Melbourne restaurant Attica makes impressive debut on world's best restaurant list

Melbourne restaurant Attica is described as the best in Australasia and number 21 in the world by the World’s Best Restaurants Awards, sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna. Along with the award for Australasia's best, Attica was rewarded as the best new entry in the elite list of restaurants around the world.
Describing it as chef "Ben Shewry’s innovative but nature-led Melbourne masterpiece" the judges commented:

There are dedicated chefs, and then there’s Ben Shewry. The New Zealand-born 35-year-old often rises before dawn to forage on the shore near his family home in Victoria, before starting the long commute into Melbourne. He’ll stop by local parks and even alleyways, as well as Attica’s own gardens, to pick up more raw materials to prepare meticulously for the restaurant that day. His commitment pays off: the cuisine is both uniquely imaginative and outstandingly good.

The style of food is called "Natural Antipodean" with the standout dish being "Potato, cooked in the earth in which it was grown."

• 74 Glen Eira Road
  Ripponlea, Victoria 3185
  +61 3 9530 0111
• attica.com.au