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)
