Orana triumphs at Good Food Guide Awards
Chef Jock Zonfrillo’s Restaurant Orana in Adelaide has been named Restaurant of the Year at the national Good Food Guide Awards.
Celebrating Australia’s best chefs, sommeliers and dining establishments, the Good Food Guide Awards shifted to Melbourne for the first time this year.
New Restaurant of the Year was awarded to Pt. Leo Estate’s restaurant Laura in Victoria, while Regional Restaurant of the Year went to the much-lauded Brae, also in Victoria. Bar of the Year was awarded to The Dolphin Hotel Wine Room in Sydney.
Quay’s Peter Gilmore took out the Chef of the Year award, and Jodie Odrowaz (Iki Jime) was named the Josephine Pignolet Young Chef of the Year.
The awards marked the official launch of the Good Food Guide 2019, which saw 264 restaurants nationally receiving hat status, ranging from one to three.
Only seven restaurants nationally achieved the top accolade of three hats – Attica (VIC), Brae (VIC), Momofuku Seiobo (NSW), Minamishima (VIC), Quay (NSW), Restaurant Orana (SA) and Sixpenny (NSW).
“The second annual national Good Food Guide is a reflection of the thousands of voices that make Australia one of the most diverse and delicious places to eat in the world,” said Good Food Guide editor Myffy Rigby.
“The Guide is a celebration of the industry as a whole. Every one of the restaurants featured is a summation of all those moving parts. We recognise the hard work of all those Australian restaurants and everything they do to enrich the scene.”
The 2019 Good Food Guide Award winners:
Restaurant of the Year - Restaurant Orana, South Australia
New Restaurant of the Year - Laura, Victoria
Chef of the Year - Peter Gilmore, Quay, New South Wales
Regional Restaurant of the Year - Brae, Victoria
Josephine Pignolet Young Chef of the Year - Jodie Odrowaz, Iki Jime, Victoria
Wine List of the Year - Otto, Queensland
Regional Wine List of the Year - Wickens at the Royal Mail, Victoria
Sommelier of the Year - Travis Howe, Carlton Wine Room, Victoria
Service Excellence Award - Kylie Javier Ashton, Momofuku Seiobo, New South Wales
Legend Award - Stefano de Pieri, Stefano’s Cantina, Victoria
Bar of the Year - The Dolphin Hotel Wine Room, New South Wales
Food for Good Award - Sydney Doesn’t Suck, New South Wales
Sheridan Randall, 9th October 2018
