Revealed: Celebrities name their favourite Sydney restaurants

It’s the restaurant list that has divided some of Australia’s biggest names — just where is the best place to eat in NSW? Celebrities including supermodel Shanina Shaik share their favourite eateries. VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE

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The critics may have spoken but Sydney’s A-listers remain firmly divided over their pick of Sydney’s best restaurants

Following last week’s delicious.100 — topped by inner-city Italian Albertos’ Lounge — celebrities have now weighed in on the great dining debate in the lead up to next week’s announcement of the delicious People’s Choice results.

The Sunday Telegraph and delicious last week unveiled the top restaurants as rated by their team of food critics and reviewers. But now it’s over to readers to decide if they got it right.

Supermodel Shanina Shaik has named Mr. Wong as her standout restaurant.

“The delicious 100 is designed to help you eat out well every week, and for every occasion.

It’s really user friendly, it’s got a fresh point of view, with categories that focus on what our readers are really looking for when they book a restaurant,” delicious editor-in-chief Kerrie McCallum said.

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Supermodel Shanina Shaik has thrown her vote behind Asian cuisine naming Mr. Wong as her standout, coincidentally joining Seven sports presenter Mark Beretta.

“Delicious food and a great atmosphere,” Beretta told The Sunday Telegraph of Justin Hemmes’ flagship Asian restaurant in the CBD.

“From the minute you walk in there’s a buzz and sharing their dishes is the best way to enjoy it.”

Sydney’s top foodies, meanwhile, are equally as divided.

Matt Moran names Josh Niland’s fish diner Saint Peter as his favourite, while his Aria head chef Joel Bickford has chosen LuMi Bar and Dining in Darling Harbour.

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French cuisine king Guillaume Brahimi regards Sean’s Panorama in Bondi as the best of the Harbour City while Automata head chef Clayton Wells and Nomad’s Jacqui Challinor have both sided with Newtown eateries, picking Emma’s Snack Bar and Stanbuli respectively.

delicious editor-in-chief Kerrie McCallum

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Voting for the People’s Choice is now open allowing dailytelegraph.com.au online subscribers to reorder the official list.

One reader and their guest will win a private dinner with delicious columnist and food writer Matt Preston at the restaurant named the People’s Choice.

Italian restaurants dominate the delicious. 100 list with at least 20 named among the state’s best — including newcomers Totti’s and Bacco Osteria.

It’s trend McCallum previously told The Sunday Telegraph was a surprise emergence.

“Australians love Italian cuisine — at its core it is welcoming, generous, delicious and not too stuffy, she said.

“It’s the only cuisine that we devote a whole issue to every year at delicious and it is one of our best selling issues year in and out.”

It’s something Sunrise co-host Natalie Barr agrees with, naming Italian fine-dining restaurant Pendolino as her pick.

Entries close October 24 at 8am, with the winner’s name published on delicious100.com.au on October 25.

Originally published as Revealed: Celebrities name their favourite Sydney restaurants