Bold and captivating: The winners of the 2024 Eat Drink Design Awards

The 2024 Eat Drink Design Awards were announced on 31 October in Melbourne, with the winning projects spanning a wide range of styles and types, from a tactile, otherworldly Brisbane restaurant to a delightfully playful gelato shop in Western Australia.

"This year's winning designers are to be commended for their high level of craftsmanship, bold choices and attention to detail," said the jury.

"The jury observed multiple venues where the designers transport guests to somewhere they've never been before, whether it is a slightly alien landscape or a new country. The jury delighted in the restaurants, bars and cafes that look far from the traditional and make a big impact," said the jury.

Winners and commendations of the 2024 Eat Drink Design Awards were announced along with this year's inductee into the Hall of Fame, an accolade that acknowledges enduring excellence in the design of a hospitality venue that is of more than ten years standing. Designed in the late 1970s, Berowra Waters Inn by Glenn Murcutt showcases his distinctive Australian vernacular style, with its corrugated tin roof, glass louvre windows and sandstone rubble set amongst the eucalypts. Read the story here.

The winners are:

Gerard's - J.AR Office

Bar Besuto - Tom Mark Henry

Top Tea, Clayton - Wall Architects

The Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne - BAR Studio

Chicho Gelateria and Production Lab - Bosske

Madeleine de Proust - Principle Design

Berowra Waters Inn - Glenn Murcutt

See the 11 commended projects here.

The 2024 jury comprises Di Ritter (jury chair and former Eat Drink Design Awards winner), Greg Lamb (co-founder, Hogg and Lamb), Matiya Marovich (principal, Sans-Arc Studio), Pat Nourse (creative director, Melbourne Food and Wine Festival) and Rebecca Yazbek (co-founder, Nomad Group).

See the full gallery of winning and commended projects on the Eat Drink Design Awards website.

The Eat Drink Design Awards are organized by Architecture Media (publisher of ArchitectureAu). The 2024 awards' principal partner is Laminex.

The Eat Drink Design Awards are endorsed by the Australian Institute of Architects and the Design Institute of Australia.