{"id":36229,"date":"2012-09-12T11:59:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T09:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=36229"},"modified":"2012-09-12T20:55:26","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T18:55:26","slug":"western-cape-restaurants-dominate-american-express-platinum-fine-dining-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/western-cape-restaurants-dominate-american-express-platinum-fine-dining-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Cape restaurants dominate American Express Platinum Fine Dining awards!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Western Cape restaurants won 41 of the 83 American Express Platinum Fine Dining Awards at a ceremony earlier this week, with Gauteng following in second place with 29 awards.<\/p>\n

The Awards recognise ‘quality and creativity of cuisine, service, wine list, d\u00e9cor, \u00a0and ambiance as well as overall excellence’<\/em>, reports Food24.<\/strong> Acceptance of American Express credit cards is a requirement. \u00a0Judges were Victor Strugo and Anna Trapido from Johannesburg, and Tamsin Snyman from Cape Town, a similar team judging the South African entries for the World’s 50 Best Restaurants.<\/p>\n

Twelve first-time winners of an American Express Platinum Fine Dining award include Azure at the Twelve Apostles Hotel and Bombay Brasserie in the Taj hotel in Cape Town; The Kurland Hotel Restaurant in Plettenberg Bay; DW11-13 in Johannesburg; and Ninth Avenue Bistro in Durban.<\/p>\n

Western Cape winners of American Express Platinum Fine Dining Awards are the following: Aubergine, Azure, Bistro Sixteen82, Bombay Brasserie, Buitenverwachting, Bukhara in Burg Street, Catharina’s at Steenberg, Constantia Uitsig, The Foodbarn, Gold, The Greenhouse, Haiku, Il Leone, La Colombe, Nobu, Planet Restaurant, The Roundhouse, Savoy Cabbage, 96 Winery Road, Boschendal, Bosman’s, Bread & Wine, Fraai Uitzicht 1798, Grande Provence (photograph), Jardine at Jordan, Mimosa Lodge, Overture, The Pavilion at The Marine hotel, Pierneef \u00e0 La Motte, Reuben’s in Franschhoek, Seafood at the Marine hotel, The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Fran\u00e7ais, La Locanda in George, Kurland Hotel Restaurant, Sand at The Plettenberg hotel, Zinzi at Tsala in Plettenberg Bay, Serendipity in Wilderness, Trans Karoo in Great Brak, Pembreys, Zacharays at Pezula, and Kalinka Karoo Cuisine.<\/p>\n

Obvious exclusions from the list, probably due to not accepting Amex credit cards, are The Test Kitchen, Tokara, Delaire Graff, Terroir, Babylonstoren, Waterkloof, Makaron Restaurant, and Rust en Vrede.<\/p>\n

The list is an interesting mix of top restaurants in the running for Eat Out <\/strong>Top 10 Restaurant Awards, some one wonders about having made the list, and some one has never heard of before.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio : www.whalecottage.com<\/a> Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Western Cape restaurants won 41 of the 83 American Express Platinum Fine Dining Awards at a ceremony earlier this week, with Gauteng following in second place with 29 awards. The Awards recognise ‘quality and creativity of cuisine, service, wine list, d\u00e9cor, \u00a0and ambiance as well as overall excellence’, reports Food24. Acceptance of American Express credit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3,124,14,75,592,20,31,21,293],"tags":[4186,16957,7303,38,2232,8239,2648,5695,182,143,36,402,2209,1510,32378,225,1736,16959,2679,13388,2177,140,142,3907,3076,39,13395,14129,13389,2563,509,33,7324,6611,9074,41,34,7327,11332,1202,13397,5052,11179,16958,447,2300,2690,11035,607,1362,7518,59,13398,16960,2495,16603,3056,32387,32373,16872,16961,13396],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t