British chef wins award for best French village cafe

A small cafe run almost singlehandedly by a British chef was on Monday named France's best village bistro.

Manchester-born Chris Wright only set up the Epicerie de Dienne as a shop/cafe/restaurant in a remote village in the mountainous Cantal region of central France in June.

With Dienne having less than 200 permanent residents, the self-caught cook wasn't expecting crowds.