South Africa's best restaurants 2019!

South Africa's leading restaurant guide, Eat Out, has announced the winners of the 2019 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards at GrandWest in Cape Town on 17 November 2019. According to Eat Out, "La Colombe" in Constantia is South Africa's best restaurant of the year. The "The Test Kitchen" in Woodstock was named second best restaurant in South Africa, followed by last year's winner "The Restaurant at Waterkloof" in Somerset West and "Wolfgat", which was named "Restaurant of the Year" at the inaugural World Restaurant Awards 2019.

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The Top 20 restaurants:

1. La Colombe (Constantia, Cape Town)
2. The Test Kitchen (Woodstock, Cape Town)
3. The Restaurant at Waterkloof (Somerset West)
4. Wolfgat (Paternoster, West Coast)
5. FYN Restaurant (City Bowl, Cape Town)
6. La Petite Colombe (Franschhoek)
7. Eike (Stellenbosch)
8. Salsify (Camps Bay, Cape Town)
9. Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient (Elandsfontein, Pretoria)
10. Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia (Constantia, Cape Town)
11. Camphors at Vergelegen (Somerset West)
12. Overture (Stellenbosch)
13. LivingRoom at Summerhill Estate (Cowies Hill, Durban)
14. Chefs Warehouse at Maison (Franschhoek)
15. Greenhouse at The Cellars-Hohenort (Constantia, Cape Town)
16. Le Coin Français (Franschhoek)
17. La Tête (City Bowl, Cape Town)
18. The Shortmarket Club (City Bowl, Cape Town)
19. Tjing Tjing Momiji (City Bowl, Cape Town)
20. Rust en Vrede (Stellenbosch)

In addition to the announcement of the Top 10, stellar restaurants and individuals on the South African scene also received special awards. They are:

• Eat Out S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna Chef of the Year: Bertus Basson, Eike and Overture (Stellenbosch)
• Eat Out Retail Capital New Restaurant of the Year: Jewell’s Restaurant (Paarl)
• Eat Out Nederburg Rising Star: Katlego Mlambo, The Marabi Club (Maboneng Precinct, Johannesburg)
• Eat Out Graham Beck Chefs’ Chef: Ivor Jones, Chefs Warehouse Beau Constantia
  (Constantia, Cape Town)
• Eat Out Woolworths Sustainability Award: Camphors at Vergelegen (Somerset West)
• Eat Out Nespresso Innovation Award: The Test Kitchen (Woodstock, Cape Town)
• Eat Out Service Excellence: The Test Kitchen (Woodstock, Cape Town)
• Eat Out Wine Service Award: Joseph Dhafana, La Colombe (Constantia, Cape Town)
• Eat Out John Psillos Award for Outstanding Contribution to Service: Jennifer Hugé
• Eat Out Bridget McCarney Game Changer Award: SA POC at the Table
• Eat Out Irna van Zyl Food Media Icon: Dorah Sitole
• Eat Out Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award: Annette Kesler
• Eat Out Style Award: FYN Restaurant (City Bowl, Cape Town)

Eat Out names South Africa's best restaurants 2018!

South Africa's leading restaurant guide, Eat Out, has named the winners of the 2018 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards. According to Eat Out, the "The Restaurant at Waterkloof" in Somerset West is South Africa's best restaurant of the year. The "The Test Kitchen" in Woodstock, the winner of the six previous Eat Out awards, was named second best restaurant in South Africa, followed by the "La Colombe" in Constantia and "Wolfgat" in Paternoster. Congrats everyone!

1. The Restaurant at Waterkloof (Somerset West)
2. The Test Kitchen (Woodstock, Cape Town)
3. La Colombe (Constantia, Cape Town)
4. Wolfgat (Paternoster, West Coast)
5. La Petite Colombe (Franschhoek)
6. Greenhouse at Cellars-Hohenort (Constantia, Cape Town)
7. Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient (Elandsfontein, Pretoria)
8. Camphors at Vergelegen (Somerset West)
9. Jardine Restaurant (Stellenbosch)
10. Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia (Constantia, Cape Town)
11. Fermier Restaurant (Die Wilgers, Pretoria)
12. Jordan Restaurant (Stellenbosch)
13. Foliage (Franschhoek)
14. Le Coin Français (Franschhoek)
15. The Chefs’ Table (Umhlanga, Durban)
16. Chefs Warehouse at Maison (Franschhoek)
17. La Tête (City Bowl, Cape Town)
18. Overture (Stellenbosch)
19. The Shortmarket Club (City Bowl, Cape Town)
20. The Pot Luck Club (Woodstock, Cape Town)

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A brand new Number One! Congratulations to chef Gregory Czarnecki from The Restaurant at Waterkloof and his entire team on this well-deserved win! See you at the champagne tower for a cheers! With service described as a “type of magic that attracts your awe throughout dinner” by our judging panel, The Test Kitchen is this year’s recipient of the Eat Out Diners Club Service Excellence Award! The team was also crowned the Number Two restaurant in the country. Just look at that beauty! The 2019 edition of the Eat Out magazine will be on shelves on 26 November. Now it’s time for us to boogie the night away – it’s not a school night in the restaurant biz, after all 😉 Head to the link in our bio for all the winners from the 2018 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards! #eatoutawards

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• Eat Out S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna Chef of the Year: Kobus van der Merwe, Wolfgat (Paternoster)
• Eat Out Diners Club Award for Service Excellence: The Test Kitchen (Woodstock, Cape Town)
• Eat Out Retail Capital New Restaurant of the Year: Janse & Co (Gardens, Cape Town)
• Eat Out Graham Beck Chefs’ Chef Award: shared by Chris Erasmus, Foliage (Franschhoek) and Ivor Jones, Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia (Constantia, Cape Town)
• Eat Out Nederburg Rising Star: Candice Philip, Grei (Sandhurst, Johannesburg)
• Eat Out Woolworths Sustainability Award: The Werf Restaurant at Boschendal (Franschhoek)
• Eat Out VISI Style Award: Saint Restaurant (Sandton, Johannesburg)
• Eat Out Wine Service Award: Moses Magwaza, Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient (Elandsfontein, Pretoria)
• Eat Out John Psillos Award for Outstanding Contribution to Service: Germain Lehodey
• Eat Out Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award: Abigail Donnelly
• Woolworths TASTE Eat Out Bursary: Thapelo Tsotsetsi

Eat Out names South Africa's best restaurants 2017!

South Africa's leading restaurant guide, Eat Out, has named the winners of the 2017 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards. For the sixth year in a row, the country's Restaurant of the Year is The Test Kitchen in Cape Town. According to the 2017 awards, the Western Cape is again the South Africa's foodie paradise with
nine out of the top ten restaurants being based in Cape Town (6), Somerset West (2) and  Stellenbosch (1). Congrats everyone!

Here they are! The Top 10 restaurants in SA! #EatOutAwards

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1. The Test Kitchen (Woodstock, Cape Town)
2. Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient (Elandsfontein, Pretoria)
3. The Restaurant at Waterkloof (Somerset West)
4. Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia (Constantia, Cape Town)
5. Greenhouse at The Cellars-Hohenort Hotel (Constantia, Cape Town)
6. Camphors at Vergelegen (Somerset West)
7. La Colombe (Constantia, Cape Town)
8. The Shortmarket Club (City Bowl, Cape Town)
9. Overture (Stellenbosch)
10. The Pot Luck Club (Woodstock, Cape Town)
11. Jardine Restaurant (Stellenbosch)
12. Foliage (Franschhoek)
13. Wolfgat (Paternoster)
14. Jordan Restaurant (Stellenbosch)
15. Fermier Restaurant (The Willows, Pretoria)
16. Thali (Gardens, Cape Town)
17. DW Eleven-13 (Dunkeld West, Johannesburg)
18. Hartford House (Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal)
19. Luke Dale-Roberts X The Saxon (Sandhurst, Johannesburg)
20. La Tête (City Bowl, Cape Town)

Eat Out S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna Chef of the Year: Liam Tomlin of Chefs Warehouse & Canteen (City Bowl, Cape Town)
Eat Out Retail Capital New Restaurant of the Year: La Petite Colombe (Franschhoek)
Eat Out Graham Beck Chefs’ Chef: Kobus van der Merwe, Wolfgat (Paternoster, West Coast)
Eat Out Rising Star: Kayla-Ann Osborn, The Chefs Table (Umhlanga)
Eat Out Woolworths Sustainability Award: Camphors at Vergelegen (Somerset West)
Eat Out Service Excellence Award: Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient (Elandsfontein, Pretoria)
Eat Out Wine Service Award: Moses Magwaza, Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient (Elandsfontein, Pretoria)
Eat Out John Psillos Award for Outstanding Contribution to Service: Morne Wessels, La Petite Colombe (Franschhoek)
Eat Out Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award: Letitia Prinsloo
Eat Out Style Award: Fermier Restaurant (The Willows, Pretoria)
Woolworths TASTE Eat Out Bursary winner: Bryan Mlotshwa

Eat Out names South Africa's best restaurants 2016!

South Africa's leading restaurant guide, Eat Out, has named the winners of the 2016 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards. For the fifth year in a row, the country's Restaurant of the Year is The Test Kitchen in Cape Town. According to this year's awards, the Western Cape is again the South Africa's foodie paradise with nine out of the top ten restaurants being based in Cape Town (3), Franschhoek (3), Somerset West (2) and  Stellenbosch (1). Congrats everyone! 

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The Top 10 restaurants 2016:

1. The Test Kitchen (Woodstock, Cape Town)
2. La Colombe (Constantia, Cape Town)
3. The Restaurant at Waterkloof (Somerset West)
4. The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Français (Franschhoek)
5. Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient (Elandsfontein, Pretoria)
6. Overture (Stellenbosch)
7. Greenhouse at The Cellars-Hohenort Hotel (Constantia, Cape Town)
8. The Kitchen at Maison (Franschhoek)
9. Foliage (Franschhoek)
10. Camphors at Vergelegen (Somerset West)

Eat Out S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna Chef of the Year: Gregory Czarnecki of The Restaurant at Waterkloof
Eat Out Nespresso Service Excellence Award: La Colombe
Eat Out Nederburg Rising Star: Angelo Scirocco of Urbanologi (Johannesburg)
Eat Out Retail Capital New Restaurant of the Year: Foxcroft (Cape Town) 
Eat Out Wine Service Award: Tinashe Nyamudoka of The Test Kitchen
Eat Out Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award: Peter Veldsman
Eat Out Boschendal Style Award: Marble (Johannesburg) 
Eat Out John Psillos Award for Outstanding Contribution to Service: Jennifer Hugé of
La Colombe
Eat Out Woolworths Sustainability Award: The Table at De Meye (Stellenbosch)
Woolworths TASTE Eat Out Bursary winner: Ayanda Matomela

Video: Five of the best burger joints in Cape Town?!?!

Burger aficionados, you don't want to miss this video. South Africa's leading restaurant guide, Eat Out, asked Ajax Cape Town's striker Nathan Paulse to test five delicious burgers at five different burger joints in Cape Town. We are pretty sure that at least one of the restaurants will make it onto your Cape Town bucket list, right? Enjoy the video!

1. Jerry's Burger Bar in Observatory, Kloof, Blouberg, Willowbridge Centre or - comming soon - in Sea Point (Cape Town)
2. IYO Burger in 103 Bree St., CBD (Cape Town)
3. Hudsons - The Burger Joint in Gardens, Claremont, Greenpoint (Cape Town), Stellenbosch, Parkhurst (Johannesburg) and Hazelwood (Pretoria)
4. Franky's Diner in 303 Main Road, Sea Point (Cape Town)
5. Gibson's Gourmet Burgers & Ribs in Shop 157 Lower Level, V&A Waterfront (Cape Town)

Capetownians, what is your favourite burger joint in the Mother City? Which burger do you recommend?

Eat Out names South Africa's best restaurants 2015!

South Africa's leading restaurant guide, Eat Out, has named the winners of the 2015 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards. For the fourth year in a row, the country'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 eigh out of the top ten restaurants being based in Cape Town (4), Stellenbosch (2) Franschhoek (1) and Somerset West (1). Congrats! 

The Top 10 restaurants 2015 are:

1. The Test Kitchen (Woodstock, Cape Town)
2. La Colombe (Constantia, Cape Town)
3. The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Français (Franschhoek)
4. Greenhouse at The Cellars-Hohenort Hotel (Constantia, Cape Town)
5. Five Hundred at The Saxon Hotel (Sandton, Johannesburg)
6. The Restaurant at Waterkloof (Somerset West)
7. Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient (Elandsfontein, Pretoria)
8. Terroir Restaurant (Stellenbosch)
9. The Pot Luck Club (Woodstock, Cape Town)
10. Jordan Restaurant (Stellenbosch)

S.Pellegrino Chef of the Year: Scot Kirton of La Colombe
Service Excellence Award: The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Français (Franschhoek)
Nederburg Rising Star: Carmen Muller of The Tasting Centre at Rupert & Rothschild (Franschhoek)
Wine Service Award: Lloyd Jusa at Five Hundred at The Saxon Hotel (Sandton, Johannesburg)
Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award (in association with Novus Holdings): Liz McGrath
Boschendal Style Award: Greenhouse at The Cellars-Hohenort Hotel (Constantia, Cape Town)

Isn't she lovely? 😉 #EatOutmagazine on sale from tomorrow - jam-packed with #EatOutAwards results and reviews of the 500 best restaurants in South Africa. #maglove

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