RESTAURANT PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

Celebrating those who turn a meal out into a memorable occasion, this award reminds us that hospitality is built on being hospitable.

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NSW

ALICE TREMAYNE, CORNER 75

There are many styles of restaurant service. Showy. Chummy. Formal. Each of them has their place, but there's one style that can perhaps be described as the Goldilocks of them all: the understated, easy professionalism demonstrated by Alice Tremayne, restaurant manager at Corner 75. "She makes every guest feel genuinely welcome, but never with the need to be loud or overbearing," says one former colleague. To customers at the Hungarian-Australian restaurant, she's like your most dependable friend: the one who places your plate just so, catches the candle flame before it flickers too low, and is always pleased when you walk through the door.

In short: A poised professional who fills a room with true warmth.

VIC

ANGIE GIANNAKODAKIS, TAVERNA