Victoria's best restaurants have been crowned

You’d think Melbourne’s 'funky' restaurants would have won at The Age Good Food Guide 2017 Awards but that wasn't the case.

It was regional Victorian restaurants that took out the top awards this year.

Birregurra’s Brae - run by renowned chef Dan Hunter - won Restaurant of the Year, while Geelong’s Igni went home with two awards including Victoria's Best Regional Restaurant.

Chef of the Year went to Aaron Turner and Regional Wine List of the Year went to Provenance in Beechworth.

The Yarra Valley’s Ezard @ Levantine Hill was the winner of this year’s People’s Choice Award and Teage Ezard’s two-hatted Ezard Melbourne restaurant saw chef Jarrod Di Blasi win Young Chef of the Year.

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A number of regional restaurants were awarded two hats out of a possible three, putting regional dining well and truly on the culinary map.

The success of regional restaurants this year certainly seems to have given the CBD’s eateries a run for their money, but that didn't seem to stop Melbourne’s regular achievers from scoring more hats.

Attica, Vue de Monde and Minamishima (Restaurant of the Year 2015) all scored three hats this year, proving fine dining is by no means going anywhere.

On the drinks front, Melbourne’s Embla won Best New Restaurant for effortlessly blending restaurant and bar. Andrew McConnell’s Fitzroy wine bar, Marion, won Wine List of the Year and Sommelier of the Year went to Jordan Marr of Melbourne’s new laneway restaurant Oter.

New to The Guide this year is the Cafe of the Year and Best Cheap Eat award, which went to Higher Ground and Hem 27 respectively.

Here is the complete list of the winners from The Age Good Food Guide 2017 Awards:

• Vittoria Coffee Restaurant of the Year: Brae (Birregurra)

Best New Restaurant: Embla (Melbourne)

• People’s Choice Award: Ezard @ Levantine Hill (Coldstream)

• Citi Chef of the Year: Aaron Turner, Igni (Geelong)

• Young Chef of the Year: Jarrod Di Blasi, Ezard (Melbourne)

• Santa Vittoria Regional Restaurant of the Year: Igni (Geelong)

• Food For Good Award: StreetSmart Australia

• Best Cheap Eat: Hem 27 (Flemington)

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• Cafe of the Year: Higher Ground (Melbourne)

• Citi Service Excellence: Caterina Borsato, Caterina’s Cucina e Bar (Melbourne)

• Vittoria Coffee Legend (for an outstanding long-term contribution to the industry): Jean-Paul Prunetti and Geraud Fabre, France-Soir (South Yarra)

• Bar of the Year: Heartbreaker (Melbourne)

• Donlevy Fitzpatrick Award (honouring restaurant-quality food in a bar setting): Bar Liberty (Fitzroy)

• Champagne Taittinger Sommelier of the Year: Jordan Marr, Oter (Melbourne)

• Wine List of the Year: Marion (Fitzroy)

• Regional Wine List of the Year: Provenance (Beechworth)

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