November 2018
Awards - Shortlist
Leading Fusion Restaurant • • • •
Social House Zouzou Azure Mekong, Al Baleed Resort Salalah by Anantara • Sikka Café • Lava Dining, Fairmont Fujairah Beach Resort
Leading Nightlife Venue
• Noir Cocktail Bar, Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates Dubai • Vault, JW Marriott Marquis Dubai • BASE • Lock, Stock and Barrel • Zero Gravity
Leading Sports Bar
• The Underground Pub, Habtoor
Grand Resort, Autograph Collection • Bridgewater Tavern , JW Marriott Marquis Dubai • Garden on 8, Media One Hotel • Icon Bar, Radisson Blu Dubai Media City • Player Sports Bar • Spike Bar • The Dubliners, Le Meridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre • Arena Sports Bar • Kicker’s Sports Bar, Dubai Sports City • The Cave Sports Bar & Kitchen
• Supernatural, Zero Gravity • Wanderlust brunch, JW Marriott • Yalumba, Le Meridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre • Dupper, Lava Beach Club, Fairmont Fujairah Beach Resort • Lido, QE2
Leading Brunch Concept
Catering Company Of The Year
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Asado, Al Habtoor Polo Resort Carnival by Tresind Hotel Cartagena Nikki Beach Saturday Brunch, Nikki Beach Resort & Spa • Salero, Kempinski Mall of the Emirates
Leading Delivery Platform • • • • •
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Deliveroo Prax’s Zomato UberEats Round Menu
Dish Catering & Events Grandiose Catering Royal Catering Cateriya Hospitality Epicure Catering
People Categories Leading F&B Director
• Duncan Fraser-Smith, The First Group • Jerome Barbeau, Jumeirah at Etihad Towers • Marc Barakat, Habtoor Grand Resort, Autograph Collection • Tomas Vesely, Address Downtown • Nick Patmore, JW Marriott Marquis Dubai • Digvijay Rathore, Millennium Airport Hotel Dubai • Jan Schmidt, Fairmont Fujairah Beach Resort • Sreejith Purushan – Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Deira Creek • Srinivasan Nadarajan, Al Maha Luxury Collection • Tom Arnel, Bull & Roo
Chef of the Year
• Himanshu Saini, Passion F&B • Sudqi Naddaf, Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates • Zayn Haggerty, The Roost • Fadi Naim, Couqley French Bistro • Ben Tobbitt, Jumeirah Restaurant Group • Diego Solis, Habtoor Palace LXR Issue #005
Hotels & Resorts • Nick Alvis & Scott Price, Folly • Nitin Mehrotra, Lapita, Autograph Collection Hotels • Thijs van Roon, Saadiyat Rotana Resort & Villas • Carlo Garcia, Waka
Pastry Chef of The Year
• Nickola D’Souza, Steigenberger Hotel Business Bay • Pravin Ramakrishnan, Swissotel Al Ghurair • Eranda Liyanage, Fairmont Ajman • Sanjaya Mudiyanselage, Le Meridien Dubai & Conference Centre
Young F&B Leader
• Shanky Bhola, Holiday Inn Dubai Al Barsha • Olga Galiuk, Four Points by Sheraton Sheikh Zayed Road • Yulia Shcherbenko, Nikki Beach Resort & Spa • Byron Naidoo, JW Marriott Marquis Dubai • Martins Jurkevics, Q43 • Bino Joy, Swissotel Al Ghurair
F&B Heavyweight
• Ahmass Fakahany, Altamarea Group • Emma Banks, Jumeirah Restaurant Group • Evgeny Kuzin, Bulldozer Group • Peter Skudutis, Zero Gravity • Paul Evans & Freek Teusink, Solutions Leisure
Bartender of The Year
• Ashab Ansar, Nikki Beach Resort & Spa • Emilio Valencia, Weslodge • Richard delos Reyes, Anantara The Palm Dubai Resort • Sherine John, Passion F&B • Mark Maranon, JW Marriott Marquis Dubai
Best Service Team of the Year
• Tresind • Crescendo, Anantara The Palm Dubai Resort • Nola Eatery & Social House • Couqley French Bistro • Palazzo Versace Dubai • Izakaya, JW Marriott Marquis
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