Three restaurants in Brighton and Hove are among the best 100 in the country. The Good Food Guide has included Palmito and Fourth and Church, both in Hove, and Med, Brighton , in its top 100 restaurant list. Mediterranean restaurant Med, in Little East Street, also scooped the award for best local restaurant in the South East.

Co-founders Jack Southan and Will Dennard describe the restaurant as providing "modern European sharing plates with a playful twist". "Dishes move with the seasons – so the freshest produce will always make an appearance, both on your plates and in the ever-changing seasonal cocktails," they wrote on the Med website. Paul Morgan and Sam Pryor of Fourth and Church (Image: Fourth and Church) "Wine lovers will enjoy the extensive and carefully curated wine list, which offers more than 60 bottles, including some beautiful natural and low intervention wines and plenty of by-the-glass options.

" The Good Food Guide's list was determined after inspectors visited restaurants nominated by foodies across the country. Map of all the restaurants in the Good Food Guide's top 100 An “unprecedented” 60,000 votes were cast this year by people championing their local establishments. Modern British restaurant Fourth Church and South American and South Asian-inspired Palmito, in Western Road, also featured in the guide last year .

Fourth and Church, in Church Road, was opened by chef Sam Pryor and Paul Morgan in 2015. Jack Southan, left, and Will Dennard outside Med .