The Gault&Millau 2018 Awards Night was held on February 11 at Aerial UTS Function Centre with key members of the industry and media in attendance.
Running for the sixth year in Australia, the awards mark a year of reviews of Australia’s leading restaurants in seven cities and the release of the 2019 Gault&Millau Restaurant Guide.
Restaurant Attica in Melbourne, Victoria dominated the awards and the Yellow Rose Award for outstanding contribution was awarded to the late Sisto Malaspina of of Pellegrini’s Espresso Bar and Armando Percuoco of Buon Ricordo.
Here is the full list of the winners of the Gault&Millau 2018 Awards:
2018 Yellow Rose Award:
Sisto Malaspina, VIC
Armando Percuoco, NSW
2018 Producer of the Year:
Buttawing Gaian Poultry, NSW
2018 Culinary Advocate of the Year:
Tawnya Bahr, Straight to the Souce, NSW
2018 Young Talent of the Year:
Felix Kleemann, Voyager Estate, WA
2018 Pastry Chef of the Year:
Lorraine Godsmark, Lorraine’s Patisserie, NSW
2018 Sommelier of the Year:
Jane Lopes from Attica, VIC
2018 Professional of the Year:
Kevin McSteen from Attica, VIC
2018 Pop Restaurant of the Year:
Dier Makr, TAS
2018 New Restaurant of the Year:
Grain of the Silos, TAS
2018 Hotel/Casino/Resort Restaurant of the Year:
Momofuku Seiobo, NSW
2018 Regional Restaurant of the Year:
D’arenberg Cube Restaurant, SA
2018 Service Experience of the Year:
Attica, VIC
2018 Restaurateur of the Year:
Guy Grossi, VIC
2018 Chef of the Year:
Brian Geraghty from Berowra Waters Inn, NSW
2018 Restaurant of the Year:
Attica, Victoria
Here’s the list of previous winners.
