Gordon Ramsay has been voted London's top chef for the 11th consecutive year, in a survey of more than 8,000 restaurant-goers.

The survey was conducted for the new edition of Harden's London Restaurants.

Ramsay, who owns top restaurants such as Maze, Petrus, Banquette and The Savoy Grill, beat off competition from the likes of Bruce Poole and Marcus Wareing.

Poole, the chef of the capital's favourite restaurant, Chez Bruce, came second, followed by Morgan Meunier in third and Wareing in fourth.

Meunier, 34, first came to public attention at Monseiur Max in Twickenham, and later at Admiralty in the Strand, having trained for five years with Michel Guerard at Les Pres de Eugenie in Eugenie-les-Bains.

He set up on his own restaurant, Morgan M, in Islington, north London, at the end of 2003.

Peter Harden, co-editor of Harden's London Restaurants, said: "Many people would probably have thought the obvious contenders for Ramsay's crown would be Wareing or perhaps Tom Aikens, but our reporters' conclusion is that Morgan's cooking trumps them both."

He added: "His restaurant is also considerably less expensive!"

Other chefs that made the top include James Bennington, Pascal Proyart, Shane Osborn and Michel Roux.

In other categories, the Bleeding Heart was named the best restaurant for business, while the La Poule au Pot was crowned the best for romance.

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