Good News for Chef Josh Niland

Monday 23. October 2023

Sydney Celebrates Josh and Julie Niland's Restaurants and Josh Niland Winning Chef of the Year.

Josh Niland took home Chef of the Year at The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2024 Awards last night, Monday, 23rd October 2023.

Josh and Julie Niland also celebrated both their restaurants listed in the guide's other awards, with Petermen achieving two Hats and Saint Peter retaining Two Hats:

Saint Peter - Best Restaurant (listed two Hats)

Petermen - Best New Restaurant (listed straight in at two Hats)

The Australian Good Food Guide is the home of The Hats, the system in which NSW/ACT and VIC restaurants are judged and scored, with three hats rating the highest. Each year, when the guide is released, and The Hats are revealed, The Good Food Guide holds an award ceremony celebrating the outstanding achievements of restaurants and chefs.

This year, Josh and Julie Niland had nominations in three categories: Best Chef, Best New Restaurant and Best Restaurant.

The nominations themselves are an achievement, but winning Chef of the Year is a great honour. Josh was unable to attend the award ceremony, as he is currently in The Singapore EDITION, preparing to open his first overseas restaurant in the hotel in November. However, his business partner and wife, Julie, accepted the award on his behalf.

Josh Niland said of winning the award, “I have never been more proud of our team. We have attracted incredible talent, and their professionalism and maturity have helped accelerate our dream. They have given us the level of confidence to take on our first overseas restaurant, my third book and the power to communicate the work we are doing on a far larger scale. I am deeply grateful for this award. Thank you so much, and I accept it on behalf of every one of them”.

The Singapore EDITION will open its doors in November 2023 and marks the couple's first restaurant outside of Australia.

For further information on Josh Niland, please contact monica@lotusinternational.net at +447788927191

@mrniland @saintpeter @petermen @charcoalfish @fishbutchery

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ABOUT JOSH NILAND:

Chef Josh Niland has transformed how the world cooks, transports, ages and stores fish. His ethical, sustainable and revolutionary approach has received global recognition. Fellow chefs, marine experts, seafood companies and fishmongers have embraced his new philosophy. He is a multi-award-winning chef and, alongside his wife Julie, owns Saint Peter, Fish Butchery Paddington, Fish Butchery Waterloo and Charcoal Fish, Rose Bay and Petermen, St Leonards. Both his books, ‘The Whole Fish Cookbook’ and ‘Take One Fish,’ have won multiple awards, including three separate awards from The James Beard Foundation, including 2020 Book of the Year for the former –as the first Australian ever to do so. In 2023, he released his third book, ‘Fish Butchery.’ Josh is the only Australian board member of The Basque Culinary Centre and has won the Best Chef Innovation award at The Best Chef Awards in Madrid and the Game Changer Award in Paris at LA LISTE World Restaurant Awards. He is 35 years old

ABOUT EDITION HOTELS:

EDITION Hotels is an unexpected and refreshing collection of individualized, customized, one-of-a-kind hotels that redefine the codes of traditional luxury. Displaying the best of dining and entertainment, services and amenities “all under one roof,” each EDITION property is completely unique, reflecting the best cultural and social milieu of its location and time.

For affluent, culturally savvy, and service-savvy guests, the EDITION experience and lifestyle explore the unprecedented intersection and the perfect balance between taste-making design and innovation and consistent, excellent service on a global scale.

EDITION manages 16 hotels worldwide, from North America and Europe to the Middle East and Asia. EDITION Hotels recently announced a further international expansion with the upcoming openings across three continents, including hotels in Singapore, Mexico’s Riviera Maya at Kanai, and EDITION’s second property in Tokyo in 2023. With 16 hotels worldwide, these openings underscore the brand’s strong growth. EDITION is one of Marriott International’s Luxury Brands.

ABOUT THE SINGAPORE EDITION:

Singapore is the location of EDITION’s first hotel in Southeast Asia. The 204-room property is located in the upper Orchard Road shopping district, the most popular destination for retail and entertainment. In addition to five restaurant and bar venues, there is a rooftop pool, spa, fitness centre, and over 681 square meters of indoor and outdoor meeting space for events.