Executive chef Dario Soresi, of La Laconda restaurant in George, proudly shows off the Gastro Nomix floating trophy for best Garden Route Chef of the Year, presented by Anne Hadley at the 2009 Garden Route Culinary Awards. Picture by Cathy Dipnall

A Garden Route restaurant competition started nine years ago by the late ANC George councillor Ian Hadley in conjunction with the Cxpress community newspaper has been brought to new heights by his widow, Anne.

Anne Hadley took over the competition after her husband’s death in 2008.

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