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Tuesday, 6 November 2007

2007 Restaurant Winners SMH

http://www.smh.com.au/news/good-living/2007-winners/2006/09/04/1157222070830.html

Simon Thomsen and Catherine Keenan
September 4, 2006

Restaurant of the year  Becasse, city

Chef of the year  Katrina Kanetani, pastry chef, Pier, Rose Bay

Best new restaurant  Bentley Restaurant & Bar, Surry Hills

Best regional restaurant  Fins, Byron Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald Award for Professional Excellence  Tony Bilson of Bilson's, for his commitment to fine dining, the marriage of food and wine, his influence on the next generation of chefs and for 35 years of great food.

The Sydney Morning Herald Silver Service Award  Toni Urquhart of No. 2 Oak Street, Bellingen, for enthusiastic, charming, genuine, warm-hearted country hospitality and being a great sommelier to boot.

The Good Food Guide Sommelier Award  Nick Hildebrandt of Bentley Restaurant & Bar, for showing us a bigger world of wine that's accessible, fascinating and, best of all, fun.

The Josephine Pignolet Young Chef of the Year Award  Philip Wood from Tetsuya's. The young chef receives a return international flight courtesy of Qantas, along with the chance to work in leading European restaurants, a substantial cash prize from food suppliers and leading Sydney chefs, and a set of Furitechnics knives.

Editors' picks

Favourite bistro  Bistrode, Surry Hills

Favourite Mediterranean  VINI, Surry Hills

Favourite Asian  Billy Kwong, Surry Hills

Favourite pizza  La Disfida, Haberfield

Favourite yum cha  Marigold Citymark, Haymarket

Favourite bar  Bambini Wine Room, city

Favourite cafe  Brasserie Bread, Banksmeadow

City

Three hats

Bilson's, Claude's, est., Guillaume at Bennelong, Marque, Pier, Quay, Tetsuya's

Two hats

Aria, Becasse, Bentley Restaurant & Bar, Bistro Moncur, Buon Ricordo, Iceberg's Dining Room & Bar, Lucio's, Omega, Pello, Pier Tasting Room, Pilu at Freshwater, Rockpool, Sean's Panaroma, Yoshii

One hat

Alchemy 731, Assiette, Astral, The Bathers' Pavilion Restaurant, Billy Kwong, Bird Cow Fish, Bistro CBD, Bistro Moore, Bistrode, The Boathouse on Blackwattle Bay, buzo, Catalina Rose Bay, Coast, Fish Face, Flying Fish, Forbes & Burton, Forty One, Galileo, Grand National, Il Piave, Jonah's, La Sala, Longrain, Lo Studio, Lotus, Mezes at Omega, Milsons, Otto, Restaurant Atelier, Restaurant Balzac, Restaurant Sojourn, Sailors Thai Restaurant, Three Weeds, The Wharf, Ying's

Regional

Two hats

Collits' Inn (Hartley Vale), Fins (Byron Bay), Solitary (Leura Falls)

One hat

Ashcrofts (Blackheath), Bannister's (Mollymook), Boomerang (Byron Bay), Caveau (Wollongong), Courgette (Canberra City), Darley's (Katoomba), dish (Byron Bay), Eschalot (Bowral), The Journeyman (Berrima), Lolli Redini (Orange), Lochiel House (Kurrajong Heights), Neila (Cowra), No. 2 Oak Street (Bellingen), Ottoman Cuisine (Barton), Restaurant II (Newcastle), The River (Moruya), Sage (Braddon), Tonic (Millthorpe), Vulcans (Blackheath), Zest (Nelson Bay)Key

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