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The winners of the 2015 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards

Sunday, November 15th, 2015 by Eat Out

An unforgettable Sunday lunch at SunExhibits Centre at GrandWest set the scene for the announcement of South Africa’s top culinary talent at the 2015 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards.

 The Top 10 restaurants

  1. The Test Kitchen (Woodstock, Cape Town)
  2. La Colombe (Constantia, Cape Town)
  3. The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Français (Franschhoek)
  4. Greenhouse at The Cellars-Hohenort Hotel (Constantia, Cape Town)
  5. Five Hundred at The Saxon Hotel – now closed (Sandton, Johannesburg)
  6. The Restaurant at Waterkloof (Somerset West)
  7. Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient (Elandsfontein, Pretoria)
  8. Terroir (Stellenbosch)
  9. The Pot Luck Club (Woodstock, Cape Town)
  10. Jordan Restaurant (Stellenbosch)

S.Pellegrino Chef of the Year: Scot Kirton of La Colombe

Service Excellence Award: The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Français (Franschhoek)

Nederburg Rising Star: Carmen Muller of The Tasting Centre at Rupert & Rothschild (Franschhoek)

Wine Service Award: Lloyd Jusa at Five Hundred at The Saxon (Sandton, Johannesburg)

Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award (in association with Novus Holdings): Liz McGrath

Boschendal Style Award: Greenhouse at The Cellars-Hohenort Hotel (Constantia, Cape Town)

Woolworths TASTE Eat Out Bursary: Charlton de Ruiter

The judges who worked alongside Eat Out Editor and Chief Judge Abigail Donnelly to determine this year’s winners were Jackie Cameron, Benny Masekwameng and Siba Mtongana. Find out more about the judges here.

Follow @Eat_Out on Twitter and search #eatoutawards for all the thrilling commentary from the event and visit Eat Out’s Instagram page @eatoutguide and Facebook page for photos of the awards lunch.

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6 Comments

  • Dirk
    November 15, 2015

    What is number 20 to number 11?

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    1. Eat Out
      November 16, 2015

      Hi Dirk, the numbers from 11 to 20 aren’t ranked, but you can find the full list of fantastic nominees here: https://www.eatout.co.za/article/revealed-full-list-20-nominees-2015-eat-mercedes-benz-restaurant-awards/

  • Janis
    November 15, 2015

    So, after all is said and done, who exactly can afford to eat at any of these restaurants? Not me, sadly.

    Reply
  • Clive Edwards
    November 15, 2015

    To be quite honest, a disgraceful showing from the Gauteng fraternity. Virtually every business person in South Africa of any substance visits/ entertains or resides in Gauteng. You should be ashamed of the fact that you actually need to entertain and impress in the Western Cape and that you showed so poorly in this survey. Thank God I’ve retired

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  • Linda Findlay
    November 17, 2015

    The competition in the Western Cape is fierce and it’s good to see some restaurants in the Top 10 consistently maintaining standards year after year. I’m very surprised not to see Cheyne’s on the list of nominees though.

    Reply
  • Mari
    December 31, 2015

    Some weeks ago I left 2 messages on the answering service at Terroir, and eventually, after some more unanswered calls, called the Lodge and asked them to ask someone, anyone, at the restaurant to call me. The morning of the day (a graduation celebration) that we wanted to lunch there arrived and still no one had called. And to this day I’ve had no call back. So the food may be good but they surely do not deserve to be top 10 on any list.

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