SOME of Dorset’s best restaurants have been given a much-needed boost after making it into the UK’s most trusted food Bible – the Good Food Guide 2010.

Eight eateries in the county have got full listings in the prestigious guide, which is rewritten each year following feedback from readers and anonymous inspections.

Two new full entries for 2010 are The Print Room in Bournemouth town centre and Mark Hix’s Hix Oyster & Fish in Lyme Regis.

Others that have made the full entry grade are the Castleman Hotel in Blandford, Sienna in Dorchester, The Museum Inn in Farnham, Stock Hill in Gillingham, Plumber Manor in Sturminster Newton and Riverside Restaurant in West Bay.

Pebble Beach in Barton-on-Sea, Le Poussin at Whitley Ridge Hotel in Brokenhurst, Simply Poussin in Brockenhurst and Egan’s in Lymington have also earned full listings.

Full entry restaurants have been reviewed by Good Food Guide inspectors and given a cooking score of one to 10.

A number of Dorset and New Forest restaurants have been “also recommended” in the guide and others have been given the “reader recommends” stamp of approval.

Speaking about his new entry, Andy Price, managing director of the Print Room, said: “We are really, really happy. It is a great result, especially for a restaurant that is in its second year. It is a huge testament to the team here.”

He added that their West Beach restaurant in Bournemouth had also earned a listing in the guide in the “also recommended” category.

No Dorset or New Forest restaurants made it on to the guide’s prestigious Top 50 UK restaurants list.

Heston Blumenthal topped the list with his Michelin-star Fat Duck restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, scoring 10 out of 10 for the second year running.

He was closely followed by Gordon Ramsay at number two, Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley third and Le Manior aux Quat’ Saisons in Oxfordshire fourth.

Good Food Guide editor Elizabeth Carter said there had been a recent culinary revolution giving Britain a new gastronomic lead over France.

And she said despite the economic downturn, high-end restaurants appeared to be riding out the recession, with more UK chefs making the grade.

Ms Carter added: “I think for so long British cooking has been considered a joke, but there’s been a revolution in this country, led by gastro pubs, which has made people look at food differently and now they have much higher expectations.”

The Good Food guide went on sale yesterday, priced £16.99.