2016 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards nominees announced

The contenders for this year’s awards are:

Camphors at Vergelegen
Chefs Warehouse & Canteen
DW Eleven-13
Foliage
Greenhouse
Hartford House
Indochine
Jordan Restaurant
The Kitchen at Maison
La Colombe
Nobu
Overture
Pierneef à La Motte
The Pot Luck Club
The Restaurant at Waterkloof
Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient
Rust en Vrede Restaurant
The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Français
Terroir
The Test Kitchen

Upcoming Awards ceremony

The Top 10 restaurants in South Africa as well as the winners of the Eat Out S.Pellegrino Acqua Panna Chef of the Year, Eat Out Nespresso Service Excellence Award and the Eat Out Wine Service Award will be selected from these nominees and announced at the awards ceremony in Cape Town on Sunday, 20 November.

The identities of the anonymous judges who have dined around the country with chief judge Abigail Donnelly to select this year’s nominees – and ultimately, the winners – were revealed in a video on the Eat Out website at the end of September. They are Carianne Wilkinson of the Silwood School of Cookery and chef David Higgs.

Says Abigail Donnelly, Eat Out editor and chief judge: “The outstanding restaurants celebrated this year show a clever combination of consistency, evolution and playfulness. Rock ’n roll dishes have been created by these stars of the food world. The lineup, which includes regulars, reappearances and new names, proves that it’s not about trends, but rather about pure dedication.”

Other champions that will be announced at these annual food Oscars include the Eat Out Nederburg Rising Star and the recipient of the Eat Out Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award. A separate judging process has also determined the winners of the Eat Out Boschendal Style Award and two new accolades, the Eat Out Retail Capital New Restaurant of the Year and the Eat Out Woolworths Sustainability Award. Visit eatout.co.za/awards for more details on the judging criteria for each award.

Limited tickets are available for the 2016 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant awards at R1,495 per person. Bookings can be made at eventrsvp.co.za/EatOutAwards2016. For enquiries, contact az.oc.tuotae@sdrawa or call 021 417 1257.

Click here for details of all the nominees for this year’s awards.