It’s a gourmet-fest on Muddy this week, with the local Michelin-starred eateries listed the other day and now, for those of us who are *yawn* a bit tired of eating four times a week at Le Manoir, the 2017 Bib Gourmand winners in Bucks, Oxon and beyond.

Oxfordshire trounced Bucks in the Michelin constellations this year, but it’s a bit of role reversal with the Bib Gourmands, the Michelin classification that rewards excellent cuisine at more affordable prices.

No surprises that many of these places feature in the Muddy Little Black Book (but of course!), and as it happens I’m already booked in to re-review The Russell Arms in Butler’s Cross in a couple of weeks, as it’s changed hands (and those hands are clearly doing very nicely).

Any place I’ve reviewed in the past I’ve shown with a link, and those I haven’t visited I’ll add to my must-try list so that I’ve well and truly covered this year’s official top pubs and restaurants in the area for you. Hey, no need to thank me, just roll me out the door to my next assignment.

MICHELIN BIB GOURMANDS 2017

Buckinghamshire:

The Coach, Marlow

The Hundred of Ashendon, Ashendon (above)

The Three Oaks, Gerrard’s Cross

The Russell Arms, Butler’s Cross

Oxfordshire:

The Killingworth Castle, Wootton

Oli’s Thai, Oxford

Madgalen Arms, Oxford

Gloucestershire:

The Horse & Groom, Bourton-on-the-Hill

The Tavern, Cheltenham

Made by Bob, Cirencester

Berkshire:

The White Oak, Cookham

Northants: