This year, the Good Food Guide Awards was a national affair, rather than a shindig in each city. Why? Apparently “frankly, it was the right time”. (This may be corporate speak for “we needed to cut costs, it’s tough in newspaper land right now”.) So inner city and regional were all combined, and Northern Territory even got a look in! Must have been a very long night.
There were specific gongs for certain categories, and the full list of hats below. Vale Jeremy Strode, how very very sad.
Restaurant of the Year: Attica, Victoria
New Restaurant of the Year: Saint Peter, New South Wales
Chef of the Year: Daniel Puskas, Sixpenny, New South Wales
Santa Vittoria Regional Restaurant of the Year: The Agrarian Kitchen Eatery & Store, Tasmania Vittoria Coffee Legend Award: Jeremy Strode 1964-2017
Josephine Pignolet Young Chef of the Year: Kylie Millar, Attica, Victoria
Food For Good Award: Orana Foundation, South Australia
Bar of the Year: Arlechin, Victoria
Sommelier of the Year: Raul Moreno Yague, Osteria Ilaria, Victoria
Wine list of the Year: Aria Brisbane, Queensland
Three Hats
NEW SOUTH WALES | VICTORIA | QUEENSLAND |
Quay | Attica | Urbane |
Sepia | Brae | |
Minamishima |
Two Hats
NEW SOUTH WALES | VICTORIA | QUEENSLAND |
Aria | Cutler & Co. | Aria Brisbane |
Automata | Dinner by Heston Blumenthal | Esquire (down a hat) |
Bennelong | Estelle by Scott Pickett | Gerard’s Bistro |
Bentley Restaurant & Bar | Ezard | GOMA Restaurant |
Biota Dining | Fen (new entry) | Stokehouse Q |
Cirrus (new entry) | Flower Drum | Wasabi |
Est. | Grossi Florentino Upstairs | |
Ester | Igni (new entry) | SOUTH AUSTRALIA |
Firedoor (up a hat) | Kuro Kisume (new entry) | Hentley Farm |
Fleet | Lake House | Magill Estate Restaurant |
Fred’s (new entry) | Lume | Restaurant Orana |
Icebergs Dining & Bar | O.My (up a hat) | |
Lucio’s | Provenance | WESTERN AUSTRALIA |
LuMi Dining | Rockpool Bar & Grill | Cullen Wines |
Momofuku Seiobo | Rosetta (up a hat) | Vasse Felix |
Monopole | Saint Crispin | |
Mr. Wong | Spice Temple | TASMANIA |
Muse Restaurant | Ten Minutes by Tractor | The Agrarian Kitchen Eatery & Store |
Ormeggio at The Spit | Vue de Monde (down a hat) | |
Oscillate Wildly | Woodland House | ACT |
Pilu at Freshwater | Aubergine | |
Porteno (re-entry) | Ottoman Cuisine | |
Restaurant Hubert | ||
Rockpool Bar & Grill | ||
Saint Peter (new entry) | ||
Sixpenny | ||
Tetsuya’s | ||
The Bridge Room (down a hat) |
One hat
NEW SOUTH WALES | VICTORIA | QUEENSLAND |
10 William St | A La Grecque | 1889 Enoteca |
4Fourteen (new entry) | Amaru | Blackbird Bar & Grill |
Acme | Anchovy | E’cco Bistro |
Aki’s | Atlas Dining (new hatter) | Gauge |
Bacco (new entry) | Bacash | Harrisons by Spencer Patrick |
Baccomatto Osteria | Bar Lourinha | Homage |
Banksii (new entry) | Bistro Guillaume | Kiyomi |
Beach Byron Bay (new entry) | Cafe Di Stasio | Madame Rouge (new entry) |
Bellevue | Captain Moonlite (new hatter) | Mamasan Kitchen & Bar |
Billy Kwong | Catfish | Moda |
Bistro Molines | Cecconi’s Flinders Lane | Montrachet |
Bistro Officina (new entry) | Centonove | Noosa Waterfront Restaurant |
Bistro Rex (new entry) | Coda | Nu Nu |
Bodega | Copper Pot Seddon (new hatter) | Otto |
Buon Ricordo | Cumulus Inc. | Rick Shores (new entry) |
Catalina | Da Noi | Rickys River Bar & Restaurant |
Caveau | Donovans | Sake Restaurant & Bar |
China Doll | Doot Doot Doot (new hatter) | Social Eating House |
Cho Cho San | Elyros | Spirit House |
Clementine (new entry) | Embla | Tartufo |
Continental Deli Bar Bistro | Epocha | The Euro |
Cottage Point Inn | French Saloon | The Fish House (down a hat) |
Da Orazio Pizza & Porchetta | Highline at the Railway Hotel | The Hats |
Darley’s | Ides | The Long Apron (down a hat) |
Eschalot | Il Bacaro | The Peak (down a hat) |
Felix | Kakizaki (new hatter) | The Survey Co. |
Fratelli Paradiso | Kappo | The Tamarind |
Glass Brasserie | Kazuki’s | The Wolfe |
Hartsyard | Lee Ho Fook | |
Harvest (new entry) | Ma Cave at Midnight Starling (new hatter) | WESTERN AUSTRALIA |
Izakaya Fujiyama | Maha | Billie H |
Jade Temple (new entry) | Marion | Il Lido |
Jonah’s | Masons of Bendigo | Lalla Rookh |
Kepos Street Kitchen | Matteo’s | Liberte |
Lolli Redini | Montalto | Long Chim |
Long Chim (new entry) | MoVida, | Lulu La Delizia |
LP’s Quality Meats | Noir | Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth |
Margan Restaurant, | Nora | The Shorehouse |
Ms. G’s | Oakridge (new hatter) | Voyager Estate |
Muse Kitchen (down a hat) | Osteria Ilaria (new hatter) | Wildflower |
Nomad | Oter | |
Otto | Paringa Estate | SOUTH AUSTRALIA |
Paper Bird (new entry) | Philippe (new hatter) | Africola |
Paper Daisy (down a hat) | Port Phillip Estate | Appellation |
Pearls on the Beach | Public Inn | Botanic Gardens Restaurant |
Pendolino | Ramblr (new hatter) | FermentAsian |
Queen Chow (new entry) | San Telmo (new hatter) | Osteria Oggi |
Restaurant Mason | Source Dining | Press Food & Wine |
Rocker (new entry) | Stefano’s (down a hat) | Shobosho |
Rosetta (new entry) | Stokehouse (re-entry) | The Currant Shed |
Sagra | Supernormal | The Pot by Emma McCaskill |
Sake (Double Bay) (new entry) | TarraWarra Estate (new hatter) | The Summertown Aristologist |
Sean’s Panaroma | Tempura Hajime (new hatter) | |
Sokyo | Terrace Restaurant | TASMANIA |
Sotto Sopra (new entry) | The Point Albert Park | Aloft |
Spice Temple (down a hat) | The Press Club (down a hat) | Dier Makr |
St. Isidore (new entry) | The Recreation (new hatter) | Fico |
Stanbuli | The Town Mouse | Franklin |
Subo | Tipo 00 | Stillwater |
Sushi e | Tonka | Templo |
The Antipodean (new entry) | Trattoria Emilia (new entry) | |
The Apollo | Tulip | NORTHERN TERRITORY |
The Bathers’ Pavilion | Wilson & Market (new entry) | Hanuman |
The Dolphin Hotel | ||
The Gantry | ACT | |
The Paddington | Chairman & Yip | |
The Restaurant | Eightysix | |
The Stunned Mullet | Italian & Sons | |
The Zin House | Lilotang | |
Three Blue Ducks (re-entry) | Monster Kitchen & Bar | |
Tonic | Otis Dining Hall | |
Town | Pulp Kitchen | |
Uccello | Temporada | |
Yellow |