Another year, another Time Out Food Awards, and what a bloody brilliant one it's been for restaurants in this town. We’ve seen food that seeks to challenge and educate us as much as please our palates. We’ve seen venues that sit somewhere between bars and restaurants, because the drinks are as good as the food. Everything is natural – from the wine list to the sauerkraut. And an extension of this is that health food has come into its own. Finally, Sydney chefs have proven that healthy food can taste as delicious as the bad stuff, and can deliver something positive to your body while its at it. Now that’s skill.
This year we created some new award categories, including a one-off award for Sydney’s Best Sweet Treat, which celebrates Sydney’s incredible, ever-evolving pâtisserie and gelato scene. We also awarded a commendation for Drinks Service, which is all about those venues that are seriously excelling on the bevvy front. And – because we trust the public's judgement – we’ve got three new People’s Choice awards, sponsored by Mastercard: Best Takeaway Coffee, Best Takeaway Lunch Spot and Best Late-Night Snack Vendor.
We had a big party at Est to celebrate (here's the deats on that).
Here are all the winners from the biggest food night of the calendar, but for all the in-depth info, you're gonna wanna see this.
Restaurant of the Year: Hubert
Chef of the Year: Clayton Wells of Automata
Hot Talent Award: Troy Crisante of Bennelong
Best Cheap Eat: Trunk Road
Best Casual Dining Restaurant: Hubert
Best Fine Dining Restaurant: Momofuku Seiobo
Best Sweet Treat award: Black Star Pastry
Best Café: Ora
People’s Choice Award: Best Restaurant (sponsored by OpenTable): Nel
People’s Choice: Best Takeaway Lunch, sponsored by Mastercard: About Life
People’s Choice: Best Takeaway Coffee, sponsored by Mastercard: Single O
People’s Choice: Best Late-night Snack Vendor, sponsored by Mastercard: Frankie's Pizza by the Slice
Drinks Service Award: Continental Deli Bar Bistro
The Time Out Legend Award: Brent Savage and sommelier Nick Hildebrandt of Yellow, Bentley and Monopole
And, here's who was nominated:
Restaurant of the Year
ACME
Automata
Bennelong
Continental
Ester
Firedoor
Folonomo
Hubert
Momofuku Seiobo
Yellow
Chef of the Year
Paul Carmichael, Momofuku Seiobo
Analiese Gregory, Bar Brosé
Mat Lindsay, Ester
Daniel Pepperell, Hubert
Clayton Wells, Automata
Best Fine Dining Restaurant
Bennelong
Momofuku Seiobo
Oscillate Wildly
Quay
Sepia
Best Casual Dining Restaurant
Bar Brosé
Continental
Hubert
Stanbuli
Yellow
Best Cheap Eat
Banana Blossom
BL Burgers
Juicy Lucy
Thirsty Bird
Trunk Road
Hot Talent Award
Troy Crisante, Bennelong
Lillia McCabe, ACME
Cian Mulholland, Momofuku Seibo
Joeri Timmermans, Automata
Aaron Ward, Sixpenny
Drinks Service Award
Bar Brosé
Continental
Dead Ringer
Hubert
10 William Street
Best Café
Berkelo
Kansas City Shuffle
Meet Gerard
Ora
Rising Sun Workshop
Best Sweet Treat
Berkelo's caramel choux
Black Star Pastry's strawberry watermelon cake
Bourke Street Bakery's ginger brûlée tart
Ciccone and Son's buttermilk and passionfruit gelato
Doux Amour's rose and lychee 'pig' cookie puff
Flour and Stone's panna cotta lamington
Lorraine's Patisserie's cheesecake
Mrs Jones the Baker's flourless chocolate cake
Pasticceria Papa's baked ricotta cake
Sweet Belem's Portuguese custard tart
