I attended the Eat Out 2014 Restaurant Awards last evening. It was a massive event – more than 800 people in attendance…definitely too large an affair for my liking. This is a pity as this prestigious occasions seems to have lost its intimacy and charm. The food too disappointed but that did not deter of the excitement of the evening…

The Test Kitchen took the title of Best Restaurant – for the third time in a row! Congratulations Luke you are a well deserving winner.

The 2014 Eat Out Top 10 Restaurants:

1. The Test Kitchen
2. Five Hundred
3. The Tasting Room LQF
4. Mosaic at The Orient
5. Jordan
6. Overture Restaurant
7. Rust en Vrede
8. DW Eleven-13
9. The Restaurant at Newton Johnson
10. Terroir

Other 2014 Award winners:

Eat Out S.Pellegrino Chef of the Year: Chantel Dartnall of Restaurant Mosaic
Best Steakhouse: The Local Grill in Parktown North
Best Everyday Eatery – Chef’s Warehouse
Best Italian Restaurant – La Sosta in Swellendam
Best Country-Style Restaurant – Café Bloom
Best Asian Restaurant – Kyoto Garden Sushi