Congratulations to the restaurants chosen by American Express as regional winners for 2020. These awards are open only to restaurants that accept American Express credit cards.

The awards, billed as the American Express Dining Awards 2020 Reimagined, were relaunched earlier this year with a judging panel of food journalist Steve Steinfeld, Greg Malok (MD of Kaya FM) and chef Clive Aaron.

Northern, central and eastern regional winners

The top 12 regional winners were:
Abingdon Wine Estate
Culinary Table Restaurant
Epicure
Grei at the Saxon
Marble
NCW
Qunu at the Saxon
Restaurant Mosaic at the Orient
Saint
Silver Orange Bistro
The Chef’s Table
De Oude Kraal

Category winners were:
American Express Member’s Choice: Saint
Wine: Restaurant Mosaic at the Orient
Best-kept Secret: Abingdon Wine Estate
Pure SA: Marble
Pioneer Chef: David Higgs of Marble

Southern and western regional winners

All the winners:
Babel at Babylonstoren
Camphors at Vergelegen
Cavalli Estate Restaurant
Eike by Bertus Basson
Foliage
Fyn
The Greenhouse
Hacklewood Hill Country House
Jardine
Jordan
La Colombe
La Tête
Le Coin Français
La Petite Colombe
Overture
Protégé
Rust en Vrede
Salsify
The Pot Luck Club
The Restaurant at Waterkloof
The Shortmarket Club
The Test Kitchen
The Werf Restaurant at Boschendal
Zinzi

Category winners were:
The Winner of The American Express Style Award 2020: Fyn
The American Express Young Talent Award 2020: Ryan Cole of Salsify
The Best Newcomer Award 2020: Eike by Bertus Basson
The American Express Service Award 2020: The Test Kitchen
The American Express Restaurant of The Year 2020: Test Kitchen