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Controversial celebrity chef Jock Zonfrillo shifted the wine stock from his shuttered Restaurant Orana to a Melbourne storage unit after he closed its doors in March, despite publicly declaring he hoped to re-open the decorated East End eatery.
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Adelaide chef Jock Zonfrillo’s Rundle Street fine-dining restaurant Orana has been named Australia’s Restaurant of the Year in the prestigious Good Food Guide awards, with judges saying it “ticks every box”.
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SA has taken out 13 spots in the 2018 list of Australia’s Top 100 Restaurants, with Duncan Welgemoed’s Africola coming in fifth and a number of eateries – including Osteria Oggi and The Summertown Aristologist – making the cut for the first time.
South Australia has scored three gongs in the first national Good Food Guide Awards, including regional wine list of the year for Hills bar and restaurant The Summertown Aristologist and the service excellence award for Africola’s Nikki Friedli.
Jock Zonfrillo will open a new-look bistro this month in the space beneath his Rundle Street fine-dining restaurant Orana, promising a seasonal menu using the indigenous ingredients and techniques that have become his signature.
Adelaide chef Jock Zonfrillo’s Orana has been named Gourmet Traveller’s Australian restaurant of the year – the first restaurant outside Sydney and Melbourne to take home the award in two decades.
