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QUAY VOTED 26TH BEST RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD IN THE S. PELLEGRINO WORLD’S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS 2011 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 19 April 2011
Last night in London, Quay was voted Number 26 on the coveted S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. The restaurant first broke onto the list in 2009, joining such hallowed establishments as Noma, El Bulli, Fat Duck and The French Laundry, with a ranking of 46th. This year, it has been awarded the 26th best restaurant in the world, named The Best Restaurant in Australasia and is the only Australian restaurant on the list.
Quay has long been one of Australia’s most awarded restaurants, one of only two to be awarded three hat status for nine years in a row. The restaurant also rewrote culinary history when it scored Best Restaurant in both major industry awards (The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2009 and 2010, and The Australian Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide 2009 and 2010) for two years in a row. Quay’s executive chef Peter Gilmore recently launched his first cookbook, Quay: Food Inspired by Nature, a sumptuous exploration of his nature-based philosophy and the organic presentation of his stunning cuisine at Quay.
The S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list is compiled by the World's 50 Best Academy, a group of prominent food writers, critics, publishers and commentators, who each represent a different global region and chair a carefully selected voting panel for that region. Over 4,000 votes were cast by over 800 restaurant experts around the world in order to assemble the list.
Peter Gilmore, Executive Chef at Quay for the last nine years and the quiet genius behind its ascension through the global culinary ranks, said of the win: “We are completely thrilled. We can’t wait to get back and celebrate with the Quay team who are the reason that we’re here in London accepting this prize.” John Fink, General Manager of the Fink Group, owners of Quay and Otto restaurants, added: “Sydney has some of the best restaurants in the world, and hopefully, Quay’s win will encourage the world to visit us and enjoy them.”
For further information on Quay restaurant and the S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants, please contact:
Brooke Tabberer
BLACK Communications
Tel: 612 8399 3005
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brooke@blackcommunications.com.au
Reviews
This is Sydney dining at its very best, where the food, the wine, the harbour views and the service don’t compete but blend in perfect harmony.
SMH Good Food Guide 2012
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In this contemporary space with its trifecta of harbour, bridge and Opera House views, several hours can pass in a blur of harmonious, world-beating tucker. This is a restaurant that just keeps getting better and better. And better.
SMH Good Food Guide 2011
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"Peter Gilmore delivers exciting, enticing, sensual and cutting edge Australian cooking in a landmark setting that makes Quay worthy of the title of Australia's best restaurant."
"Enter Heaven - each dish is a work in progress, testament to the chef's willingness to suprise and entertain. At first, great restaurants transform your life for just a few hours. Then subtly, they are with you for the rest of your life. They're a place of adventure and discovery, a combination of dazzling theatre, kitchen alchemy and unexpected magic - in a fantasy world where you're the centre of attention. Quay is all those things and more which is why Quay has been named SMH Good Food Guide - Restaurant of the Year 2009."
Simon Thomsen,
SMH Good Living, September 2008.
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Another great win for owners Leon and John Fink together with the master himself Head Chef Peter Gilmore taking out the award for the 2009 Restaurant of the Year - SMH Good Food Guide Awards. Quay's continuing drive for excellence sees it score the top award for the third time.
Simon Thomsen,
SMH Good Living, September 2008.
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Owners Leon and John Fink together with Head Chef Peter Gilmore have emerged victorious in a field of over 400 establishments reviewed in the Australian Gourmet Traveller 2009 Restaurant Awards as Restaurant of the Year - 2009. In the past seven years, Quay's reputation has grown.
It's the union of contemporary technology and thinking with cool and unusual fruits of the natural world that puts Quay up there with the world's best. It certainly gets our vote.
Pat Nourse,
Australian Gourmet Traveller, September 2008.
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Maestro Chef, Peter Gilmore continues to scale new heights. Young, courteous and knowledgeable service is the right match for this culinary artist, now showcasing masterworks in a bold new four course menu with a quartet of choices per course.
Simon Thomsen,
SMH Good Food Guide 2008.
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"Experience culinary perfection... and I'll be darned if that's not exactly what I did." "I've visited every three-star restaurant in Australia... Peter Gilmore's style of cooking, as is highlighted through Quay's new signature menu, is so wholly formed, so complete in its conception, execution and presentation that to dine at Quay today is to see a gun chef coming to the height of his powers."
Pat Nourse,
Australian Gourmet Traveller, January 2007.
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