Gala event Gault&Millau Croatia 2019 – crème de la crème of Croatian gastronomy
The guide includes 150 best rated Croatian restaurants, 70 POP locales, 113 premium and quality wines and 25 leading hotels from all over Croatia.
Gala ceremony on the occasion of the launch of the Gault&Millau Croatia 2019 restaurant guide was held in the Esplanade Zagreb Hotel. The guide includes 150 best rated Croatian restaurants, 70 POP locales, 113 premium and quality wines and 25 leading hotels from all over Croatia.
During this important evening for Croatian gastronomic scene, annual Gault&Millau trophies, the so-called culinary Oscars, were awarded to the best chefs and restaurants.
It was also the largest gathering of Croatian chefs. They were eagerly expecting to find out how many points and G&M toques were awarded to their restaurants. The key to enter the selection of this prestigious guide is very simple - it is only the quality.
“Luxury lies in the quality, not in the price” is the philosophy of Gault&Millau.
'We visited all of our regions in search of new talents on the gastronomic scene', pointed out Mrs Ingrid Badurina Danielsson, the Director of Gault&Millau Croatia.
The evening of culinary Oscars was held in the Emerald Ballroom in the Esplanade Zagreb Hotel. The four-hands gala dinner was prepared by Mrs Ana Grgić, The great chef of tomorrow 2018 and chef de cuisine of the restaurant Zinfandel's within the Esplanade Hotel, and Mr Igor Jagodic, chef of the restaurant Strelec in Ljubljana, who recently received the Chef of the year 2019 trophy by Gault&Millau Slovenia.
Mr Jacques Bally, the new Gault&Millau CEO and Mr Vladislav Skvortsov, the new Gault&Millau chief investor were present at the ceremony and supported the awardees in the following categories:
Mr Hrvoje Zirojević, chef de cuisine of the Laganini restaurant on Palmižana was awarded with the Gault&Millau Chef of the year 2019 trophy.
Four Croatian restaurants were crowned with four Gault&Millau toques and awarded as the best Croatian restaurants: restaurant 360 from Dubrovnik, restaurant Monte from Rovinj, restaurant Pelegrini from Šibenik and aforementioned restaurant Laganini.
This year, two chefs were awarded with the Great chef of tomorrow 2019 trophy: Mr Fabricio Vežnaver, chef de cuisine of the restaurant Pergola in Savudrija and Mr Matija Bregeš, chef de cuisine of the restaurant Boškinac on the island of Pag.
Vesna Miletić, chef de cuisine of the restaurant Tač in Zagreb received the Traditional cuisine chef of the year 2019 trophy. Mr Tino Sinožić, chef de cuisine of the restaurant Navis from Opatija received the trophy in the Young talent of the year 2019 category. Chef de cuisine of the restaurant Konoba Mate on the island of Korčula, Biljana Milina, received the Pastry chef 2019 trophy. Paradox Wine&Cheese bar won The best POP 2019 trophy.
The project was supported by the Croatian National Tourist Board, and Mrs Slavija Jačan Obratov, Director of Destination Management and Product Development Support Division congratulated the trophy winners.
The Ministry of tourism of the Republic of Croatia also gave support to the project. Gala dinner was attended by Mr Frano Matušić, The State Secretary of the Croatian Ministry of Tourism, who pointed out the importance of gastronomy as one of the key elements of tourism experience and one of the foundations on which the whole brand of Croatia is based on. Mr Matušić also congratuled the awardees on behalf of Mr Gari Cappelli, the Minister of tourism, and pointed out that “Croatia is becoming a recognizable year-round gourmet destination that attracts tourists who pay more and more attention to authentic oenogastronomy”.
The project was supported by the special partners: HTZ, PBZ, Debic, Kotanyi, Maistra, Staropramen, Esplanade Zagreb Hotel and event partners: Veuve Clicquot, Queen Sheep, Jamnica, Naftalina, NAI 3.3, Duke Group, Krauthaker, Kabola, Tomić, Cattunar and Štampar.
The printed edition of the Gault&Millau Croatia 2019 restaurant guide will soon be available for sale in the Tisak media stores. With Gault&Millau mobile app, you'll easily find restaurants and POPs nearby. The app shows ratings and detailed descriptions of all restaurants that are a part of the Gault&Millau family.
