Societi Bistro is honoured and humbled to have been awarded Tony Jackman’s “Sliver's Silver Awards” for his “beloved neighourhood bistro”.

The award is “a mark of honour more than a conventional award”. In true Tony Jackman fashion the entire event oozed style from the physical award – a unique and beautiful ceramic plate crafted by master Mervyn Gers featuring his inimitable Koi motif, to the venue Liz McGrath’s exceptional The Conservatory at the Cellars-Hohenot Hotel to the spectacular lunch prepared by Giorgio Nava, Peter Tempelhof and Bertus Bason.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the other winners:

The Greenhouse, Cellars-Hohenort Hotel, Constantia

Exquisite progressive South African cuisine

Peter Tempelhoff, Relais & Chateaux Grand Chef

95 Keerom restaurant

Inspired Italian authenticity and Milanese charm

Giorgio Nava, chef-patron,

Overture restaurant, Hidden Valley, Stellenbosch

Seasonal expression and detail

Chef-patron Bertus Basson,

The Tasting Room, Le Quartier Francais, Franschhoek

Avant-Garde African cuisine that always surprises

Margot Janse,

Haiku Asian restaurant in central Cape Town

Striking Asian versatility and consistency

Restaurateur Sabi Sabharwal,

The Test Kitchen, Old Biscuit Mill, Woodstock

Wizardry with flavour and texture

Luke Dale Roberts, chef-patron

Terroir, Kleine Zalze, Stellenbosch

Being a saucier par excellence

Michael Broughton

Azure, Twelve Apostles Hotel, Camps Bay

Finely engineered cuisine

Henrico Grobbelaar

The Foodbarn, Noordhoek

Texture and nuance with Gallic charm

Franck Dangereux

Peter Weetman would like to thank the entire Societi Bistro team, their suppliers, his partner Tammy Botbyl, executive chef Stéfan Marais, Tony Jackman, Cape Town and all the Societi Bistro regulars for inspiring him.