On Wednesday 17 August, we announced the winners of GT’s Restaurant Guide Awards with a night of fine food and company at David Thompson’s Long Chim Sydney.
See all our award winners here, and pick up a copy of the 2017 Australian Restaurant Guide in all good newsagents now.
Photography by Lauren Trompp and Ken Butti
Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Awards
Rockpool and Eleven Bridge chef Neil Perry
From l-r; Automata chef Clayton Wells, Maurice Terzini of Icebergs and The Dolphin, and 10 William St’s Giovanni Paradiso
Long Chim Sydney
Long Chim Sydney
Mr Wong’s Dan Hong
Gourmet Traveller editor Anthea Loucas Bosha and chief restaurant critic Pat Nourse
Pat Nourse
Long Chim and Nahm chef David Thompson
Marshall King accepts Pink Moon Saloon’s award for Bar of the Year
Chef of the Year Ben Shewry and Anthea Loucas Bosha
Ben Shewry is congratulated by Hubert chef Dan Pepperell and Marion maître d’ Andrew Joy
Billy Kwong chef Kylie Kwong and Neil Perry
Anthea Loucas Bosha and David Thompson
Ben Shewry and David Thompson
Kyle Javier Ashton and Ambrose Chiang accept the Restaurant of the Year award on behalf of Momofuku Seiobo
Singleton Spet Cascade Scotch Whisky cocktails with salted and malted syrup
Quay and Bennelong chef Peter Gilmore
Maurice Terzini and Giovanni Paradiso
The Vittoria Coffee station
Long Chim’s David Thompson welcomes guests
Sommelier Andy Tyson accepts Restaurant Hubert’s award for Wine List of the Year
Pat Nourse and Ben Shewry
From l-r; Hubert’s Jason Scott, Dan Pepperell and Anton Forte with Gourmet Traveller’s Sophie McComas and Maggie Scardifield
Cured Petuna ocean trout roe on nori crackers by chef Nic Wong from Cho Cho San
Tanqueray and tonics with pink grapefruit
Bauer Media Group Publisher Cornelia Schulze with Bauer Media CEO Nick Chan
David Thompson and Neil Perry
Orana and Blackwood chef Jock Zonfrillo and Africola’s Duncan Welgemoed
Restaurant Hubert’s Anton and Stefan Forte
This Must Be The Place bartender Luke Ashton and Momofuku Seiobo’s Kylie Javier Ashton
Igni’s Aaron Turner and Jo Smith
Giovanni Paradiso and Ester’s Mat Lindsday
Icebergs chef Monty Koludrovic, OzHarvest’s Ronni Kahn and Melbourne restaurateur Andrew McConnell
Igni’s Aaron Turner, Pei Modern’s Mark Best and Merivale chef Dan Hong sit down to feast
From l-r; Andrew McConnell, Dan Pepperell, Anton Forte, Jason Scott