Eat Out Mercedes Benz Restaurant Awards 2014

The Top 10 restaurants for 2014 are:

1. The Test Kitchen, Woodstock, Cape Town
2. Five Hundred, Sandton, Johannesburg
3. The Tasting Room, Franschhoek
4. Restaurant Mosaic, Pretoria
5. Jordan Restaurant, Stellenbosch
6. Overture, Stellenbosch
7. Rust en Vrede, Stellenbosch
8. DW Eleven-13, Dunkeld West, Johannesburg
9. The Restaurant at Newton Johnson, Hemel-en-Aarde
10. Terroir, Stellenbosch

How much overlap between the Eat Out Top 10 and the 20 restaurants awarded 5 Stars in Rossouw’s by Diners Club South African Restaurant Guide 2015? The Tasting Room, Rust en Vrede, DW Eleven-13 and The Restaurant at Newton Johnson appear above but did not get Rossouw’s ultimate accolade.

How much overlap between the Eat Out Top 10 and the winners of the Diners Club Winelist Awards 2014? DW Eleven-13, Restaurant Mosaic, Rust en Vrede and The Saxon Hotel, Villas & Spa (home of Five Hundred) won diamond awards for their winelists earlier in the year.

Other Eat Out awards
Restaurant of the Year: The Test Kitchen

Eat Out S. Pellegrino Chef of the Year: Chantel Dartnall, Restaurant Mosaic

Grolsch Service Excellence: The Tasting Room

Nederburg Rising Star: Kobus van der Merwe, Oep ve Koep

Tsogo Sun Wine Service: Patson Mathonsi, DW Eleven-13

The Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award in association with Paarl Media: Eduan Naude and the late Brian Shalkoff

Woolworths TASTE Eat Out Bursary Award: Thozamile Mgumane

Boschendal Style Award: Equus Dine at Cavalli

Best Asian Restaurant: Kyoto Garden Sushi

Best Everyday Eatery: Chefs Warehouse & Canteen

Best Country-Style Restaurant: Café Bloom

Best Italian Restaurant: La Sosta

Best Steakhouse: The Local Grill (Parktown North)