were consistent but not similar to each other . his only complaints were towards the pasta in a duck ravioli an overchilled parfait and that he really could have done without dido on the sound system . 8 visiting in 2013 matthew norman wrote for the daily telegraph describing the restaurant itself as determinedly unfussy but added that the food tries that shade too hard to impress . 9 he felt that a dish of cornish brill had too many competing flavours on the plate but praised a majestic lemon verbena br l e . 9 he summed up by saying that this is a good restaurant which strives mightily to please with cute flourishes such as the rarebit and the excellent coffee and rum truffles served with coffee . but somewhere in the chasm between the understated homeliness of the room and the over elaboration in the kitchen the chance of greatness is lost . 9 as of 2014 update the restaurant holds one michelin star . 10 it has held this award since 2004 . 11 references edit a b c d e wood joanna 20 january 2003 . ashenford returns with new cotswolds restaurant . the caterer . retrieved 28 september 2014 . a b c phillips tricia 29 december 2005 . gas marc one . the daily mirror . retrieved 28 september 2014 . marcus mcguinness hibiscus london . the staff canteen . retrieved 28 september 2014 . flavour recipes from restaurant 5 north street . amazon.ca . retrieved 28 september 2014 . 5 north st . lonely planet . retrieved 28 september 2014 . a b wood joanna 1 september 2003 . the making of marcus . the caterer . retrieved 28 september 2014 . a b c fort matthew 15 march 2003 . 5 north street gloucestershire . the guardian . retrieved 28 september 2014 . a b rayner jay 26 september 2004 . north star . the observer . retrieved 28 september 2014 . a b c norman matthew 19 november 2013 . 5 north st gloucestershire restaurant review . the daily telegraph . retrieved 28 september 2014 . alano katherine 25 september 2014 . one michelin star restaurants in england . the caterer . retrieved 28 september 2014 . england michelin star restaurants . michelin online . archived from the original on 10 october 2011 . retrieved 26 july 2012 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title 5 north st & oldid 739036983 categories restaurants in gloucestershiremichelin guide starred restaurants in the united kingdomrestaurants established in 20032003 establishments in englandhidden categories coordinates on wikidataarticles containing potentially dated statements from 2014all articles containing potentially dated statementsuse dmy dates from june 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store 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