A BBC Radio 4 programme rightly criticised the lack of reference to good food in Brighton and Hove's application for Capital of Culture status.

This is understandable when one considers that among the hundreds of restaurants locally, very few are worth a second visit.

Also, some previously good places appear now to be lowering standards to provide more tables, either inside or outside the premises.

Terre Terre was praised for its general approach but is there no food organisation willing to insist on top standards more widely?

-A West, Woodland Way, Brighton