This was the 13th time such prizes were awarded, the professional jury visited and evaluated Hungarian restaurants throughout the year.

During the evaluation, they considered aspects like the atmosphere of the restaurant, the quality of ingredients, the preparation and serving of the dishes etc.

The winner of the main prize, the popular Michelin-starred Costes, led by Eszter Palágyi, received 93 points. According to the evaluation of the jury, it’s one of Hungary’s most stable kitchens, which managed to stay unchanged after getting the Michelin-star in 2010.

Apparently former executive chef Miguel Vieira doesn’t have a word in the operation of the restaurant anymore, so the Hungarian chef can put a bigger emphasis on Hungarian specialities.

Top ten Hungarian restaurants in 2017:

1. Costes Restaurant
2. Onyx  &  Babel
3. Costes Downtown & Borkonyha (Wine Kitchen)
4. Olimpia
5. Salon
6. St. Andrea Borbár
7. Arany Kaviár
8. MÁK Bistro

Further prizes were also awarded at the ceremony.

Babel Budapest won the prize for the “Most Promising Restaurant”.

The 2017 Bocuse d’Or team was awarded with the “Chef Performance of the Year” prize.

The jury believes that Tamás Széll, Szabina Sulló, Zoltán Hamvas, Kevin Szabó and Frigyes Vomberg set new values in Hungarian gastronomy.

The “Street Food of the Year” prize was awarded to Kemencés Pizzeria.

Ádám Garai, the chef of Olimpia, became the “Young Chef Talent of the Year”, the kitchen of MÁK restaurant is the “Innovative Kitchen of the Year”, while Ákos Sárközi, the chef of Borkonyha, was chosen as the “Chef of the Year”.

Source: dailynewshungary.com

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