Winner and Hall of Fame for Best Restaurant in 2010, 2011, 2012 for both the NSW Tourism Awards and Hunter Tourism Awards, Margan Restaurant has taken the honours once again by winning the Australia Tourism Award for Best Restaurant in at a spectacular event last night (15 February) in Hobart. The Australian Tourism Awards are the tourism industry’s peak awards, recognising and promoting excellence in tourism.
Margan Restaurant is one part of the Margan Family Wines business owned by husband and wife team, Lisa and Andrew Margan. The business is based in the beautiful Broke Fordwich wine sub region of the Hunter Valley and includes 100 hectares of vineyards, a state of the art winery, the Margan Restaurant and Margan Cellar Door. Margan is an award winning dining destination in its own right and aims to provide a unique and complete food and wine experience, set in a tranquil rural setting.
The restaurant continues along the company’s line of “Estate Grown-Estate Made”, sourcing produce locally and from the extensive one acre Margan Kitchen Garden for its modern Mediterranean inspired menu.
The kitchen garden and orchard produces up to 90% of vegetables and fruit for the seasonally inspired menus. In addition, Margan have free range chickens, Black Suffolk lambs, bee hives for fresh, unfiltered honey and olive groves for table olives. All menu items are freshly prepared on site, including pasta, gelati, soft cheeses, butter, small goods and bread. Additional to this, Margan choose to source ingredients from local producers as much as possible.
Margan has a reputation as a leader in environmental sustainability initiatives and Margan Restaurant is certified as a Green Table Australia Business by Restaurant & Caterers. The certification acknowledges green practices in water, waste, energy and supplies management to reduce the impact on the environment. Margan were proudly awarded the prestigious SMH Good Food Guide Sustainability Award for 2011 for outstanding practice and innovations within the food industry.