Once again, the Tavern "Musician" deservedly wins the award for best tavern in Cyprus from the magazine TIME-OUT. In the now established awards that took place last night (November 27) took place the Time Out Eating Awards 2013 presented by the natural, carbonated, mineral water San Pellegrino with a major sponsor ALFAMEGA supermarkets.
The award was received by the chef and co-owner of the Tavern "Musician" George Papamichael. It is worth mentioning that the owners of the tavern are Petros and Giannis Mousikos and George Papamichael.
For the 9th consecutive year, the awards ceremony at the largest gastronomic institution in Cyprus took place with great success at the Royal Hall in Nicosia. This year, the institution presented the natural, carbonated, mineral water San Pellegrino with a large sponsor, the ALFAMEGA supermarkets.
Both the restaurants and the readers of Time Out showed great interest in the top gastronomic event of the year, who supported the event with their 48.732 votes.
Presenters of the evening were Louis Patsalidis (stand up comedian) and Roula Georgiadou (radio producer of Radio Proto and presenter of the Sigma series "Weather for Cyprus"), Fani Socratous (actress in the series "Seven Skies and Clouds") and Marileni Stavrou (actress in the RIK show "Potatoes Antinachtes"). The award ceremony was attended by Christiana Aristotelous - radio producer of Super Fm -, Chrysanthos Tsouroullis - Sigma TV News Director -, Petroula Argyrou - presenter of the Sigma show "Protoselido" - and many others.
The menu was edited by the National Culinary Team of Cyprus under the instructions of chefs Panikos Hatzittofis and George Damianos, in collaboration with the chef of the Royal Hall Mr. Pampos Antoniou and the kitchen team. The menu enjoyed by the guests was 3 dishes of creative cuisine and were accompanied by the wines of Chrysorogiatissa Winery (Agios Andronikos and Agios Elias).
FIRST COURSE: Trachanas (hot goat halloumi and simmered tomato, lamb meatballs, trachana foam and mint pesto)
SECOND DISH: Pork with zucchini Kappamas (braised pork fillet and neck, zucchini, mashed celery and carrot, broth flavored with Commandaria)
THIRD DISH: Anarotartata (pomegranate tart with caramelized walnuts, yogurt ice cream with forest fruits and carob honey)
Coffee and Cypriot cheeses with quince paste and toast were also offered.
The prizes were awarded in 9 categories: New Arrival, Fish, International Cuisine, Mediterranean Cuisine, Hotel Restaurant, Bar / Café-Restaurant, Tavern, Souvlaki and finally the Nice Price category.
Also, 5 special awards were given for the Favorite Restaurant of the Readers, which gathered the most total votes from the readers of TIME OUT, the restaurant with the Best Wine, the Innovation Award, the Best Cypriot Product and the Chef of the Year award.
The restaurants that were awarded are:
Best Tavern
MUSICIAN (Savior)
Owners: Giannis and Petros Musikos, George Papamichael
Chef: George Papamichael
The award was presented by Dimitra Makrygianni (journalist of www.ilovestyle.com) and George Roussos (Radio Producer Super Fm).
Best New Arrival
BY HAND PERICLES (Nicosia)
Owner and Chef: Pericles Rousounidis
The award was presented by Mr. Konstantinos Giorkatzis (Mayor of Nicosia) and Christiana Aristotelous (Radio Producer Super Fm).
Best Hotel Restaurant
VIVALDI RISTORANTE ITALIANO - HOTEL FOUR SEASONS (Limassol)
Owner: Christos Mouskis
Executive Chef: Panikos Hadjittofis
Chef: Andreas Andreou
Restaurant meter: Kyriakos Theodotou
The award was presented by Mr. Vassos K. Iliadis (General Manager of Vassos Eliades Ltd) and Aliki Chrysochou (soprano).
Best Mediterranean Cuisine
ARTIMA (Limassol)
Owner: NP Lanitis Ltd & PNS Restaurants Ltd
General Manager: Marios Nikolaou
Executive Chef: Capsule Utensil
Chef: Valentinos Michael
The award was presented by Mr. George Theodotou (Marketing Manager of ALFAMEGA supermarkets) and Elisa Georgiou (Star Cyprus 2013).
Best International Cuisine
NO RESERVATIONS (Nicosia)
Owners: Monica & Martino Speciale
Chef: Special Martino
The award was presented by Mr. Dimitris Hatzelias, head of the Cyprus market of carbonated natural mineral water San Pellegrino and Maria Fiaka (actress).
Best Fish
COMPASS (Nicosia)
Owners: Petros Georgiou & Giannos Christoforou
Chef: Petros Georgiou & Eleni Ch. Damianou
The award was presented by Mr. Panikos Hadjittofis, President of the Cyprus Chefs' Association and Mr. George Damianou, Senior Manager of National Culinary Teams of Cyprus.
Best Bar / Café / Restaurant
(IN) THEORY (Limassol)
Owner: Sotiris Savvidis
Chef: Pavlos Pavlou
The award was presented by Mr. Alexis Nikolaou (General Manager of Zeus & Sigma TV) and Eleana Papadopoulou (actress of the series "Seven Heavens and Clouds Bums").
Nice Price
OLIVES & BURGERS (Nicosia)
Owner / chef: Aliki Economidou
The award was presented by Natasa Konstantinidou (Assistant Marketing Director of ALFAMEGA supermarkets) and Panos Makris (actress).
Best Wine Restaurant
RISTO LA PIAZZA (Paphos)
Owner: Antonis Achilleos
Sommelier: Vassos Manolis The award was presented by Mr. Iraklis Christoforou (President of the Cyprus Wine Association) and Kalliroi Koroniou (actress of the series "Seven Heavens and Clouds Bums").
Best Souvlaki
LEVENTIS (Nicosia)
Owner: Meropi Leventi
The award was presented by Mr. Andreas Loizou (General Manager of Anco Catering Equipment) and Petroula Argyrou (journalist & presenter of the Sigma show "Front Page").
Innovation Award 2013
VINO CULTURA (Nicosia)
Owners: Andreas Kyprianou and Costas Konstantinou
Sommelier: Andreas Kyprianou
The award was presented by Mr. Chrysanthos Tsouroullis (Director of Sigma TV News Department) and Emilia Kenevezou (journalist, presenter).
TIME OUT Reader Favorite (48,732 votes)
OCEAN BASKET (Nicosia)
Owner: Vassilis Billis
Kitchen Manager: Michalis Skordis
The award was presented by Sylia Ioannidou (Editor-in-Chief of TIME OUT Cyprus)
Chef of the Year
CHRISTOS FILIPPOU
The award was presented by Maria Kyriakou (Commercial Director of Zeus and SIGMA Television Group) and the Minister of Defense Mr. Fotis Fotiou
Best Cypriot Product
ARKATENA OVEN "FOTINI", OMODOS
TRADITIONAL ARKATENA "ELENI M. NEOKLEOUS", OMODOS
The awards were presented by Mr. Marios Hannidis (General Manager of CTO) and Marilena Ierodiakonou (General Manager of Journals of Zeus Group).
Introduced: The natural, carbonated, mineral water San Pellegrino
Major Sponsor: ALFAMEGA Supermarkets
Sponsors: Nespresso, Vittel, Anticha Gelateria del Corso, Chrysorrogiatissa, Anco Catering Equipment
Communication Material Sponsor: Landas Color Ltd
The counting of votes was done with the validity of the European University of Cyprus.