TWO South Lakeland restaurants were celebrating the award of Michelin stars yesterday (Thursday).

L'Enclume, in Cartmel, and The Samling, in Windermere, were among 18 restaurants around the UK to be awarded Michelin stars for the first time.

They join two other Cumbrian restaurants - the Sharrow Bay, at Ullswater, and Holbeck Ghyll, at Windermere - in this exclusive club.