The 30 nominees for the highly anticipated annual Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards have just been announced. To celebrate the wealth of talent on the restaurant scene, Eat Out will count down from 20 to 11 at the foodie event of the year, which will take place at GrandWest in Cape Town on Sunday 17 November 2019, before finally revealing the Top 10 restaurants in the country. Follow all the action on the day on #EatOutAwards.

The nominees, in alphabetical order, are:

Camphors at Vergelegen
Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia
Chefs Warehouse at Maison
Eike
FABER
Fermier Restaurant
Foxcroft
FYN Restaurant
Grei
Greenhouse at The Cellars-Hohenort
Janse & Co
Jardine Restaurant
Jordan Restaurant
La Colombe
La Petite Colombe
La Tête
Le Coin Français
LivingRoom at Summerhill Estate
Overture
Pierneef à La Motte
Protégé
Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient
Rust en Vrede
Salsify
The Restaurant at Waterkloof
The Shortmarket Club
The Test Kitchen
Tjing Tjing Momiji
The Werf Restaurant at Boschendal
Wolfgat

In addition to naming the hotly contested Top 10 restaurants, the 2019 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards will also recognise the following winners:

Eat Out S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna Chef of the Year
Eat Out Retail Capital New Restaurant of the Year
Eat Out Nederburg Rising Star Award
Eat Out Graham Beck Chefs’ Chef Award
Eat Out Service Excellence Award
Eat Out Wine Service Award
Eat Out Nespresso Innovation Award
Eat Out John Psillos Award for Outstanding Contribution to Service
Eat Out Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award
Eat Out Woolworths Sustainability Award
Eat Out VISI Style Award