Why this tiny beachside eatery in South Africa is the world’s ‘Restaurant of the Year’
It’s two hour’s drive from Cape Town, seats only 20 people and you must book three months ahead. So why did it win?
Wolfgat seats just 20 diners in a tiny beachside cottage in a fishing village more than two hours’ drive from Cape Town in South Africa.
And it is the most exciting place on the planet to eat. Good luck getting a table.
Bookings open a maximum of three months in advance. But no tables are available.
The World Restaurant Awards this week handed the top accolade – Restaurant of the Year – to chef Kobus van der Merwe, who opened Wolfgat in his parents’ 130-year-old property in September 2016.
I’m incredibly proud of my team. They have no formal food background and now they are recognised on a world stage
He travelled to Paris from Paternoster, (population. 1,971) in the Western Cape, without even knowing he’d won.
Now he is already having to try to work out how to handle the sudden acclaim.
“I’m incredibly proud of my team,” he said after the win. “They have no formal food background and now they are recognised on a world stage.”
What is so special about Wolfgat?