Eat Out names South Africa's best restaurants 2012

South Africa's leading restaurant guide, Eat Out, has named the winners of the 2012 Eat Out DStv Food Network Restaurant Awards. According to this year's awards, the Western Cape is South Africa's foodie paradise with 8 out of the top 10 restaurants being based in Cape Town and the Winelands. Bon appetit!

The Top 10 restaurants:

1. The Test Kitchen (Cape Town)
2. The Tasting Room (Franschhoek)
3. Jordan Restaurant (Stellenbosch)
4. Overture (Stellenbosch)
5. Rust en Vrede (Stellenbosch)
6. DW Eleven-13 (Johannesburg)
7. La Colombe (Cape Town)
8. The Greenhouse (Cape Town)
9. Terroir (Stellenbosch)
10. Hartford House (Mooi River)

Restaurant of the Year

• The Test Kitchen (Cape Town)

Best Bistro

• 9th Avenue Bistro (Durban)

Best Steakhouse

• Carne SA (Cape Town)

Best Country-style Restaurant

• Fresh at Paul Cluver Wine Estate (Elgin)

Best Asian Restaurant

• Saigon (Gardens, Cape Town)

Best Italian restaurant

• Café del Sol (Johannesburg)

Chef of the Year

• Margot Janse of The Tasting Room (Franschhoek)

Service Excellence Award

• Rust en Vrede (Stellenbosch)

The Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award brought to you by Paarl Media

• Alicia Wilkinson of Silwood School of Cookery (Cape Town)