During the pandemic, the F&B industry is one of the industries that has met with many challenges and difficulties with regards to rental, energy, supply chain and manpower. Thus, it is heartening to note that after a three-year hiatus, the prestigious RAS Epicurean Star Award is back. Organized by the Restaurant Association of Singapore (RAS), the RAS Epicurean Star Award is a highly anticipated celebration devoted to recognizing the outstanding accomplishments by individuals and establishments from the Singapore F&B industry.
The RAS Epicurean Star Award 2022 was held as an in-person event at the grand Fairmont Ballroom at Raffles City Convention Centre. The whole set up was done in a sit-down gala dinner style with a scrumptious 8 course Chinese dinner. I was glad to receive the media invitation to witness the award-giving ceremony together with some of my other blogger friends.
An exciting drumming performance kickstart the whole event with a bang as dinner commenced. Shortly after, Mr Andrew Kwan, President of RAS gave his welcome speech followed by the opening speech by Guest-of-Honour Dr Tan See Leng, Minister for Manpower & Second Minister for Trade and Industry.
More than 100 nominations were received from the F&B industry, but only a total of 20 awards were presented to the winners selected by a panel of judges. This award lauded the indomitable spirit and the 'can-do' attitude of everyone in the F&B industry including the service staff, chefs and many more who braved through the adversities during the pandemic years.
The awards were given based on the 20 categories and the results are as follows:
1. Best Asian Restaurant (Casual Dining) - Peace Japanese Cuisine
2. Best BBQ Restaurant - Griglia Open Fire Italian Kitchen
3. Best Buffet - Lai Huat Signatures
4. Best Cafe - Bees Knees At The Garage
5. Best Chain Restaurant - Putien
6. Best Chinese Restaurant (Casual Dining) - Tunglok Signatures
7. Best Chinese Restaurant (Fine Dining) - Tong Le Private Dining
8. Best Fusion Restaurant - FLNT
9. Best Gastro Bar - Kazbar
10. Best Halal Restaurant (Casual Dining) - Monster Planet
11. Best Halal Restaurant (Fine Dining) - Elfuego By Collin's
12. Best Hotpot Restaurant - Beauty in the Pot and Yanxi Dim Sum & Hotpot
13. Best Japanese Restaurant (Casual Dining) - Sake Labo
14. Best Japanese Restaurant (Fine Dining) - Takayama
15. Best Mediterranean Restaurant - Kazbar
16. Best Seafood Restaurant - Clan 7
17. Best Vegetarian Restaurant - Lingzhi Vegetarian
18. Best Western Restaurant (Casual Dining) - L'angelus
19. Best Western Restaurant (Fine Dining) - Bedrock Origin
20. People's Choice Award - Shabestan, Finest Persian Restaurant
The evening also cast the spotlight on two other awards, the Workforce Resilience Award by WSG and the Excellent Service Awards (EXSA) 2022. While the Workforce Resilience Award was presented to the various Companies by Guest-of-Honour, Dr Tan, the ultimate Superstar for the EXSA will only be announced in another ceremony on 8 December 2022. Only the six EXSA 2022 Superstar Finalists were announced at the dinner and were cited for their outstanding performance in their service role and for having gone beyond the call of their duties to deliver exceptional service and to create memorable experiences for the customers.
Congratulations to all the finalists and winners tonight. I would love to visit some of these award-winning restaurants soon to experience for myself the great food and services. A big thanks to The Rainmaker Marketing Group for the invite.
XOXO
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