Celebrating the best bars and bartenders in Melbourne, the nominees for the 2016 Time Out Melbourne Bar Awardshave been announced.
Winners across eleven categories will be revealed at the Awards ceremony on Monday 7 December at the brand new host venue, The Mill House in Flinders Lane. Now in their fourth year, the awards are an exciting night for both the industry and the public.
Time Out Australia CEO Michael Rodrigues says, “Each year the Time Out team secretly visit Melbourne’s bars, give them a fresh review and nominate the best for our Awards. The Awards are our way of saying thanks to the people and venues that keep Melbourne’s night-time culture vibrant.”
The night’s top gong is for Bar of the Year while the People’s Choice Award hands voting to the public to choose the most popular bar of 2015. Acknowledging the diversity of Melbourne’s bar scene, there’s Best Party Bar, Best Bar Food, Best Bar Team, Best Cocktail Bar, and Best Wine Bar awards. Best New Bar and the Hot Talent Award honour the excellence in the new generation on the scene, while the Legend Award pays homage to one of the industry’s most influential and highly regarded venues or individuals.
The Time Out Bar Awards are an industry-recognised celebration of talent, voted on by independent editors and reviewers. Winners in last year’s awards included such bars as the Everleigh, Le Bon Ton, Black Pearl, Bar Americano and Harry & Frankie.
The Time Out Melbourne Food Awards ceremony will be emceed by Andrew McClelland, all-round funny guy and DJ behind club nights Yeh Yeh and Finishing School. Tickets to the awards night are available to the public. Attendees will be treated to White Rabbit beers, Maker’s Mark bourbon whisky, snacks, and hangover cures from Hydrodol. The 2016 edition of the Time Out Melbourne Bar Guide will also be launched at the event.
And the nominees are:
BEST NEW BAR
Arbory Bar and Eatery
Bar Exuberante
Boilermaker House
Heartbreaker
Union Electric
BEST WINE BAR
Bar Clarine
Bellota Wine Bar
Gerald’s Bar
Harry & Frankie
Smalls
BEST BAR FOOD
Bar di Stasio
Bellota
Hihou
Kirk’s Wine Bar
Le Bon Ton
BEST BARTENDER
Nathan Beasley – Black Pearl
Oscar Eastman – EDV
Michael Madrusan – The Everleigh
Jack Sotti – Boilermaker House
Nathan Taylor – Kodiak Club
BEST BAR TEAM
Black Pearl
Boilermaker House
EDV
The Everleigh
Romeo Lane
BEST COCKTAIL BAR
Bar Americano
Black Pearl
EDV
The Everleigh
Romeo Lane
BEST PARTY BAR
The Beaufort
Heartbreaker
Madame Brussels
The Mill House
Mr Wow’s Emporium
HOT TALENT AWARD
Wiremu Andrews, Smalls
Amelia Boot, Bad Frankie
Jenna Hemsworth, Lui Bar
Natalie Kerr, Lily Blacks
Luke Sanderson, Black Pearl
PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Arbory Bar and Eatery
Black Pearl
Boilermaker House
Bomba Rooftop
Boston Sub’s Jungle Boy
Doc Martin’s
Goldilocks
The Mill House
Polly
Union Electric
BAR OF THE YEAR
Announced on the night
LEGEND AWARD
Announced on the night
Voting for the People’s Choice award is open until Thursday 12 November, giving punters the chance to choose their favourite bar from the top ten nominees.
Tickets are selling fast: grab yours here.
WHAT: Time Out Melbourne Bar Awards
WHEN: Monday 7 December, 2015
WHERE: The Mill House, 277-279 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000
INFO: Event info here + nominees here.
TICKETS:
Standard Tickets: $65 + BF (includes food, drinks, good times + a copy of Time Out Melbourne Bar Guide worth $4.95)
VIP Tickets: $85 + BF (includes Time Out Melbourne annual subscription worth $29.95 + bonus bag on the night!)
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