, to hyde park corner, so an knightsbridge, to hyde park corner, so an affluent area of the average pricereally in this very affluent areas of london. london is still leading the pack so, is it? well, yes, for now it is, and we are seeing expensive streets clustered in a tight area but we're also some interesting shift is going on so overall, the average price this year with £16.9 million in the most expensive street which is similar to the price last year we aren't seeing much growth at the top end of the market and interestingly, eaton square which was number one last year but has dropped to number three bc and we are seeing average prices there fall by about £3.5 million so these houses are still incredibly expensive but they have dropped quite significantly. and that does point to some potentially interesting trends. the office for national statistics recently published a statistic saying that london prices in london were growing much, much slower than other regions all across the uk so slower growth, but interestingly in the last couple of days the royal institution of chartered surv

so i don't look at it as a rich man's room, or we're in knightsbridge, anyone who comes to my restaurantss of house wine and the lunch menu for two people you could be out of the door for less than £100 if you wish, but it's your choice to come and spend the value that you want to spend. but isn't it nice, even for a northern lad, to maybe come with your girlfriend or your wife and dress up, come to knightsbridge, come to london, do something different? we're not on everyone‘s doorstep, we just happen to be in the heart of london. i sort of love it. i'm proud to have worked my way from there. it didn't arrive on a silver tray, it was a lot of hard work. and what about food snobbery? i mean, you have two michelin stars. not many chefs around the world do. but there is something about this whole sort of fetishisation of the michelin star which sticks in some people's throats. do you sometimes feel that it's the wrong way to reallyjudge the quality of food and restaurants? no, i don't. i think michelin are very, very important and very present. i think their history determines how good they

it‘s close to buckingham palace, knightsbridge, hyde park corner.nd westminster. so really in very affluent areas of london. london is still leading the pack, is it? well, yes, for now it really is. we are seeing the very expensive streets clustered in quite a tight area. but we are also seeing interesting shifts going on. so, overall, the average price this year was £16. 9 million in the most expensive street, that‘s similar to the price last year. we are not seeing much growth at the top end of the market. interestingly, eton square, which was number one last year, that‘s dropped to number three this year. we are seen average prices there fall by about 3. 5 million. these houses are still incredibly expensive, but they have dropped quite significantly. that does point to potentially interesting trends. the office for national statistics recently published statistics suggesting that london, prices in london were growing much slower than other regions all across the uk, so, slower growth. but interestingly, in the last couple of days the royal insti