Jamaica Observer Table Talk Food Awards Past Winners

2021 Winners

Best COVID-19 Family Dining Experience

• Summerhouse, Harmony Hall

 

Best Wine/Cocktail Experience

• AC Hotel by Marriott Kingston

 

Best Sunday Spot

• District 5, R Hotel

 

Outstanding COVID-19 Caterer Award

• Alexa Von Strolley for Tooksie Kay Catering

 

Best Food Product 2020/2021 (all 4 nominees will receive awards)

• Nella’s Sweet Potato Tendaronis, Onel Williams

 

Outstanding Supermarket

• Loshusan Supermarket

 

The Solomon Gardner Award for Outstanding Service

• Delmare Restaurant, Half Moon Hotel

 

The Norma Shirley Award for Restaurant of the Year

• Delmare Restaurant, Half Moon Hotel

 

Special Awards

Game Changer Award

• Broken Plate Restaurant

 

COVID-19 Comfort Food Award

• Claudette Tenn for M10 Bar & Grill
• Winsome Hall for Crystal Edge Restaurant, Irish Town
• Iris Phang for Ms Phang

 

Chairman’s Award

• Stephanie Scott

 

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Colin Hylton

 

2019 Winners

#ACelebrationofCommunity Tour Award

• Christopher Marsh for Chris’s Café
• The Allens for Gifford House
• Monica Ottar for Bailey’s Vale
• The Sephestines for Mount Estate
• Chris and Lisa Binns for Stush in the Bush, Free Hill

 

Best Culinary Team Experience Award

• The Playa Hotels & Resorts
• Half Moon Hotel
• Round Hill Hotel & Villas
• Sandals Resorts International Limited
• Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel
• GoldenEye Hotel
• Uncorked! Sovereign North
• Coral Cliff Gaming and Entertainment
• The Steak House on the Verandah
• Mystic Thai

 

Best Food Product 2019

• The Best Dressed Chicken Hamilton’s Smokehouse Beef Franks
• Likke Tea

 

Outstanding Supermarket

• Loshusan

 

Outstanding Bartender of the Year

• Trevor Luke

 

The Lifetime Achievement Award

• National Baking Company

 

The Chairman’s Award

• Executive Chef Dennis McIntosh

 

Best New Restaurant

• Summerhouse at The Liguanea Club

 

Best Place for Vegetarian

• Stush in the Bush

 

Best Watering Hole

• East Japanese Next Door

 

Best Wine Experience

• Uncorked! Sovereign North

 

Best Café Experience

• Café Blue, Irish Town

 

Best Restaurant for Jamaican Food

• M10

 

Best Ethnic Restaurant

• Mystic India

 

The Jamaican Restaurant with Outstanding Gastronomy Experience presented by The Ministry of Tourism Taste Jamaica

• Stush in the Bush

 

The Solomon Gardner Award for Outstanding Service

• Sugar Mill Restaurant at the Half Moon Hotel
• Regency Room, Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel

 

Outstanding Caterer Award of the Year Award

• Christina Simonitsch

 

Jing Shi Award for Dessert Chef of the Year

• Nadine Burie

 

Best Place To Be Seen

• S Hotel, Montego Bay

 

The Jamaica Observer Table Talk Food Awards – Enterprise Award

• Gregory Burrowes for The Butcher Block
• Christina Simonitsch for Simo’s Bread and Catering

 

The Leading Lady in Rum

• Joy Spence, Master Blender
• Christelle Harris

 

A Place at the Table Award

• Skylark Negril Beach Resort
• The Rockhouse Hotel and Spa

 

The Norma Shirley Award – Restaurant of the Year

• The Sugar Mill Restaurant at Half Moon Hotel