The highly anticipated 2024 Restaurant & Catering Australia Hostplus Awards for Excellence awards ceremony at The Star, Gold Coast, Spicers Hidden Vale’s HOMAGE restaurant was presented with FOUR of the top awards:
- MAJOR AWARD – RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR – SEQ, sponsored by Hostplus – the most prestigious of the Awards for Excellence.
- TOURISM RESTAURANT – SEQ sponsored by Recap Media
- RESTAURANT IN A HOTEL / RESORT – SEQ sponsored by UNOX
- PREMIUM DINING – SEQ sponsored by American Express
The Awards for Excellence is a nationally recognised, independently judged awards program celebrating exceptional service, culinary excellence incredible ambience and value for money across the state. The Awards are judged by an independent team of trained judges who anonymously visit the venues to determine the restaurant/café winners. The scores are based on the entire dining experience from food to the customer service experienced when the judges anonymously dine.
General Manager at Spicers Hidden Vale, Daniel Lewis, said he was thrilled to see his team awarded for their ongoing commitment to excellence at Homage restaurant, and with seven finalist culinary nominations for other Spicers Retreats, recognised across various categories, he is confident of further success to come.
Simon Magnus, Regional General Manager, Queensland commented, “We are passionate about providing guests at all Spicers Retreats with a gastronomic experience that is unique to the location they are visiting.”
“We strive to offer guests at our restaurant’s menus that are inspired by stunning natural surrounds, as well as the best of regional produce sourced by our chefs on a daily basis, and culinary experiences crafted through creativity and collaboration between our chefs, sommeliers, producers and suppliers,” Magnus proudly added.
Head Chef Luke Wakefield says he loves the warm, friendly and inclusive work atmosphere that’s so rare. His colleagues say he is an excellent collaborator rather than a director. He is also passionate about the Homage’s market garden and truly invested in the local producers. This allows Luke to experiment and gives him full creative expression – the dream for most chefs.
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