The Three Chimneys Explained

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

• News: Scotland restaurant guide: The Three Chimneys, Skye . Telegraph . London, England . 2009-09-11 . Jasper . Gerard . 2010-07-04.
• News: The Three Chimneys, Colbost . The Times . London, England . 2009-12-06 . Allan . Brown . 2010-07-04.

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Frank Bruni's Top Five Favorite Restaurants . Epicurious . 2010-07-04.
2. News: Top New York food critic puts Skye on his list of five world favourites . The Scotsman . Edinburgh, Scotland . 2010-07-03 . John . Ross . 2010-07-04.
3. News: Skye restaurant rated in world’s top five . The Press and Herald . Aberdeen, Scotland . 2010-07-03 . Neil . MacPhail . 2010-07-04.
4. Web site: Best Restaurant Awards 2002 | The World’s 50 Best Restaurants . Restaurant . William Reed . 2010-02-15 . 2010-07-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100304004242/http://www.theworlds50best.com/past-winners/2002 . 2010-03-04 .
5. Web site: Best Restaurant Awards 2003 | The World’s 50 Best Restaurants . Restaurant . William Reed . 2010-07-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100429013512/http://www.theworlds50best.com/past-winners/2003 . 2010-04-29 .
6. News: Spears sell Skye's Three Chimneys restaurant after 34 years . BBC . 26 April 2019 . 26 April 2019 .