Restaurant of the Year for 2012

The Restaurant of the Year was named recently in the Australian Gourmet Traveller magazine Australian Restaurant Guide Awards. For 2012 it is Sydney’s Marque Restaurant.

It is true that one person’s best of something may not be another’s, but it does give an important guide for many of us to think and talk about.

There were other awards included in this year’s awards including the following;

The Regional Restaurant of the Year – The Royal Mail Hotel in Dunkeld, Victoria.

Best New Talent – Luke Burgess – from Garagistes, Hobart, Tasmania

New Restaurant of the Year – Porteno, Sydney NSW

Outstanding Contribution to Hospitality – The Hemmes family, Merivale

Bar of the Year – Shady Pines, Sydney, NSW

Sommelier of the Year – Giorgio De Maria, 121BC, Sydney, NSW

Wine List of the Year – Ortiga, Fortitude Valley, Queensland

Maitre D’ of the Year – Lara Marro, Vincenzo’s Cucina Vera, Parkside, South Australia.