The Age Good Food Guide 2009 Awards

[Shinboners]

THE AGE GOOD FOOD GUIDE AWARDS

RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR Attica

CHEF OF THE YEAR Frank Camorra of MoVida

BEST NEW RESTAURANT Bistro Guillaume

COUNTRY RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR Royal Mail Hotel, Dunkeld

BEST NEW COUNTRY RESTAURANT Tea Rooms at Yarck

WINERY RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR Giant Steps/ Innocent Bystander, Healesville

BEST BACCHUS Bar Lourinha

YOUNG CHEF OF THE YEAR Chris Donnellan, of Gingerboy, and Justin Wise, of the Press Room

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Con Christopoulos

DISH OF THE YEAR Smoked trout broth, crackling, basil seeds and fresh smoke, at Attica

WINE LIST OF THE YEAR Circa, the Prince

HITS AND MISSES

* Vue de Monde rejoined Jacques Reymond as the city's only three-hatted restaurants, while MoVida and Verge earned their second hats.

* Becco and the Press Club both lost a hat to join the one-hat ranks.

* Newly hatted restaurants were Bistro Guillaume, Church St Enoteca, Esposito, Estivo, the European, Giuseppe Arnaldo & Sons, the Italian, Maha, Paladarr Thai Issan and Sarti.

* Restaurants that lost their hats were the Argo, Shiranui, Idea Fine Food & Wine, Maris, Middle Brighton Baths, Mirka at Tolarno Hotel, Punch Lane, France-Soir, the Graham, Hotel Lincoln, Delizia Cucina,

Da Noi.

[Chimney]

Many thanks, Shinboners, for the updates.

It's good to see many changes in the top list.

Now that Verge has earned their second hat, I think it's about time I pay them another visit.