Local restaurants nominated for Metro Restaurant and Catering Awards
A swag of local restaurants have been named as finalists in the metro Restaurant and Catering Awards.
This year the peninsula sports nominations in seven of the 28 restaurant categories, as well as four finalists in the catering section.
Dave Evans and his award-winning pizza chefs from Hugos. (Picture: Braden Fastier)
Newport’s Hops and Fire takes on 14 contenders including Coogee Pavilion, Tokonoma and Lumi Bar and Dining in the New Restaurant category.
“We up against some quite well known restaurants, so being nominated is awesome,” restaurant manager/chef Mike Stuart said.
The steak house opened in April, bringing small batch craft beer and steaks to the northern beaches, he said.
The beaches’ strongest representation comes in the Indian/Sub-Continent category with three nominations from a field of 10. Ashiana in Manly, Seaforth’s Bijolias and Urban Tadka in Terrey Hills will take on the best of Sydney’s spicy eateries.
Other nominations include Hugos Manly for its pizzas, Bavarian Bier Cafe Manly in the Beer Cafe/Wine Bar section and Narrabeen venue, The Bored Monkey in the informal Contemporary Australian category.
Catering nominees are Milestone Events; Corella Fine Foods, Flavours of Spain Catering and The Collaroy Centre, which has picked up two nominations.
NSW awards will be announced in Sydney in September. The national awards will be held in Brisbane in October. Visit manlydaily.com.au to see the full list of local finalists.
Japanese saki scallops from The Bored Monkey.
RESTAURANT AWARD NOMINEES
Beer Cafe/Wine Bar: Bavarian Bier Cafe, Manly
Australian Restaurant: The Bored Monkey, Narrabeen
Indian/Sub-Continent: Ashiana’s Manly: Bijolias, Seaforth; Urban Tadka, Terrey Hills
Informal Italian: Cavallino, Terrey Hills
New Restaurant: Hops and Fire, Newport
Pizza: Hugos, Manly
Informal Seafood: Fish Cafe, Balgowlah; Garfish Manly
CATERING AWARD NOMINEES
Wedding Caterer: Milestone Events, Manly
Small Caterer: Corella Fine Foods, Warriewood; Flavours of Spain Catering, Brookvale
Function/Convention Centre Caterer: The Collaroy Centre, Collaroy Beach
Industrial/ Institutional Caterer: The Collaroy Centre, Collaroy Beach
Source: The Manly Daily, Beverley Hudec, July 1st 2015
