Eat Out names South Africa's best restaurants 2014!

South Africa's leading restaurant guide, Eat Out, has named the winners of the 2014 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards. For the third year in a row, South Africa's Restaurant of the Year is The Test Kitchen in Cape Town. According to this year's awards, the Western Cape is again the country's foodie paradise with seven out of the top ten restaurants being based in Stellenbosch (4), Cape Town (1), Franschhoek (1) and Hemel-en-Aarde Valley (1). Congrats!

The top 10 restaurants 2014 are:

1. The Test Kitchen (Cape Town)
2. Five Hundred (Johannesburg)
3. The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Français (Franschhoek)
4. Restaurant Mosaic (Pretoria)
5. Jordan Restaurant (Stellenbosch)
6. Overture (Stellenbosch)
7. Rust en Vrede Restaurant (Stellenbosch)
8. DW Eleven-13 (Johannesburg)
9. The Restaurant at Newton Johnson (Hemel-en-Aarde Valley)
10. Terroir Restaurant (Stellenbosch)

Restaurant of the Year: The Test Kitchen in Cape Town
Eat Out S. Pellegrino Chef of the Year: Chantel Dartnall, Restaurant Mosaic in Pretoria
Grolsch Service Excellence: The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Français in Franschhoek
Nederburg Rising Star: Kobus van der Merwe, Oep ve Koep in Paternoster
Tsogo Sun Wine Service: Patson Mathonsi, DW Eleven-13 in Johannesburg
The Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award in association with Paarl Media: Eduan Naude and the late Brian Shalkoff
Woolworths TASTE Eat Out Bursary Award: Thozamile Mgumane
Boschendal Style Award: Equus Dine at Cavalli in Stellenbosch
Best Asian Restaurant: Kyoto Garden Sushi  in Cape Town
Best Everyday Eatery: Chefs Warehouse & Canteen in Cape Town
Best Country-Style Restaurant: Café Bloom in Nottingham Road
Best Italian Restaurant: La Sosta's Trattoria in Swellendam
Best Steakhouse: The Local Grill in Parktown North (Johannesburg)