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Down To A FYN Art
Walking into FYN is like entering a theatre: moody, dramatic, breathtaking. This year’s winner of the Eat Out VISI Style Award is a show-off in the best sense – you just can’t stop looking. Peter Tempelhoff’s long-dreamed-of passion project opened in
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The People's Choice Awards
WINNER: MOMO KURO, ROSEBANK, JOBURG (P. 120) “Wow, what a hidden gem. The restaurant has a beautiful view of the night lights and the atmosphere was buzzing. But the highlight for me was the food, beautifully presented and absolutely delicious!” Jess
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SA's Best Guide To SA's Best Food
How does a restaurant make it into this guide? It's a long, complex process, involving thousands of people, all of whom are passionate about this country's great restaurants. Months before this edition is published, we create a shortlist of restauran
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Johannesburg
Smoking Wi-Fi Take-Aways Kid-Friendly Winner: Best Everyday Eateries Bookable on the Eat Out app BEST FOR A quick bite before a night out. FOOD The compact menu has just five pizzas, but that’s all you need. Classics such as the option with bacon, sa
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Pretoria
Smoking Wi-Fi Take-Aways Kid-Friendly Winner: Best Everyday Eateries Bookable on the Eat Out app BEST FOR Leisurely breakfasts and light lunches. FOOD This hidden hangout in the heart of student country is all about lazy breakfasts, good coffees and,
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Greater Gauteng, Free State And The North
Smoking Wi-Fi Take-Aways Kid-Friendly Winner: Best Everyday Eateries Bookable on the Eat Out app BEST FOR Fine dining. FOOD For Sunday lunch, Chef Vincent Bals translates his classic French-meets modern recipes into an elaborate four-course set menu.
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What’s Cooking In 2020?
After decades as one of South Africa’s leading chefs, Margot Janse knows what it takes to run a kitchen; to source, train, create, reinvent and do it all again and again. So she’s uniquely skilled in her role as mentor and Eat Out Chief Judge to find
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Cape Town
Smoking Wi-Fi Take-Aways Kid-Friendly Winner: Best Everyday Eateries Bookable on the Eat Out app BEST FOR Date night and celebrations. FOOD 95 Keerom thrives year after year, always drawing a crowd and never slipping on quality. The menu is rooted in
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Restaurants To Drive For…
If you’re longing for a tasty foodie escape, the Magaliesberg offers a restorative retreat for those exhausted by the hustle and bustle of Gauteng. Less than an hour from Johannesburg and Pretoria are mountains, valleys, rivers, bushveld, birds and e
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Beyond Cape Town
Smoking WiFi Take-Aways Kid-Friendly Winner: Best Everyday Eateries Bookable on the Eat Out app BEST FOR Casual lunch with river views, catching sport, or sundowners and tapas with friends. FOOD Look forward to a hearty fusion between British pub gru
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KwaZulu-Natal Midlands
A roadtrip from Durban to the Midlands Meander has enough to satisfy the pickiest foodie, starting with fresh seafood from the Indian Ocean to organic beef, KZN wines and local dairy from the foot of the Drakensburg Mountains. And it all comes served
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Durban
Smoking Wi-Fi Take-Aways Kid-Friendly Winner: Best Everyday Eateries Bookable on the Eat Out app BEST FOR Some of the city’s best. FOOD With a setting that locals will now proclaim suits the offering much better, it’s great to see that all the favour
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West Coast
West Coast, best coast – that’s how the saying goes. Unsurprising, really, as this stretch of coastline is one of the most untouched and picturesque in the province. A 400km stretch is bordered by the icy Atlantic on the west and the hot and dry Swar
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Kzn Midlands And Eastern Cape
Smoking Wi-Fi Take-Aways Kid-Friendly Winner: Best Everyday Eateries Bookable on the Eat Out app BEST FOR Leisurely, shared meals amongst friends. FOOD ‘Asada’ means grilled meat in Spanish, and meat and fire are definitely the heroes here. Fish, who
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Growing Strong
The Eat Out Woolworths Sustainability Award is considered one of the most difficult to attain. The fact that chef Michael Cooke has earned it for the second time (he also won in 2017) is testament to the power of his vision. So much more than a check
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Cult Of Personality
If there’s a king of Stellenbosch, it’s surely Bertus Basson. The chef has effortlessly bridged the gap between household name and fine dining – not only with his television appearances and cookbooks, but also with the inclusion of accessible and fam
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Keeping Up With Mr Jones
The Eat Out Graham Beck Chefs' Chef, voted for by the chefs at each of the 30 nominated restaurants, is awarded to rockstar chef Ivor Jones for the second year in a row. It's not just sweeping Constantia Valley views that make Chefs Warehouse at Beau
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The Beat Of His Own Drum
This award for an up-and-coming chef who is making their distinctive mark on the industry was hotly contested this year, with nominees including Dale Stevens of FABER, Christina Semczyszyn of Tjing Tjing Momiji, Jason Kosmas of The Pot Luck Club, Joh
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Crowning Glory
After almost two decades of serving hearty farm-to-table fare at Bread & Wine, the much-loved winelands duo Neil and Tina Jewell have moved on, joining forces with acclaimed chef Liam Tomlin (the 2018 Eat Out S.Pellegrino Chef of the Year) to open Je
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Motivated By Change
The Eat Out Nespresso Innovation Award seeks to celebrate the extraordinary in the restaurant industry,” says Chief Judge Margot Janse. “We are looking for those who are pushing the boundaries in exceptional and relevant creativity.” Staying in his o
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Pretoria
Upper Crust The Mercedes-Benz S-Class BEST FOR Affordable South African cuisine. FOOD This is an easy diner-style eatery with a distinct South African theme, celebrating the establishment of Pretoria in 1855. Breakfast offerings include putu pap with
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BEYOND JOHANNESBURG & PRETORIA
Ground breaking The Mercedes-Benz S-Class BEST FOR Mediterranean and Portuguese-inspired cuisine. FOOD Dive into anything from crispy fried calamari tentacles to chicken strips or a traditional caldo verde soup as a starter. For main course, the well
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From The Editor
Having a meal prepared for you by someone else is one of life’s greatest pleasures. It’s a treat we sometimes take for granted: the generosity and care poured into every roast potato, sushi roll or slice of wood-fired pizza. The planning of the dish,
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Cape Town
Ahead of its time The Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster BEST FOR Sunset nibbles. FOOD Winner of Best Country Style at the 2018 Best Everyday Eateries. While it’s tempting to stick to seafood at this seaside setting, there's a very good chicken pie rich with m
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Sa's Best Guide To Sa's Best Food
Restaurants do not elect to be judged for the Top 10. With input from the Eat Out community and professional critics, the panel of anonymous judges dines around the country and draws up a list of contenders according to the following criteria: The es
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Beyond Cape Town
Fresh start The Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet BEST FOR A warm welcome and heavenly bakes. FOOD The chef duo of Yolani Abrahams and Stefan Roos surprise and delight time and again at this up-and-coming bakery/café at the gateway to the Ceres valley.
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One Man, One Vision
Darling of restaurant kitchens, internet and airwaves, Kobus van der Merwe is surely one of South Africa’s most well-known chefs at the moment. And it’s not because he’s doing something mainstream – quite the opposite. His tiny eatery in Paternoster
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Durban
Always in season The Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 BEST FOR Street-food burgers with a twist. FOOD Chef Khutso Nhlanhla Masethe's idea is simple: Morroccan burgers on a panini bun. The simplicity of the idea and the total dedication to it makes the execution s
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Reaping The Rewards
The Werf Restaurant is proof of what bounty can be on offer if a chef and farm work with nature to regenerate and restore. Under the leadership of chef Christiaan Campbell, the restaurant shows what it really means to use local, seasonal, ethically s
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Beyond Durban
Force of nature The Mercedes-AMG CLS 53 BEST FOR A Midlands gourmet escape with a warm welcome and excellent food and wine. FOOD This boutique wine estate is owned and run by Ian and Jane Smorthwaite, with their daughter Laurie. Ian and Laurie are th
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