Tag: Awards

Posts that consist of restaurants being awarded something.

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2014
Sepia is once again the top restaurant for this year’s Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2014. The restaurant won this award in 2012 and was a three hat last year.

Other Awards in this year’s Good Food Guide 2014

Ross Lusted from The Bridge Room has won the Chef of The Year award. The Bridge Room is a two-hat restaurant.

Louis Tamayo (Claude’s) won the Service Excellence Award.

Young Chef of the year award was given to Louis Tikaram from Longrain.

New restaurant of the year is Mr Wong.

Award of Innovation went to Kylie Kwong.

Guillaume Brahimi received the Legend Award.

List of restaurants with hats

Three hats

There are five restaurants awarded with three hats as listed in the Good Food website:
- Sepia – Winner of 2014 and 2012 Restaurant of the year award.
- Guillaume at Bennelong – This iconic restaurant will close its doors permanently at the end of the year.
- Momofuku Seiobo – This restaurant has been a three hat ever since it opened its doors to public!
- Quay – 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2013 restaurant of the year. Quay is the only restaurant in this year’s list that I’ve been to.
- Rockpool – The group has several restaurants including two two-hat restaurants, Rockpool Bar and grill and Spice Temple.
As listed from the website, the rest of the hats are as follows:

Two hats

Aria, The Bridge Room, Buon Ricordo, Claude’s, est., Four in Hand Dining Room, Gastro Park, Icebergs Dining Room & Bar, Longrain, Lucio’s Italian Restaurant, Marque, MoVida, Mr Wong, Ormeggio at The Spit, Pilu at Freshwater, Rockpool Bar & Grill, Spice Temple, Tetsuya’s.

One hat

Aki’s Indian Restaurant, Ananas Bar & Brasserie, The Apollo, Arras, Balla, The Bathers’ Pavilion, Berowra Waters Inn, Billy Kwong, Bistro Moncur, Bistrode CBD, The Boathouse on Blackwattle Bay, Bodega, buzo trattoria, Cafe Sopra, Catalina, China Doll, Clareville Kiosk, The Devonshire, Flying Fish Restaurant & Bar, Foveaux Restaurant & Bar, Glass Brasserie, Gowings Bar & Grill, Hartsyard, Jonah’s Restaurant, Kepos Street Kitchen, Monopole, Ms.G’s, Oscillate Wildly, Popolo, Porteño, The Restaurant Pendolino, Saké Restaurant & Bar, Sean’s Panaroma, Sixpenny, Sokyo, Three Blue Ducks, Tomislav, Uccello, Ume Restaurant, Xanthi.
Sep 3, 2013
50 best restaurants in the world 2013

50 best restaurants in the world 2013 has a new winner in 2013.

El Celler De Can Roca of Spain has dethroned the top restaurant for the last three years, Noma of Denmark. Originally from Girona, Spain, El Celler De Can Roca is not an anonymous name. Spearheaded by chef Joan Roca (with his two brothers), they’ve been a runner up to Noma for the last two years. They have also been in the list for the last eight years and steadily climbing up the ladder. According to theworlds50best.com, eating at El Celler is truly uplifting, with the warmth of the family dynamic all-pervasive.

I am actually more suprised by Attica‘s rise to prominence. Attica is Australia’s Top restaurant in 2013 and is located in Melbourne, Victoria. They are the highest new entry for the year at number 21. In 2012, Attica was only sitting at number 63, well below Quay at 29 and Marque at 61. This year Quay is still on the list at number 48, while Marque and Tetsuya are out of top 100. Sydney’s top restaurant according Good Food Guide, Momofuku Seiobo, is the only other Australian restaurant in top 100 at number 89.

50 best restaurants in the world 2013 in Asia

Asia’s top restaurant is Narisawa from Tokyo, Japan. Named after its head chef, Yoshihiro Narisawa, this restaurant has a French technique with Japanese ingredients. Tetsuya’s other restaurant, Waku Ghin of Singapore, is sitting at number 11 on the list.

Surprisingly, my home country has ONE restaurant in the top 50 Asian restaurants called Mozaic in Bali. It is located in Jl. Raya Sanggingan, Ubud, Gianyar – Bali 80571. The restaurant is described as Franco-Indonesian, a fusion of French and Indonesian cuisines. Its current signature dishes are suckling pork with pig’s trotter ravioli and babi guling emulsion.

This is one restaurant I will definitely go to test! 🙂

Apr 30, 2013
2012 Sydney International Food Festival

2012 Sydney International Food Festival, also known as Crave Sydney, is an annual event that is held throughout the month of October.

In 2012, the list of participants and sponsors is already a mile long. If you go to their website, you can search the festival program for any events that you might fancy.

There are six main or feature events for the 2012 Sydney International Food Festival

1. World Chef Showcase

2. Showcase Dinners

3. Breakfast on Bondi

4. Barbecue Madness

5. Night Noodle Markets

6. Shoot the Chef

Website:

http://www.goodfoodmonth.com/

Oct 15, 2012
Good Food Guide 2013 Winners

A list of Good Food Guide 2013 winners was announced two days ago in SMH.

Quay restaurant is the Good Food Guide 2013 Winners

All About Food would like to congratulate Quay for reclaiming the top spot. It marked the fifth time in the last ten years that Quay has won the awards. They won it in the year 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, and 2013.

Our date with the restaurant was written in the Quay restaurant review in November 2010. We were drawn to it by the appearance of Snow Egg in Masterchef.

Other Good Food Guide 2013 winners as seen in All About Food Blog

We have also visited the diner’s choice award recipient, Tetsuya’s , more recently.

Later on this month – to be published next month – we will bring you another restaurant from the list, Tomislav .

For a full list of winners in 2013, please visit SMH’s Good Food Guide.

Sep 5, 2012
World’s Restaurant of the Year 2012

Congratulations to Noma from Denmark for the hat-trick at the top of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants!

Asia’s best restaurant is now at the hand of Iggy’s at number 26! In addition to Iggy’s, Singapore also had 3 other restaurants in the top 100.

Australia is still represented by four restaurants this year, but we have a shift in ranking.

Quay is still at the top of the list at 29, although overall they were down 3 spots in this year’s Restaurant of the Year 2012 list.

Marque is the new number two and sitting at 61. They went up by 3 this year.

Attica also went down by 10 to number 63.

The worst performer, but still managed to hang on to the top 100 spot is Tetsuya’s. They are now at 76, down 18 spots.

May 1, 2012
Restaurant of The Year 2012 Australia

As seen on Sydney Morning Herald on the 2012 Good Food Guide Awards, We would like to congratulate Sepia as the new top restaurant for the year 2012. Hopefully, we can secure a seat to give you an in-depth look for the new champions 🙂 Stay tune…

Sep 5, 2011