2017 Eat Out Restaurant award-winners announced The winners of the 2017 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards were announced at the GrandWest Grand Arena in Cape Town on 19 November 2017.20 Nov 201720 Nov 2017 WhatsappPrintPDF Here they are! The Top 10 restaurants in SA! #EatOutAwards A post shared by Eat Out (@eatoutguide) on Nov 20, 2017 at 12:35am PST Top 20 restaurantsThe Test Kitchen (Woodstock, Cape Town)Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient (Elandsfontein, Pretoria)The Restaurant at Waterkloof (Somerset West)Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia (Constantia, Cape Town)Greenhouse at The Cellars-Hohenort (Constantia, Cape Town)Camphors at Vergelegen (Somerset West)La Colombe (Constantia, Cape Town)The Shortmarket Club (City Bowl, Cape Town)Overture (Stellenbosch)The Pot Luck Club (Woodstock, Cape Town)Jardine Restaurant (Stellenbosch)Foliage (Franschhoek)Wolfgat (Paternoster)Jordan Restaurant (Stellenbosch)Fermier Restaurant (The Willows, Pretoria)Thali (Gardens, Cape Town)DW Eleven-13 (Dunkeld West, Johannesburg)Hartford House (Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal)Luke Dale-Roberts X The Saxon (Sandhurst, Johannesburg)La Tête (City Bowl, Cape Town) We've awarded a whole bunch of Eat Out awards already! We grabbed some of the winners & presenters backstage! Starring number 12, Foliage @cheffoliage & his rocking team with @zola_nene; @chefconstantijn from nr 18 @hartfordhouse with @sarietydskrif food editor @lensingherman; team @restaurantmosaicatorient with @margotjanse, nr 3 & Service Excellence winners; Eat Out S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna Chef of the Year, Liam Tomlin with @pgwood; and no 2 Restaurant at Waterkloof team with @czarneckigregory taking a taste of their Eat Out! #EatOutAwards Check out story for links to all the winners! A post shared by Eat Out (@eatoutguide) on Nov 19, 2017 at 9:23am PST All the winnersEat Out S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna Chef of the Year: Liam Tomlin of Chefs Warehouse & Canteen (City Bowl, Cape Town)Eat Out Retail Capital New Restaurant of the Year: La Petite Colombe (Franschhoek)Eat Out Graham Beck Chefs’ Chef: Kobus van der Merwe, Wolfgat (Paternoster, West Coast)Eat Out Rising Star: Kayla-Ann Osborn, The Chefs Table (Umhlanga)Eat Out Woolworths Sustainability Award: Camphors at Vergelegen (Somerset West)Eat Out Service Excellence Award: Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient (Elandsfontein, Pretoria)Eat Out Wine Service Award: Moses Magwaza, Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient (Elandsfontein, Pretoria)Eat Out John Psillos Award for Outstanding Contribution to Service: Morne Wessels, La Petite Colombe (Franschhoek)Eat Out Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award: Letitia PrinslooEat Out Style Award: Fermier Restaurant (The Willows, Pretoria)Woolworths Taste Eat Out Bursary winner: Bryan MlotshwaClick here for more information on the judging for each of the awards.
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