Gault & Millau 2025: The best of Austrian gastronomy was chosen

<p> <strong> Gault & Millau 2025: The best of Austrian gastronomy was chosen </strong> </p>

On Monday, November 18, 2024, the opening of the new Gault & Millau restaurant guides 2025 was celebrated in the Hilton Vienna Park. This annual edition is of great importance for gourmets and gourmets because it distinguishes the best restaurants in Austria. In addition to the usual awards, a supplementary hotel and wine guide as well as a hut guide for Tyrol and a special restaurant and hotel guide for South Tyrol appeared this year

The Gault & Millau is known to honor the top performance in domestic gastronomy. This year, a total of 816 of the 1,639 restaurants listed could look forward to a hood. Most of the hood restaurants are located in Vienna, while Tyrol with the highest density of companies that could achieve 17 points or more.

The winners of the Gault & Millau 2025

The list of award winners impressively shows the diversity and quality of the catering trade in the country. The newcomer of the year is Joachim Jaud, who shone with his restaurant 141 in Mieming, Tyrol. For his outstanding desserts, Jakob Szedonja von Apron in Vienna was recognized as a Pâtissier of the year. Karl-Heinz Pale from the Hospiz Alm in St. Anton received the Service Award. Ulli Retter from the Savior Bio-Natur-Resort in Pöllauberg, Styria, was honored as a restaurateur of the year.

• Sommelière of the year: Katharina Gnigler (boathouse, Seehotel Das Traunsee, Upper Austria)
• Wine map of the year: Gasthaus Stern, Christian Werner (Vienna)
• host house of the year: Business Traube, Tobias Schöpf (Klösterle, Vorarlberg)
• Environmental hood: Paul Ivić (Wiener Tian)
• ambience Award 2025: Moritz (Grafenstein, Carinthia)
• Best beer map: Stiegl-Gut Wildshut (Upper Austria)
• Gault & Millau Ambassador: Marchese Piero Antinori

rising standards in the catering trade

It is gratifying to report that Austrian gastronomy is continuously growing and improves. "There are more hood companies compared to the previous year. 816 of the a total of 1,639 restaurants listed were awarded one or more hoods," said the organizers of the guides. It is particularly striking that eight restaurants were awarded five hoods, which is the highest degree of honor.

The five hood restaurants are truly the best of the best. The list includes renowned names such as Amador and Steirereck, both of which are based in Vienna, as well as Ikarus and Döllerer in Salzburg. The same applies to the prominent newcomers who have been impressing in an impressive way: The hunting room under Gustav Jantscher earned 4 hoods immediately, as well as the Doubek.

On Monday evening there was also the honor of the "Cook of 2025", which Hannes Müller from the "Die Trout" restaurant on Weißensee, had been holding on Carinthia. A special appreciation went to the culinary legends Markus Mraz, Helmut Rachinger and Sepp Schellhorn for their life's work. You are known as the fathers of the successful "Healthy Boy Band".

• Future Award Vienna: Restaurant Jola
• Future Award Burgenland: Bio-Landgut Esterhazy
• Future Award Carinthia: Hotel zum Weissensee
• Future Award Niederösterreich: In the Flying Economy
• Future Award Upper Austria: Seebauer Gleinkersee
• Future Award Salzburg: Biohotel Rupertus
• Future Award Styria: Savior Bio-Natural Resort
• Future Award Tirol: Nature and Bio Hotel Bergzeit
• Future Award Vorarlberg: Hotel Gasthof Krone Hittisau

The events of the award ceremony and the associated awards move the services and innovations of Austrian gastronomy in the light and show that the country's kitchens spray from creativity and quality. More details can be found in a detailed report www.5min.at .