WA Good Food Guide winners announced

The winners of the 2018 West Australian Good Food Guide have been announced.

Wills Domain, a family-owned vineyard restaurant at Yallingup helmed by chef Seth James, has been named WA’s Restaurant of the Year.

The award for Best Regional Restaurant went to Margaret River region winery Voyager Estate, while the restaurant’s chef, Santiago Fernandez, was named Regional Chef of the Year.

Newcomer Tiny’s Bar had a bumper night winning the Best Bar Dining Award. Tiny’s owners Paul Aron and Michael Forde also took home the Hospitality Operators Award, while Tiny’s bartender Emma Crisp won the Breakthrough Talent Award.

Best new restaurant went to Santini Bar & Grill at the newly opened QT Perth. WA’s Chef of the Year Award went to Jed Gerrard of Wildflower, at Perth’s Como Hotel.

The winners in full:

• Restaurant of the Year
  Wills Domain
  
  
• Chef of the Year
  Jed Gerrard (Wildflower)
  
  
• Bartender of the Year
  Dean Buchanan (Long Chim)
  
  
• Best Casual Dining
  Canteen Pizza
  
  
• Sommelier of the Year
  Foni Pollitt (Mayfair Lane)
  
  
• Wine List of the Year
  Wildflower
  
  
• Breakthrough Talent of 2018
  Emma Crisp (Tiny’s)
  
  
• Young Chef of the Year
  Cameron Jones (Red Cabbage)
  
  
• New Restaurant of the Year
  Santini Bar & Grill
  
  
• Best Bar Dining
  Tiny’s
  
  
• Best Bar
  TWR Crown Towers
  
  
• Regional Chef of the Year
  Santiago Fernandez
  (Voyager Estate)
  
  
• Regional Restaurant of the Year
  Voyager Estate

• Industry Leadership Award
  Alain Fabrègues
  
  
• Hospitality Operator of the Year
  Paul Aron and Michael Forde
  (Mary Street Bakery, Offshoot Coffee, Tiny’s)
  
  
• Excellence in Front of House
  James Tuxworth
  (Il Lido Italian Canteen)
  
  
• Producer of the Year
  Wagin Duck & Game

Sheridan Randall, 30^th November 2018