Gault&Millau 2024 Türkiye Guide Awards Find Their Owners...

Gault&Millau, the France-based guide that has set foot in Türkiye through its collaboration with Sözen Group and is one of the most distinguished guides in world gastronomy, announced its 2024 Türkiye guide at a ceremony held at the Çırağan Palace Hotel Kempinski. The ceremony was attended by numerous guests working in the field of gastronomy, members of the press, and tourism sector representatives and managers. Secretary General İsmail Taşdemir, Board Members Uğur Talayhan and Murat Tomruk, and İzmir Provincial Representative Rıza Elibol attended the event on behalf of TÜROB.

First published in Paris in 1969 by two journalists and food critics, the Gault&Millau guide is regarded as one of the two most prestigious gastronomy guides in the world. The guide, which has added Türkiye as its 17th country, carried out field work at the country's leading tourism spots during 2023. The selection compiled following this work was announced at a ceremony held at the Çırağan Palace Hotel Kempinski. Plaques were presented to the award-winning restaurants and chefs.

When rewarding restaurants, the guide offers a detailed evaluation with its own distinctive scoring system. Restaurants and chefs are given a score between 1 and 20 based on the quality and taste of the food, together with separate evaluations by Gault & Millau on service, price, and the restaurant's atmosphere. High-scoring restaurants earn between 1 and 5 chef's hats bearing the Gault & Millau signature, according to the level of their scores.

Those who received awards during the evening were as follows: 4 TOQUES PRESTIGIOUS TABLES TURK Fatih Tutak – Fatih Tutak – 17.5/20 Neolokal – Maksut Aşkar – 17/20 3 TOQUES EXCELLENT TABLES AQUA – Görkem Özkan – 15/20 Arkestra – Cenk Debensason – 15.5/20 Casa Lavanda – Emre Şen – 15.5/20 Mikla – Cihan Çetinkaya – 16/20 Nicole – Serkan Aksoy – 15/20 Sankai by Nagaya – Yoshizumi Nagaya – 15.5/20 OD Urla – Osman Sezener – 16/20 Teruar Urla – Osman Serdaroğlu – 15.5/20 Vino Locale – Ozan Kumbasar – 15.5/20 2 TOQUES CHEF'S TABLES 7 Mehmet – Mehmet Akdağ – 13/20 Alaf – Murat Deniz Temel – 14/20 Aman da Bravo – İnanç Çelengil – 14.5/20 Araka – Zeynep Pınar Taşdemir – 14.2/20 Chalet – Soner Kesgin – 13/20 Lokanta by Divan – Volkan Arık -13.5/20 Gallada – Özgür Taylan – 13/20 Sunset Grill & Bar – Fabrice Canelle – 13.5/20 Tuğra Restaurant – Emre İnanır – 14/20 Yeni Lokanta – Civan Er – 13/20 Narımor Urla – Atilla Heilbronn – 14/20 Kitchen Bodrum – Osman Sezener – 14/20 Maça Kızı – Ali Ronay – 14.5/20 Sakhalin Bodrum – Vladimir Mukhin – 14/20 Nahita – Ömür Akkor – 13/20 Reserved Restaurant – Orhan Korkmaz – 13/20 1 TOQUE GOURMAND TABLES TRADITIONAL CUISINE Parlak Restaurant – Güray Parlak – 11/20 Zaruri Meyhane – Mustafa Kemal Ayanoğlu – 11/20 Aslanboğa Kokoreç – Erdal Aslanboğa – 11/20 Mutfak Sanatları Merkezi – Doğa Çitçi -12/20 İmam Çağdaş – Burhan Çağdaş 12.5/20 Hışvahan – Mine Özmen -11.5/20 Adana Ocakbaşı Pangaltı – Gürkan Ezer – 11/20 Agora Meyhanesi – Şaban Karataş – 11/20 Aheste Pera – Didem Çetin – 11.5/20 Akbabalı Meyhane – Rıza Belenkaya -11/20 Ali Ocakbaşı – Engin Levent – 11/20 Asmalı Cavit – Cavit Saatçi – 11/20 Beyti – Beyti Güler – 12.5/20 Borsa Restaurant – Şenel Çin – 12.5/20 BİZ İstanbul – Mesut Uysal – 12.5/20 Buselik Tünel – Mihta Yıldırımtaş – 12.5/20 Çiya Sofrası – Musa Dağdeviren – 11/20 Deraliye Ottoman Cuisine Restaurant – Necati Yılmaz – 11/20 Develi Samatya – Nuri Develi – 11.5/20 Bayramoğlu Döner – Halim Arslan – 11/20 Giritli – Ayşe Şensılay – 11/20 Hacı Abdullah Lokantası – Abdullah Korun, H.Fahri Gündüz, H.Mehmet Gülen ve H.Rasim Akçan – 11/20 Hamdi Restoran Eminönü – Kerim Özevin – 11.5/20 Hünkâr Lokantası – Feridun Ügümü – 12.5/20 IL Cortile İstanbul – Nihat Sancar – 11/20 Karaköy Lokantası – Uğur Erbaş – 12/20 Kanaat Lokantası – Abdullah Tayan – 11.5/20 Kör Agop – Muammer Temiz – 11/20 Liman İstanbul – Murat Alan – 11.5/20 Mahir Restoran – Mahir Nazlıcan – 12/20 Lokanta 1741 – Durukan Özgen – 12/20 Madam Despina – Ali Tekin – 11/20 Matbah – Kadir Yılmaz – 11/20 Mükellef Karaköy – Arda Türkmen – 11.5/20 Nazende Cadde – Uluç Sakarya – 12.5/20 Pandeli – Abdullah Sevim – 12/20 SADE Beş Denizler – Deniz Şahin – 12/20 Seraf Restaurant – Sinem Özler – 12/20 Sıralı Kebap Etiler – Murat Sıralı – 11/20 Sofyalı 9 – Aydın Yıldırım – 11/20 Tatbak – Mehmet Akçan – 11/20 Tershane Karaköy – Vedat Başaran – 12/20 Yanyalı Fehmi – Ergin Sönmezler – 12/20 Zübeyir Ocakbaşı Taksim – Zübeyir Ertaş – 12/20 Kaşıbeyaz Florya – Ahmet Kaşıbeyaz – 11/20 Beğendik Abi – Hikmet Kaygusuzer – 12/20 Söğüşçüm Çeşme – Ersin İnceoğlu – 11/20 Kısmet – Barış Erdem – 11/20 1 TOQUE GOURMAND TABLE SEAFOOD Arma Restaurant – Raif Kahraman – 11/20 Lara Balık – Levent Şenol – 11/20 Bottarga Restaurant – Cengiz Taner – 11/20 Bay Nihat – Volkan Bekit – 11/20 Yalova Restaurant – Emrah Aktaş – 11.5/20 Arnavutköy Balıkçısı – Mahmut Cansever – 11.5/20 Azur – Rıdvan Külçek – 12/20 Yüksel Balık – Olgun Keleş – 12/20 Balıkçı Kahraman – Kahraman Altun – 12/20 Bebek Balıkçısı – Zeynep Petek Dursun – 11.5/20 Calipso Fish Restaurant – Ziya Kaçar & Veli Şahin – 11.5/20 Del Mare – Serkan Pakkan – 11/20 Kıyı Balık – Yorgi Sabuncu – 12.5/20 Lacivert – Rüştü Öztürk – 11/20 Park Fora – Musa Değirmenci – 11.5/20 Suna'nın Yeri – Zafer Koç – 11/20 Uskumru Restaurant – Burak Kılıç – 11/20 Villa Bosphorus – Şener Ayaksız – 11/20 Horasan Balık – Ahmet Horasan – 12/20 Deniz Restaurant – Şenol Öztürk– 11/20 Mimoza – Fikret Alphan – 11.5/20 Eski Yer – Erkan Özçelik – 11/20 Sait – Hikmet Hasçelik – 11.5/20 Memedof – Mehmet Çuhadar – 11.5/20 Orfoz – Çağrı Bozçağa & Çağlar Bozçağa – 12/20 Manzara Restaurant Söğüt – Alı Işık– 12/20 1 TOQUE GOURMAND TABLE MODERN CUISINE Ayna – Nihal Sayın & Ezgi Güven – 11/20 Caeli – Celal Gürkan Yılmaz – 11/20 Aşeka – Ömer Akosman – 11/20 Atölye Restaurant – Zafer Aydemir – 11.5/20 Backyard – Oğuzhan Sözkesen – 11/20 Avlu – Özgür Üstün – 12.5/20 Banko Burger – Bora Bozankaya – 11/20 Basta Neo Bistro – 12/20 Batard – Cihan Kıpçak – 11/20 Beymen Brasserie – Bayram Akçay – 11/20 Cantinery – Ertruğul Halal – 11.5/20 Cipriani – Stefano Mason – 12/20 Feriye – Birkan Erköylü – 11.5/20 Gram Restaurant – Didem Şenol – 11/20 Günaydın Etiler – Cüneyt Asan – 11.5/20 Karaköy Gümrük Restoran – Ahmet Erdoğan – 11/20 Masa – Yılmaz Çelik – 11/20 MSA'nın Restoranı – Sitare Baras – 11/20 Mürver Restaurant – Mevlüt Özkaya – 12.5/20 MYK Restoran – Mehmet Yalçınkaya – 12/20 Octo – Murat Taşdemir – 11.5/20 Okra İstanbul – Hüseyin Ceylan – 11./20 Parlé – Sadık Ilgaz – 11.2/20 Petra Gayrettepe – İpek Mutlu – 11/20 Ruby İstanbul – Ertan Özturan – 11/20 Smelt & Co – Sinan Bakkaloğlu & Samet Güneş – 11.5/20 St. Regis Brasserie – Şevket Cihan – 11/20 Bronco – İsmet Saz– 11/20 The Red Balloon – Ulaş Durmaz – 11.5/20 29 – Erol Aytürk – 11.5/20 Vogue – Musa Ay – 11.5/20 Zula – Cihan Kıpçak – 11/20 Balmumu Dükkan Lokanta – Ahmet Güzelyağdöken – 11.5/20 Scappi – Erkan Özdemir – 11/20 Hiç Lokanta – Ekin Can Kün – 11/20 Eşlikçi Narlıdere – Can Doğan – 11/20 Gia Urla – Serkan Çakır – 11/20 Gula Urla – Cemal Yıldırım – 11/20 Kürkçü Dükkanı – Gökhan Başeğmez – 11/20 İsabey Bağevi Restaurant – Uşar Alibey – 11/20 Manej – Aylin Güvenen Aydemir & Yaşar Güvenen – 11/20 Hus Wines – Doğukan Buyruk – 11/20 Buka Fethiye – Tacan Oruç – 11/20 Dereköy Lokantası – Zişan Altıncaba – 11/20 Naru – Anıl Karaduman – 12/20 Tuti – Hakan Süven – 11.5/20 The Galliard Cove House – Muharrem Tenekeci & Ahmet Uras – 11/20 Lucca by the Sea – Hüseyin Kılıç & Tuncay Uçar – 12/20 Revithia – Duran Özdemir – 11/20 Lil'a Restaurant – Saygın Sesli – 11/20 1 TOQUE GOURMAND TABLE INTERNATIONAL CUISINE Asil – Fadi Hamzeh – 11/20 Asmani – Mesut Yıldırım – 11/20 Seraser – Özgür Tankut – 11/20 Nemo – Jose Lino– 11.5/20 16 Roof – Taha Emrah Özçelik – 11.5/20 360 İstanbul – Mike Norman – 11/20 AIDA Vino e Cucina – Valentino Salvi – 11/20 Antica Locanda – Gian Carlo Talerico – 12/20 Banyan – Fikret Demirağ – 11/20 Baylan Restaurant – Tim Briggs – 11/20 Akira Back – Sungmo Lee – 11/20 Cecconi's – Özgür Önol – 11/20 Çok Çok Pera – Nutjarin Plasri – 12/20 Çok Çok Thai – Nutjarin Plasri – 11/20 Da Mario – Hasan Şahin – 12.5/20 Dragon Restaurant Hilton – Ergün Yücebıyık – 12.5/20 Filo D'Olio – Danilo Zanna – 11/20 Gina Kanyon – Sadi Dursun – 11.5/20 İnari Piku – Korhan Gülsoy – 11.5/20 İsokyo – Şafak Erten – 11/20 Morini – İskender Erocak – 11.5/20 Maromi by Divan Kalamış – Kenji Kume – 11/20 Madhu's – Yüksel Yılmaz – 11/20 Nappo – Özgür Kılınçlar – 11/20 Nobu İstanbul – Celestin Gaty – 11.5/20 Novikov İstanbul – Marti Pineda – 11.5/20 Paper Moon – Giuseppe Pressani – 12.5/20 ROKA İstanbul – Suna Hakyemez – 12/20 Shang Palace – Cheng Lu – 11/20 Spago İstanbul – Deniz Otuk – 11/20 Sushi Manga – Erdi Öztürk – 11/20 Terrazza Italia – Claudio Chinali – 12/20 Toro Latin Gastro Bar – Murat Kalkandelen – 11/20 Trattoria La Scarpetta – Ömer Büber – 11/20 TAS Ramen – Caner Demiray – 11/20 Zuma – Emrah Orak – 12/20 Roku Sushi Omakase – Barlas Günebak – 11/20 Hakkasan – Andrew Yeo – 12.5/20 Zaferan Cappadocia – Ödül Aygün – 11/20 1 TOQUE GOURMAND TABLE CHEF RESTAURANT Alma – Andrea Angelidu – 11/20 Seasons Restaurant by Mutlu Şevket Yılmaz – Mutlu Şevket Yılmaz – 11.5/20 Chayote – Tuncay Gülcü – 11/20 Capra Çukurbağ – Serra Beklen – 11/20 Çiy – Damla Uğurtaş – 11/20 7 MILA – Tayfun Genç – 11/20 Aila Restaurant – Kemal Can Yurttaş – 11/20 Apartıman – Burçak Kazdal – 11/20 Cuma – Aydın İlçe – 11/20 Efendy – Somer Sivrioğlu – 12.5/20 Fauna – Emrah Coşkun – 12.5/20 Galeyan Restaurant – Yunus Emre Akkor – 11.5/20 Hodan – Çiğdem Seferoğlu – 12/20 Lokanta Göktürk – Muhsin Göktürk – 11/20 Muutto Anatolian Tapas Bar – Umut Karakuş – 11/20 Ocak – Ömer Bozyap – 11/20 Şans Restaurant – Rudolf G.P.M. Van Nunen – 12/20 Topaz – Tevfik Alparslan – 12/20 Amavi – Ahmet Can Aras – 11.5/20 ENT Restaurant – Yoldaş Sönmez – 12/20 Sia Eli Restaurant – Tolgar Mireli – 12/20 Tuzz Bodrum – Nilay Lale – 12/20 1 TOQUE GOURMAND TABLE BAR Ernest's Bar – Fatih Akerdem – 11.5/20 Fahri Konsolos – Burak Ayaz – 11.5/20 Frankie – Aykut Doğanok – 11/20 Foxy – Ramazan Kurt – 11/20 Mathilda's Coctail Bar – Vedat Akar – 11.5/20 Mikla Bar – İsmail Orhan – 11/20 Olden 1772 – Aykut Can Akın – 11.5/20 The Townhouse – Kerem Canatar – 12.5/20 Topside Bar – Gökhan Herkiloğlu – 11.5/20 Alexandra Cocktail Bar – Talat Aslan – 11/20 SPECIAL AWARDS Honor Awards In memory of Tuğrul Şavkay: Esen Şavkay Beyti Güler – Founder of Beyti Feridun Ügümü – Founder of Hünkar Lokantası Yorgi Sabuncu – Founder of Kıyı Balık Abdullah Korun – Founder of Hacı Abdullah Niyazi Çapraz – Pastry Chef Arif Develi – Founder of Develi Metin Fadıllıoğlu – Founder of Şamdan, Liman Lokantası, Hanedan & Beymen Brasserie Celal Çapa – Founder of Şamdan Fatih Akerdem – Ernest's Bar, Bar Master Gastronomy Writer Awards Ahmet Örs Mehmet Yaşin Turkish-Ottoman Researcher Chef Award Vedat Başaran – Tershane Karaköy Best Traditional Restaurant Award Burhan Çağdaş – İmam Çağdaş Best Seafood Restaurant Award Ahmet Horasan – Horasan Balık Best Street Food Award Cihan Kıpçak – Zula Best City Hotel of the Year Food & Beverage Achievement Award Uğur Talayhan – Swissôtel the Bosphorus, Istanbul Best Resort Hotel of the Year Food & Beverage Achievement Award Binnaz Uludağ Yiş – D Maris Bay Best Resort Hotel Chef Sami Kahrıman – Maxx Royal Golf Belek Resort Best Mixology Venue Award Kerem Canatar – The Townhouse Best Bar Award Özhan Zengin – Lucca Best Hospitality Awards Deniz Karkın – Argos in Cappadocia Ralph Radtke – Çırağan Palace Kempinski Rising Chef Awards Şafak Erten – İsokyo Ahmet Can Aras – Amavi Alper Kızılbayır – Four Seasons Hotel Bosphorus Anıl Karaduman – Naru Suna Hakyemez – ROKA İstanbul Mevlüt Özkaya – Mürver Restaurant Best Restaurant Manager Awards İsmail Kahveci – Tuğra Restaurant Hikmet Genç – Paper Moon Kadir Özdil – Mikla Best Food Design Award Görkem Özkan – AQUA Best Sustainability Awards Emre Şen – Casa Lavanda Osman Sezener – OD Urla Ekin Can Kün – Hiç Urla International Brand of the Year Award Mehmet Deveci – Hakkasan Best Chocolate Venue of the Year Ebru İpekçi – Butterfly Chocolate Outside Catering Award Divan – Murat Tomruk, Giancarlo Gottardo, Gönül Gültekin Youngest Chef of the Year Aila Restaurant – Kemal Can Yurttaş Best Wine Menu Rudolf Van Nunen Best Pastry Chef Award Ghislain Gaille Best Female Chef Award İnanç Çelengil – Aman da Bravo Best Sommelier Award Süleyman Şen – Sunset Grill & Bar Best Restaurant of the Year Maksut Aşkar – Neolokal Best Chef of the Year Award Fatih Tutak – TURK Fatih Tutak 

As TÜROB, we congratulate all the award-winning chefs and restaurants.