Eat Out's top 10 SA restaurants
1 December 2006
Stellenbosch restaurant Terroir took South Africa's top gastronomic honour when it was named the Eat Out Johnnie Walker Restaurant of the Year 2006, while culinary trendsetter George Jardine of Jardine restaurant in Cape Town won the Chef of the Year title.
Talented aspirant chef Mkhanyisela Kapa was the recipient of the first Woolworths Taste Bursary Award.
The Eat Out awards ceremony, held in Cape Town on Sunday, also marked the launch of the 2007 edition of Eat Out, South Africa’s longest-standing annual restaurant guide, as well as the unveiling of the Eat Out Johnnie Walker Top 10 restaurants in the country.
The Top 10 were chosen by judges Peter Goffe-Wood, Letitia Prinsloo and Arnold Tanzer, highly respected members of the industry, from a shortlist submitted by 27 national restaurant reviewers.
According to Eat Out, the judges visited each nominated restaurant unannounced to evaluate the ability of the chefs and restaurants to create "that special experience that gives added pleasure to diners".
Eat Out Johnnie Walker Top Ten 2006
(in alphabetical order)- Auberge Michel, Johannesburg (chef: Frederic Leloup)
- Bread & Wine, Franschhoek (chef: Neil Jewell)
- Ginja, Cape Town (chef: Mike Bassett)
- Haiku, Cape Town (owner: Sabi Sabharwal)
- Jardine, Cape Town (chef: George Jardine)
- Lynton Hall, Durban (chef: Richard Carstens)
- 9th Avenue Bistro, Durban (chef: Carly Goncalves)
- Reuben's, Franschhoek (chef: Reuben Riffel)
- The Showroom, Cape Town (chef: Bruce Robertson)
- Terroir, Cape Town (chefs: Michael Broughton and Nic van Wyk)
Fleur du Cap People's Choice Fab Fifteen 2006
The Eat Out website has also announced its Fleur du Cap People's Choice Fab Fifteen restaurants, based on visitor reviews posted on the site in the course of 2006.
The website is comprehensive interactive restaurant guide that allows visitors to find the perfect place to eat out in their area, post their own restaurant reviews or read what other diners have to say.
The most popular restaurants in the country for 2006, according to Eat Out’s online readers, are (in alphabetical order):
- Adega, Johannesburg
- Bean Bag Bohemia, Durban
- Browns of Rivonia, Pretoria
- Café 1999, Durban
- Ginja, Cape Town
- Mano's, Cape Town
- Mastrantonio, Johannesburg
- Ninth Avenue Bistro, Durban
- Nuvo Cuisine, Pretoria
- Ritrovo Ristorante, Pretoria
- Royale Eatery, Cape Town
- Service Station, Johannesburg
- Smoke Café & Grill Lounge, Pretoria
- Societi Bistro, Cape Town
- The Showroom, Cape Town
Eat Out 2007
The Eat Out restaurant guide is an annual listing featuring independent critics' reviews of over 800 restaurants countrywide.
According to the publishers, Eat Out neither charges restaurants to be listed, nor expects them to pick up the tab for its meals, making Eat Out "the most objective and definitive restaurant guide in South Africa."
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