page_title: Tetsuya Wakuda
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: Tetsuya Wakuda / Tetsuya's restaurant / Awards
caption_attribution_description: English: Confit of Petuna Tasmanian Ocean Trout with Konbu, Apple, Fennel and Witlof at Tetsuya's Restaurant in Sydney
context_page_description: Tetsuya Wakuda OAM is a Japanese-born Australian chef based in Sydney, Australia. He also appeared as the leading judge in the final episode of the second season of Junior MasterChef Australia.
context_section_description: Tetsuya’s has received a number of awards. The restaurant was named "Restaurant of the Year" in The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide, 2008 edition. Tetsuya’s has also ranked within the top five of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In the 2010 list, Tetsuya's was ranked 38th. Tetsuya has won an award every year from 1992 to 2017.
  Tetsuya was given an Order of Australia medal in The Queen's Birthday 2005 Honours List, "For service to the community and the development of Australian cuisine as a chef, restaurateur and author, to vocational training, and to support for charitable groups."
  Tetsuya's Confit of Ocean Trout has been described as the "most photographed dish in the world".Charlie Trotter has said of Tetsuya - "Tetsuya is part of an elite group of international chefs that has influenced other chefs through their personal styles and unique approaches to food. His culinary philosophy centres on pure, clean flavours that are decisive, yet completely refined. His amazing technique, Asian heritage, sincere humility, worldwide travels and insatiable curiosity combine to create incredible, soulful dishes that exude passion in every bite."
caption: Tetsuya's signature dish Confit of Ocean Trout
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