Congratulations to Stellenbosch restaurants Dusk, Indochine, Post & Pepper, Rust en Vrede, Rykaart’s, Spek & Bone and The Table, as well as all the other winners of this year’s Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards. Various top restaurants across South Africa were awarded a one-, two- or three-star accolade while 12 special awards went to individual restaurants, chefs and food personalities changing the culinary game.
One-star restaurants
- beyond (Constantia)
- Chefs Warehouse at Tintswalo Atlantic (Hout Bay)
- Clara’s Barn (Somerset West)
- Culinary Table (Lanseria)
- Emazulwini (V&A Waterfront)
- Epice (Franschhoek)
- Farro (Bot River)
- Forti Grill & Bar (Menlyn)
- Hemelhuijs (City Bowl, Cape Town)
- Indochine Restaurant at Delaire Graff Estate (Stellenbosch)
- Les Créatifs Restaurant (Sandton)
- Marble Restaurant (Rosebank, Johannesburg)
- Modern Tailors (Rosebank, Johannesburg)
- Ouzeri (City Bowl, Cape Town)
- Post & Pepper (Stellenbosch)
- RIVA Fish Restaurant (De Waterkant)
- Rust en Vrede Restaurant (Stellenbosch)
- Rykaart’s (Stellenbosch)
- Séjour (Houghton)
- The Melting Pot (Grabouw)
- The Shortmarket Club Johannesburg (Rosebank)
- The Table at De Meye (Stellenbosch)
- The Test Kitchen Fledgelings (Woodstock)
- The Waterside Restaurant (V&A Waterfront)
- The Werf Restaurant at Boschendal (Franschhoek)
- Ukkō (Sandton)
Two-star restaurants
- ARKESTE by Richard Carstens (Franschhoek)
- Belly of the Beast (City Bowl, Cape Town)
- Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia (Constantia)
- ëlgr (City Bowl, Cape Town)
- Foxcroft (Constantia)
- FYN (City Bowl, Cape Town)
- La Petite Colombe (Franschhoek)
- Spek & Bone (Stellenbosch)
- The Pot Luck Club (Woodstock)
- The Test Kitchen Carbon (Rosebank)
- Zioux (Sandton)
Three-star restaurants
- La Colombe (Constantia)
- PIER Restaurant (V&A Waterfront)
- Salsify at the Roundhouse (Camps Bay)
- The LivingRoom at Summerhill Guest Estate (Pinetown)
- Wolfgat (Paternoster)
Special awards
- Eat Out Retail Capital Best New Restaurant Award: Dusk in Stellenbosch
- Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant of The Year: The LivingRoom at Summerhill Guest Estate
- Eat Out Woolworths Financial Services Chef of The Year: John Norris-Rogers of PIER
- Eat Out WCellar Wine Service Award: Victor Okolo from Salsify at The Roundhouse
- Eat Out Naked Malt Rising Star Award: Mmabatho Molefe from Emazulwini
- Eat Out Woolworths Financial Services Service Excellence Award: Forti Grill & Bar in Menlyn
- Eat Out Valpré Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award: Rudi Liebenberg
- Eat Out Woolworths Lockdown Innovation Award: Liam Tomlin
- Eat Out Woolworths Sustainability Award: FABER at Avondale
- Eat Out VISI Style Award: Zioux
- Eat Out Stella Artois Best Destination Restaurant Award: Nevermind in Cape St Francis
- Eat Out Woolworths Icon Award: La Madeleine in Pretoria