Chefs Warehouse Tintswalo Atlantic has been included in 50 Best Discovery for the first time. This prestigious global collection is curated by the organisation behind The World’s 50 Best Restaurants. It places Tintswalo Atlantic Chefs Warehouse among an international selection of restaurants, bars, hotels and vineyards featured on a platform spanning more than 800 cities and towns worldwide, with more than 3,500 venues represented.
50 Best Discovery is not a ranking, but an in-depth collection designed to showcase exceptional establishments and destinations, from emerging talent and local favourites to established fine-dining venues and sophisticated drinking destinations. The platform brings these places to a global audience through travel guides, features and video content.
For Tintswalo Atlantic Chefs Warehouse, this recognition highlights not only its culinary offering but also its extraordinary setting. Perched directly on the Atlantic coastline at the foot of Table Mountain National Park, the restaurant occupies one of Cape Town’s most spectacular dining locations. The ocean stretches beyond the property, while the dramatic slopes of the Cape Peninsula and Chapman’s Peak drive rise behind it, creating an immersive setting in which the landscape is as much a part of the experience as the food.
The restaurant is part of the Tintswalo Atlantic luxury lodge, which is currently ranked among the Top 15 Hotels in South Africa by Condé Nast Traveler. The restaurant operates under the culinary influence of acclaimed chef and restaurateur Liam Tomlin, with the kitchen headed by Chef Cameron Smith to bring together the produce and character of the Cape with the distinctive style of Chefs Warehouse’s global-tapas concept.
‘Tintswalo Atlantic Chefs Warehouse is fortunate to occupy a truly remarkable setting, and the location is an important part of what makes dining here so distinctive,’ says Lisa Goosen, CEO of Tintswalo Collection. ‘The recognition from 50 Best Discovery is a significant acknowledgement of the restaurant, as well as Cameron and his team who continue to develop an offering that reflects both the Chefs Warehouse philosophy and the remarkable oceanside environment in which the restaurant operates.’
The inclusion in 50 Best Discovery is independently curated. According to 50 Best: ‘To qualify for 50 Best Discovery, a restaurant, bar, hotel or vineyard needs to receive a number of votes in the most recent round of polling for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, The World’s 50 Best Bars, The World’s 50 Best Hotels, The World’s 50 Best Vineyards, or any other of our annual regional rankings. 50 Best is ultimately responsible for the curation of the database and restaurants, bars, hotels and vineyards cannot apply to be part of 50 Best Discovery.’ The 50 Best Discovery collection is refreshed annually based on the most recent round of voting for 50 Best’s global and regional rankings.
Lisa Goosen continues: ‘This important recognition adds an international endorsement to a restaurant that offers something particularly rare: an acclaimed dining experience in a setting where the Atlantic Ocean, Table Mountain National Park and the rugged Cape Peninsula form an extraordinary natural backdrop. This combination of location, hospitality and contemporary cuisine positions Tintswalo Atlantic Chefs Warehouse as a distinctive destination on Cape Town’s exciting dining landscape and we are thrilled that this inclusion in 50 Best Discovery brings that experience to the attention of an even wider international audience.’