So what has happened to Ludlow ?

Isn't it strange that a place that has become synonomous with good dining over the past decade can go through such change so quickly. Ludlow at one time had four restaurants holding a Michelin star simultaneously- quite a feat for a small market town in Shropshire. With Claude Bosi announcing he is going to sell Hibiscus, Overton Grange also being launched on the market and the sale of the Merchant House last year, Mr Underhills (such a lovely name) will be the only Michelin-starred restaurant in the town left under the same ownership. Ironically, the town's fall from grace has coincided with the Slow Food Movement locating its headquarters in Ludlow - in this case the movement might have been too slow in finding a HQ for its own good.