The famous South African icon, Chef Siba Mtongana, has bagged two more awards for her restaurant after earning international status as Cape Town’s Most Exclusive Fine Dining Experience for 2023!
Cape Town, South Africa (01 June 2023)—Chef Siba Mtongana is cooking up a storm in more ways than can be plated. After her sought-after eatery Siba The Restaurant earned international accolade a few weeks ago, Chef Siba bagged two more sparkling awards for her culinary finesse.
Recently, the prestigious Luxe Restaurant Awards were underway in Johannesburg where culinary magicians were awarded for their service to South Africa’s tastebuds.
Here, Chef Siba followed in the footsteps she made the year before (she earned the Culinary Icon award) by bagging not one, but two sought-after achievements for her restaurant known for its African flair through food.
Siba held the Best Hotel Restaurant Award and the Service Excellence Award under each arm, beaming with joy at her wins of the night.
“This is for the entire team in Cape Town that keeps us going,” she shared.
The Luxe Awards are presented to the Holy Grail of Foodies (South Africa’s Culinary Elite) recognising outstanding chefs, restaurants and culinary professionals.
Winners are selected by a team of anonymous food critics as well as by the public through a digital vote.
“The restaurant business is hard so these awards are as much for me, as my team. We couldn’t have achieved any of these awards without our amazing and talented Front of House team as well as the engine – our chefs in the back, our support team at The Siba Co Group, our landlords at The Table Bay Hotel and everyone else who believed in this crazy dream,” Siba said.
“Our beloved guests who travel constantly across the country and from outside the country to dine with us which keeps our fires burning”.
Another nod to the restaurant’s glittering moment comes because it was opened during the peak of the pandemic, easily the toughest time for the hospitality industry collectively. It is also Siba Mtongana’s first adventure in the hospitality industry.
You can visit Siba The Restaurant at the Table Bay Hotel in the V&A Waterfront.
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