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Luxe Restaurant Award winners announced

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Luxe Restaurant Award Winners

Nederburg was the wine star at this year’s Luxe Restaurant Awards presentation event at Rosebank’s new Ethos restaurant held on the 29th of March 2022, where foodies clinked their glasses in honour of the hottest names in South African cheffing.  

The prestigious awards celebrate top local culinary talent, with the winners chosen by food critics and the public, via digital vote. The judging panel was led by Chad Fourie, managing director of The Hospitality Counsel (HOSCO), the organisation that convenes the awards, now in their fourth year.

Nederburg also sponsored the Rising Star Award that went to thirty-one-year-old Moses Moloi, identified by the judges as South Africa’s most exciting new restaurant hero. He is currently the head chef at Sandton’s Zioux (pronounced Zoo), leading a team under seasoned aficionado, David Higgs. Moloi is a protégé of Cape Town luminary Peter Tempelhoff, having worked under him at The Marine Hotel in Hermanus, the Greenhouse at Cellars Hohenort, and most recently in the role of head chef at FYN. He also has worked under Luke Dale Roberts and Candice Philip. He was chosen for his blend of classical expertise and fine-honed Asian-inspired technique that he has brought to Zioux’s exciting menu. 

Overall, twenty-five winners were announced from a wide and inclusive set of categories of the Luxe Restaurant Awards 2022, that ranged from Culinary Icon of the Year to Street Food Experience of the Year, with the winner of the prestigious Chef of the Year award earning an exclusive luxury BMW experience.

Ethos Mediterranean Restaurant Rosebank
Ethos Mediterranean Restaurant Rosebank

The 2022 Luxe Restaurant Awards winners are:

1. Restaurant of the Year: La Colombe

2. Chef of the Year: Wandile Mabaso

3. New Restaurant of the Year: Pier

4. Style Award: Zioux

5. Culinary Icon: Siba Mtongana

6. Culinary Media Personality of the Year: Zanele van Zyl

7. Culinary Innovation: Candice Philip

8. Culinary Rising Star: Besele Moses Moloi

9. Sustainability: The Test Kitchen Fledgelings

10. Service Excellence: Basalt

11. Pioneer: Luke Dale Roberts

12. Cookbook of the Year: Hosting with The Lazy Makoti, by Mogau Seshoene

13. African Restaurant of the Year: Emazulwini

14. Bistro of the Year: Embarc

15. Burger Joint of the Year: BGR

16. Café of the Year: Le Parc by Tashas

17. Coffee Shop of the Year: Truth Café

18. Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year: La Petite Colombe

19. Hotel Restaurant of the Year: Aurum

20. International Restaurant of the Year: Ethos

21. Lifestyle Restaurant of the Year: Tang

22. Pop Up Experience of the Year: Katlego Mlambo at The Marabi Club

23. Steakhouse of the Year: The Blockman

24. Street Food Experience of the Year: How Bao Now

25. Wine Service: Michelle Moller, La Colombe

Nederburg's Pieter Badenhorst and Jackie Olivier, with Moses Moloi (middle)

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