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What Happened to Nahm Jim After Best Restaurant? (St Andrews, UK)

Ramsay's Best Restaurant, Season 1 St Andrews, Scotland

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Nahm Jim is reported closed by thecourier.co.uk (April 23, 2014), reviewed by our team on October 19, 2026 and cross-checked against christie.com; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact with the business.

What the source shows: The Courier reported on 2014-04-23 that the owners planned to give up the Market Street restaurant, and an undated Christie + Co press release calls the premises the former Nahm Jim restaurant. How we decide a status →

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What happened after Ramsay's Best Restaurant?

Nahm Jim appeared in the Thai category of Ramsay's Best Restaurant (Channel 4), in the episode "Thai Restaurants" aired 2010-10-12, facing London's Mango Tree, according to thetvdb.com's episode listing. The Courier reported on 2010-10-16 that Nahm-Jim won the heat, chosen from about 2,000 Thai restaurants nominated by diners, and was set to compete in the semi-final. The same article reported that the restaurant opened on Market Street in St Andrews, Fife, in 2002, with Bee Mitchell as head chef and Sandy Mitchell running front-of-house, and that the Sunday Times ranked it the UK's top Thai restaurant in April 2008.

The Courier reported on 2014-04-23 that the Mitchells planned to give up the restaurant to launch a range of cook-at-home Thai products, and that property adviser Christie + Co was inviting offers for the premises. An undated Christie + Co press release describes the premises as the former Nahm Jim restaurant and says an operator from Dundee bought it.

The episode Ramsay's Best Restaurant, Season 1

Episode 5
Aired
Title: Thai Restaurants · What was featured: Thai cooking in the Thai category heat against London's Mango Tree

Synopsis (tvmaze.com) : The finalists in the Thai restaurant category are Nahm Jim from Scotland and London's Mango Tree. Sparks fly as the restaurants bid to be best of the best.

Also in Season 1 Ramsay's Best Restaurant

Season 1: 5 of 16 still open · 2 renamed, moved or under new owners

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  • Ep 3Yu & You (YU)

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  • Ep 4The Milestone

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  • Ep 4The West House

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  • Ep 5Mango Tree

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  • Ep 6La Garrigue

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  • Ep 6Winteringham Fields

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  • Ep 7Azou

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Sources we checked 5 references

  1. TheTVDB https://thetvdb.com/series/ramsays-best-restaurant/episodes/2924821
  2. thecourier.co.uk https://www.thecourier.co.uk/?p=261557
  3. thecourier.co.uk https://thecourier.co.uk/?p=255291
  4. christie.com https://www.christie.com/news-resources/press-releases/former-award-winning-restaurant-in-st-andrews-market-street-is-sold/
  5. directory.countypress.co.uk https://directory.countypress.co.uk/company/636195746369536
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