Restaurant Awards

2016 GT Restaurant Guide Awards winners

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2016 Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide

Pull up a chair, unfurl some linen, reach for a fork and raise a glass as we present the winners of the 2016 Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Awards, sponsored by Vittoria Coffee and Santa Vittoria. We’ve got new players looking to the old-school, the old-school infused with new cool, the movers, the makers, and the cocktail shakers. They’re twisting it, flipping it, scoring it and pouring it, lighting fires, plucking leaves, filling glasses, spinning plates and going the extra mile to bring you new ways to break bread, share laughs and savour the good times at the bar and at the table.

Restaurant of the Year

Restaurant of the Year

Rockpool, Sydney

Photography Andrew Finlayson

Chef of the Year

Chef of the Year

Dan Hunter, Brae, Birregurra

Photography Marcel Aucar

REGIONAL RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR

REGIONAL RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR

Three Blue Ducks, Byron Bay

Photography William Meppem

Bar of the Year

Bar of the Year

The Gresham, Brisbane

Photography AJ Moller

BEST NEW TALENT

BEST NEW TALENT

Lennox Hastie, Firedoor, Sydney

Photography Rob Shaw

Sommelier of the Year

Sommelier of the Year

Raffaele Mastrovincenzo, Kappo, Melbourne

Photography Marcel Aucar

Wine List of the Year

Wine List of the Year

Billy Kwong, Sydney

Photography Andrew Finlayson

Outstanding Contribution to Hospitality

Outstanding Contribution to Hospitality

Joost Bakker

Photography Marcel Aucar

MAÎTRE D’ OF THE YEAR

MAÎTRE D’ OF THE YEAR

Vanessa Crichton, Rosetta, Melbourne

Photography Marcel Aucar

NEW RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR

NEW RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR

Bennelong, Sydney

Photography Rob Shaw

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