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MELBOURNE NOMINEES NAMED FOR TIME OUT FOOD AWARDS

Announcement posted by Time Out Australia 23 Jul 2015

Melbourne Turns up the Heat and Gets into the Kitchen

Time Out Melbourne’s Food Awards, which celebrate the best restaurants, talent and value across the city, has announced the nominees for 2015.

The winners will be announced at the Awards ceremony on Monday 17 August at George Calombaris’s restaurant Gazi.

The nominees will be vying for a win across ten categories, including the coveted Restaurant of the Year and Best New Restaurant Awards. Chef of the Year Award provides a much appreciated thank you (and ego-massage) to an individual Head Chef.  

Acknowledging the diversity of restaurants, there’s Best Fine Dining Restaurant, Best Casual Dining Restaurant, and Best Bang for Buck Awards. The Legend Award pays homage to an industry stalwart, while Best Café applauds those places we frequent in the day time for caffeine and bites. The Hot Talent Award recognises the new generation of cheffing talent everyone should be watching, while the People’s Choice Award hands voting to the public for their opinion on who was the best restaurant of 2015.

Time Out Australia CEO Michael Rodrigues says, “The Time Out team dine out relentlessly so that they constantly know what’s going on in Melbourne’s incredible eating scene. Melbourne’s cafes and restaurants are world leaders in quality and creativity. This is our way of recognising the people and venues that bring us hungry folk amazing dishes… and to nurture a bit of healthy competition along the way.”

The Time Out Melbourne Food Awards ceremony will be emceed by Andrew McClelland, all-round funny guy and DJ behind club nights Yeh Yeh and Finishing School. Tickets to the awards night are available to the public, who are encouraged to come along and rub shoulders with their favourite chefs and restaurateurs. Appletiser Sparkling Apple Juice and Yenda Beer will be supplying awesome cocktails and beer on the night, with Cargo Crew Apparel also joining the party.

And the nominees are:

RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR                                                        CHEF OF THE YEAR

Kappo                                                                                                     Ryan Flaherty, Mister Jennings

Lucy Liu                                                                                                  Michael Lambie, The Smith, Lucy Liu

Minamishima                                                                                        Koichi Minamishima, Minamishima

Stokehouse City                                                                                    Scott Picket, ESP, Estelle, St Crispin

Supernormal                                                                                          Ben Shewry, Attica

 

BEST NEW RESTAURANT                                                            BEST FINE DINING RESTAURANT

Anchovy                                                                                                  Attica

Elyros                                                                                                      Donovans

Estelle Bistro                                                                                         Flower Drum

Kappo                                                                                                     Minamishima

Lûmé                                                                                                      Maha                                                                     

Minamishima

Mister Jennings                                                                                     LEGEND AWARD

Transformer                                                                        Will be announced on the night

Pastuso                                                                           

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BEST CAFÉ

BEST CASUAL DINING RESTAURANT                                                          Kettle Black (South Melbourne)

Belle’s Hot Chicken                                                                               Mastic (Kew)

The Independent                                                                                   Piggery Café (Burnham Beeches, Sherbrooke)

Longhorn Saloon                                                                                   Rudimentary (Footscray)

Magic Mountain Saloon                                                                       Sir Charles (Fitzroy)

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PEOPLE’S CHOICE

BEST BANG FOR BUCK                                                                         Botherambo

Hakata Gensuke (Melbourne)                                                              Captain Baxter

Lazerpig (Collingwood)                                                                          Chin Chin

RV1 Dosa Corner (Footscray)                                                                Gazi

Shandong Mama Mini (Melbourne)                                                    Hutong Dumpling Bar

Tina’s Noodle Kitchen (Melbourne)                                                     Lee Ho Fook

                                                                                                               Nieuw Amsterdam

                                                                                                                Pastuso

HOT TALENT AWARD                                                                           Saigon Sally

Blayne, Chayse & Tyson Bertoncello, O. My                                        Tokyo Tina

Mauro Callegari, The Independent                                                       

Open to public vote at timeout.com/melbourne

Thi Le, Anchovy                                                                                      

Adam Shoebridge, Bar Clarine                                                             

Shaun Quade and John Paul Fiechtner, Lûmé


The Time Out Food Awards are an industry-recognized celebration of talent, voted on by independent editors and reviewers. 

Tickets are now on sale for Melbourne.