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Welcome back to MANILA’S BEST® 2014, the Oscars of Manila's restaurant industry inspired by our bestselling coffee-table book Manila's Best Kept Restaurant Secrets. This here is Ballot Two, where judges such as yourself decide the winners from the nominees in each of the thirty award categories. These award categories are grouped by cuisine, specialty, hotel restaurants, and individual achievement.
These fourth bi-annual MBKRS Awards are made possible by NESTLÉ Professional, bringing creative food and beverage solution to Manila’s restaurant industry, such as the new NESTEA® House Blend and NESTLÉ Docello®, a versatile range of high quality dessert mixes. Special thanks to official sponsors Zing Rewards, City Delivery, and Great Food Solutions.
If you're just joining us and were unable to vote in the first ballot, here's some information to get you up to speed. In August of this year, the first ballot was sent out to the judges, and they voted to decide who the nominees should be. The results of their votes were revealed in a press conference held at the new Chihuahua Mexican Grill at the Fort.
THE JUDGES
Who are these judges? They are individuals, like you, distinguished in the restaurant industry and other related fields. These include restaurant owners Conrad Alcantara, Erik Cua, Margarita Fores, and Louie Ysmael. There's also celebrated chefs Gino Gonzalez, Carlo Miguel, Cyrille Soenen, and Colin Mackay. Let's not forget food writers Stephanie Zubiri, Erwan Heussaff, and Clinton Palanca; top bloggers Spanky Enriquez, Anton Diaz, Cecile Van Straten, and JJ Yulo; and magazine editors Cheryl Tiu (Lifestyle Asia), Georgia Schulze-Del Rosario (Metro Society), Audrey Carpio (Esquire), Marilen Fontanilla (F&B World), and Nana Ozaeta (Food).
Not enough? How about Ayala’s Rocio Lobregat, Nestlé’s Alex Ong Oh, Bistro Group’s Josh Boutwood, Enderun’s See Cheong Yan, and Tourism Secretary Mon Jimenez? There are over 150 of you, people who intimately understand Manila’s food and beverage business like nobody else.
For the next two weeks, you the esteemed judges will vote to determine who indeed is "Manila’s Best". Your collective decision will be announced at an Oscars-like, VIP, by-invitation-only gala, held this November 25 at the country’s premier hospitality school Enderun Colleges.
In 2012, representatives of the country’s top accounting firm SGV & Co. handed the sealed envelopes to celebrity presenters who announced winners to a madly cheering crowd. Who will take home the top prize this year?
OLD AND NEW
Here are the ground rules. First, reigning champs do not compete this year. They sit this one out. They will be eligible again in 2016. Second, MANILA’S BEST® is all about homegrown restaurants. International concepts and restaurant brands are not eligible for nomination. Third, except for Manila’s Best Newcomer, restaurants may only be nominated for one award category.
What’s new this year? Some new award categories such as Manila’s Best Mexican Restaurant (from which Chihuahua naturally recuses itself), Manila’s Best Modern Casual Dining (replacing Best Bistro), Manila’s Best Pizzeria, Manila’s Best Bar (replacing Best Restaurant/Bar), Manila’s Best Nightclub, and Manila’s Best Coffee Shop.
What’s also new is Manila’s dynamic restaurant industry, which seems to be in the midst of a culinary revolution, with innumerable new restaurant concepts, foods, and talent. With foodies becoming the norm, rather than the exception, and technological advances making it possible for people to share information like never before, there’s one burning question on everyone’s mind: who is Manila’s Best?
LET'S BEGIN
We've got thirty award categories to vote on, so let's get started. Please check the acceptance box and click on the Continue button below to enter the secure ballot.
Thank you very much for accepting this mission to celebrate excellence in our burgeoning dining scene. As you vote, please set the bar high, thus further elevating Manila's F&B standards, and making Manila the region's food capital.
Sincerely,
Inés Cabarrus-Habayeb & Elian Habayeb
www.mbkrs.org
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* CUISINE
Manila’s Best Italian Restaurant
2012 winner: Va Bene Pasta Deli. (Make ONE selection only) |
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* Manila’s Best French Restaurant
2012 winner: Brasserie Ciçou |
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* Manila’s Best Spanish Restaurant
2012 winner: Terry’s Selection |
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* Manila’s Best Japanese Restaurant
2012 winner: Sugi |
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* Manila’s Best Chinese Restaurant
2012 winner: Hai Shin Lou |
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* Manila’s Best Continental Cuisine
2012 winner: Sala |
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* Manila’s Best Thai Restaurant
2012 winner: People’s Palace |
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* Manila’s Best Filipino Restaurant
2012 winner: Abé |
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* Manila’s Best Middle Eastern Restaurant
2012 winner: Hossein’s Persian Kebab |
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* Manila’s Best Korean Restaurant
2012 winner: Kaya |
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* Manila’s Best Indian Restaurant
2012 winner: New Bombay Indian Cuisine |
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* Manila’s Best Mexican Restaurant
New category. Chihuahua not competing since it is owned by the organizers. |
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* Manila’s Best Specialty Cuisine
2012 winner: Corner Tree Café |
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* SPECIALTY
Manila’s Best Steakhouse
2012 winner: Elbert’s Steak Room |
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* Manila’s Best Modern Casual Dining
2012 winner: Sala Bistro |
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* Manila’s Best Burger Joint
2012 winner: Charlie’s Grind & Grill |
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* Manila’s Best Pizzeria
New category |
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* Manila’s Best Bar
2012 winner: M Café |
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* Manila’s Best Nightclub
New category |
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* Manila’s Best Coffee Shop
New category |
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* Manila’s Best Dessert, Ice Cream and Cake Shop
2012 winner: The Cake Club |
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* Manila’s Best Newcomer
2012 winner: Wildflour Café + Bakery |
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* HOTEL RESTAURANTS
Manila’s Best Hotel Restaurant: International Buffet
2012 winner: Spiral (Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila) |
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* Manila’s Best Hotel Restaurant: Fine Dining
2012 winner: Impressions (Maxims) |
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* Manila’s Best Hotel Restaurant: Specialty Cuisine
2012 winner: Shang Palace (Makati Shangri-La) |
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* Manila’s Best Hotel Bar
2012 winner: Salon de Ning (The Peninsula Manila) |
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* INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT
Manila’s Best Emerging Talent
2012 winner: Martin Wisniewski (Raintree) |
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* Manila’s Best Chef
2012 winner: J Gamboa (Tsukiji, Cirkulo, Milky Way, Azuthai) |
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* Manila’s Best Restaurant Group Entrepreneur
2012 winner: Annabel Wisniewski (Raintree) |
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Abba Napa ('Cue, Phat Pho, 8 Cuts, Manam, Mecha Uma)
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Dixie Mabanta (Mexicali, Café Meditarranean, El Chupacabra, Señor Pollo)
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Erik Cua (71 Gramercy, Draft, Beso, Aracama, Imperial, Publiko)
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Malu Gamboa (Tsukiji, Cirkulo, Milky Way, Azuthai)
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Sergi Rostoll (Barcino, Las Flores, Rambla)
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Werner Berger (Carpaccio, I'm Angus, Chesa Bianca, Santi’s)
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Lifetime Achievement Award
This award goes to a person that has dedicated their life to Food & Beverage, and whose accomplishments have blazed a trail through Manila's culinary landscape.
2008 winner: Larry J Cruz (posthumous)
2010 winner: Margarita Fores
2012 winner: Juan Carlos de Terry
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