Saint Peter Is Time Out's Restaurant of the Year 2018
Paddington seafood restaurant Saint Peter was named Restaurant of the Year at the recent Time Out Sydney Food Awards. Saint Peter executive chef Josh Niland was also named Chef of the Year.
"Saint Peter heralds a new age of seafood dining in Australia,” said Time Out's national food & drink editor, Emily Lloyd-Tait. "Josh Niland is opening our eyes to what can be done with fish, and he's also educating us to eat better and more sustainably when it comes to the fruits of the sea.”
Time Out's award for Best Degustation went to the all-vegetarian tasting menu by Potts Point fine diner Yellow. At the other end of the scale, Rosebery Vietnamese diner Banh Xeo Bar was judged Best Cheap Eat, while Edition Coffee Roasters Haymarket won Best Café.
Modern Korean offering Paper Bird in Potts Point won the award for Best Casual Dining Restaurant, making good on its victory last year in the New Restaurant category, while Best New Restaurant for 2018 was Clayton (Automata) Wells' new Chippendale offshoot A1 Canteen.
Top Sydney chefs were polled on their selections for the Hot Talent Award, with Ahana Dutt from Lennox Hastie's Firedoor scooping the award for up-and-coming chefs considered likely to be the culinary stars of tomorrow.
The Legend Award this year was given to the Surry Hills restaurant that has revolutionised Thai food in Sydney, Spice I Am. Time Out readers also had the chance to vote for their favourite restaurant in the People's Choice award, with Haymarket outpost of restaurant Ho Jiak taking the honours.
Sheridan Randall, 3rd September 2018
