2015 Good Food Guide Award winners

2015 Good Food Guide Award winners
Sydneys's Sepia restaurant has bagged a double victory at last night's Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide Awards. Get the full winner's list.

Martin Benn’s Sepia restaurant in Sydney’s CBD took home the night’s biggest accolade, winning Restaurant of the Year, while Benn’s wife and business partner Vicki Wild received the Service Excellence Award.

It’s the biggest notch in an ever-expanding belt of accolades, with Benn also named the hottest chef in the Weekend Australian Magazine’s 50 Hot Restaurants in Australia guide and chef of the year in the Gourmet Traveller Awards. Read our interview with Martin Benn here.

See the other winners on the night below:

Best New Restaurant

Ester, Chippendale

Chef of the Year

Brent Savage – Bentley Restaurant & Bar, Monopole and Yellow

Regional Restaurant of the Year

Biota, Bowral

Innovation Award

Pasi Petanen, Cafe Paci, Darlinghurst

Sustainability Award

Fins, South Kingscliff

Legend Award

Peter Doyle

Young Chef of the Year

Julian Cincotta, Nomad, Surry Hills

Restaurants which won hats on the night included:

CITY

THREE HATS 

Momofuku Seiobo, Quay, Rockpool, Sepia

TWO HATS

ARIA Restaurant, Bentley Restaurant & Bar, Berowra Waters Inn, The Bridge Room, est., Ester, Gastro Park, Icebergs Dining Room & Bar, Lucio’s Italian Restaurant, Marque, Mr. Wong, Ormeggio at the Spit, Pilu at Freshwater, Porteño, Rockpool Bar & Grill, sixpenny, Spice Temple, Tetsuya’s

ONE HAT

4Fourteen, Aki’s Indian Restaurant, Alpha, The Apollo, Arras, Bar H Dining, The Bathers’ Pavilion, Billy Kwong, Bistro Moncur, Bistrode CBD, BLACK by Ezard, The Boathouse on Blackwattle Bay, Bodega, Buon Ricordo, Cafe Paci, Cafe Sopra, Catalina, China Doll, Cho Cho San, Clareville Kiosk, Cottage Point Inn, the devonshire, Farmhouse, Felix, Fish Face, Flying Fish Restaurant & Bar, Four in Hand Dining Room, glass brasserie, Hartsyard, Jonah’s Restaurant, Kepos Street Kitchen, Longrain, Lox Stock & Barrel, Monopole, Moon Park, MoVida, Ms.G’s, Nomad, Oscillate Wildly, Osteria Balla, Osteria di Russo & Russo, Otto Ristorante, The Restaurant Pendolino, Saké Restaurant & Bar, Sean’s Panaroma, Sokyo, sushi e, Three Blue Ducks, Uccello, Ume Restaurant, Vincent, Vini, Yellow

CANBERRA

TWO HATS 

Aubergine (Griffith)

ONE HAT

Capitol Bar & Grill (Canberra City), Courgette (Canberra City), eightysix (Braddon), Italian & Sons (Braddon), Malamay (Barton), Ottoman Cuisine (Barton), Temporada (Canberra City), Water’s Edge (Parkes)

REGIONAL NSW

TWO HATS

Biota Dining (Bowral), Muse Restaurant (Pokolbin), Subo (Newcastle West)

ONE HAT

Bistro Molines (Mount View), Caveau (Wollongong), Cupitt’s Kitchen (Ulla-dulla), Darley’s Restaurant (Katoomba), Eschalot (Berrima), Fins Restaurant (Kingscliff), Harvest Cafe (Newrybar), Lolli Redini (Orange), Manfredi at Bells (Killcare Heights), Muse Kitchen (Pokolbin), Restaurant Como (Blaxland), Restaurant Mason (Newcastle), The Stunned Mullet (Port Macquarie), Tomah Gardens (Mt Tomah), Tonic (Millthorpe), Town Restaurant & Cafe (Bangalow), Wharf Rd Restaurant & Bar (Nowra), Zanzibar Cafe (Merimbula)

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