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New study reveals Newcastle as one of the top ten best cities in the UK for food lovers

Foodie culture is on the rise, with the pandemic resulting in a rise in dine-in food sales and a collective £990m spent on fuelling our obsession for good food.

That’s why MuscleFood conducted a study to identify the top foodie cities in the UK, looking at factors from the number of Michelin star restaurants in the area, to how many Uber Eats restaurants are available to crown the foodie capital of the UK.

69 cities in the UK were ranked across nine metrics, to give an overall ranking of the 'Foodiest Cities' in the UK.

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Each ranking was out of 69, with 69 being the best and one being the worst, with each metric having the same weighting of 1/9 to indicate a fair ranking overall.

The population of the cities was retrieved from the ONS data set and the world population review website, while the total number of UberEats deliveries, total number of healthy UberEats and total number of healthy restaurants in each city were all considered.

The total number of Michelin Guide restaurants was also a factor in the final decisions, as well as the average cost of a weekly food and non-alcoholic drink shop, and the complete number of dessert, tea, and coffee shop and bakeries in each city.

And when the dust had settled and the results were in, Newcastle upon Tyne made it into the top 10 cities for foodies, partially due to its impressive number of UberEats restaurants.

The Toon plays host to a grand total of 428 of these collectively, with 31 healthy restaurants also noted across the city in comparison to its population size.

Newcastle also has eight Michelin Guide restaurants for those looking for something extra special, in the form of the Broad Chare, House of Tides, and the Fern Dining Room to name a few.

The Broad Chare pub on the Newcastle Quayside. (Newcastle Chronicle)

However, it unfortunately missed out on a higher spot in the rankings this year for its lack of coffee shops and bakeries, with 18 and 81 respectively.

Scottish capital Edinburgh took the crown for the most food friendly city in the UK - boasting impeccable statistics per capita. The popular tourist spot has 24 Michelin Guide restaurants and 543 Uber Eats restaurants - as well as 219 tea and coffee shops citywide.

Wells in Somerset found itself at the bottom of the pile in rank 69, with only three healthy restaurants, zero Uber Eats availability, and no Michelin Guide establishments.

To see the complete rankings, check out the table provided by MuscleFood below.

The Top 15 foodie cities in the UK, according to MuscleFood:

#

City

Number of restaurants per Capita

Number of Healthy Restaurants

Number of Michelin Guide Restaurants

Average weekly household spend on food and non- alcoholic drinks

Number of Uber Eats Restaurants

Number of Healthy Uber Eats Restaurants

Number of establishments serving dessert

Number of Coffee + Tea shops

Number of Bakeries

1

Edinburgh

0.3660

117

24

£57.60

543

37

70

219

40

2

Manchester

0.3665

57

19

£57.80

799

63

61

138

28

3

Glasgow

0.2951

54

15

£57.60

667

42

64

171

23

4

Leeds

0.2126

53

9

£56.10

658

57

32

114

20

5

London

0.2263

851

392

£69.90

794

222

551

1576

335

6

Cardiff

0.2505

33

10

£57.40

430

23

36

111

11

7

Liverpool

0.3183

67

6

£57.80

381

21

44

129

24

8

Brighton

0.4000

71

15

£68.70

464

37

43

138

22

9

Newcastle

0.3145

31

8

£57.10

428

25

35

81

18

10

Bristol

0.2765

65

15

£63.10

487

42

36

123

27

10

Birmingham

0.1778

55

16

£60.40

741

50

68

106

23

12

Sheffield

0.2171

32

5

£56.10

442

37

30

96

18

13

York

0.3294

27

9

£56.10

155

10

34

93

17

14

Nottingham

0.3067

34

5

£62.20

504

34

23

86

12

15

Leicester

0.2988

26

7

£62.20

588

33

42

56

13

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