Victorian regional restaurant takes national award
Dan Hunter, chef, Royal Mail Hotel, Dunkeld, Victoria
The Royal Mail at Dunkeld wins the coveted Gourmet Traveller best regional restaurant 2009 award.
Head to the Southern Grampians to sample regional Australia's best. Our congratulations to chef Dan Hunter and his team for winning the 2009 award - this restaurant has been great for some years, and continues to go from strength to strength. Dan is surely a happy man - he's also just won Country Restaurant of the Year in the 2009 The Age Good Food Guide.
The other Gourmet Traveller winners (many of whom are in Sydney) can be found in Gourmet Traveller's Best Restaurant Guide 2009, and in The Age's Good Food Guide 2009.
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- Grampians (Tourism) (VIC)
- Grampians (Wine) (VIC)
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