Restaurant Awards

Raise a glass to the winners of Gourmet Traveller's 2018 Restaurant Guide Awards.

The food world’s biggest night of the year brings plenty to celebrate: from a brand new Restaurant Guide and magazine redesign to an exclusive first taste of Chin Chin Sydney.

Three hot-to-trot new restaurants - and all of them in Sydney, where diners have been spoiled with openings in the last year. Among the city's many newcomers, you'd be wise to take note of these three names.

The prodigies, the trailblazers, the ones to watch: the award for Best New Talent is one of the most exciting categories in the GT Restaurant Awards, partly because we know there's plenty more tricks we're yet to see from these talented chefs.

Whether it's a late-night spot playing hip-hop at full volume, a throwback to the glamour of yesteryear or a bar-restaurant that slips the collar of definition, these three Bar of the Year finalists have all nailed one essential detail: good times.

These three restaurants - Fleet, Brae and Igni - might not be in capital cities, but the journey there is part of the unforgettable experience they offer.

The maître d' is your first introduction to a restaurant - they do as much to create a sense of ambience as lighting, tableware and music. And these three professionals are top of the class.

Three sommeliers, three different personalities, all first-rate guides to the lists at their establishments. We present the finalists for the award of Sommelier of the Year in our 2018 Restaurant Awards.

This year's finalists are pursuing vastly different wine programs, but all are at the top of their game. We present Hardy's Verandah Restaurant, Cirrus Dining and Kisumé.

On Wednesday 17 August, we announced the winners of GT's Restaurant Guide Awards with a night of fine food and company at Long Chim Sydney.