Awards & Media

2025

WA Good Food Guide Awards

Gibney Cottesloe - Restaurant of The Year
Gibney Cottesloe - Wine List of The Year
Gibney Cottesloe - Three Star Rating
Nina Throsby - Sommelier of the Year
James Gentile - Bartender of the Year
The Shorehouse - Two Star Rating
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The West Australian : Clean living – and eating – comes to a prominent oceanfront address in Cottesloe

Magic Apple Wholefoods - Read the article here

2024

Qantas Travel Insider Magazine: 16 Best Waterside Venues in Australia

Gibney Cottesloe - Read the article here

The West Australian Good Food Guide : Top 100 Restaurants for 2025

Gibney Cottesloe, Magic Apple Wholefoods, Shorehouse 

Good Food Guide : Awarded a Two Hat Rating

Gibney Cottesloe - Read the article here

So Perth : Top Ten Guide to the Best Coastal Restaurants in Perth

Magic Apple Wholefoods, Gibney Cottesloe, The Shorehouse - Read the article here

Australian Hotels Association Awards for Excellence

Gibney Cottesloe - Superior Dining in Western Australia 2024
Gibney Cottesloe - Best Wine List in Western Australia 2024
The Shorehouse - Best Restaurant in Western Australia 2024
The Shorehouse - Pali Singh for the Head Chef Award 2024

Broadsheet : A Diner from the Past Revised for a Greener Future on Cottesloe Coast

Magic Apple Wholefoods - Read the article here

The West Australian : George Kailis' Magic Apple Wholefoods Brings Clean-Eating Not Dull-Eating to Cottesloe Beach

Magic Apple Wholefoods - Read the article here

The West Australian
Review
: Why High-End Cottesloe Brasserie and Grill Earned my Highest-Ever Score

Gibney Cottesloe - Read the article here

Wine List of the Year Awards - Australia's Best New Wine List and Western Australia's Best Wine List

Gibney Cottesloe - Awarded Three Glasses - Read the article here

Wine List of the Year Awards - Australia's Best Listing of Western Australian Wines

The Shorehouse - Awarded Three Glasses

Gourmet Traveller Best New Restaurant in Australia - Finalist 2024

Gibney Cottesloe - Read the article here

Delicious Magazine - This Multi-Million Dollar Cottesloe Brasserie is where you'll want to Spend the Summer

Gibney Cottesloe - Read the article here

So Perth - The Best Dining Experience We've Had in Perth

Gibney Cottesloe - Read the article here

WA Today - Old World Glamour Arrives at Perth's Finest Beachside Address

Gibney Cottesloe - Read the article here

Broadsheet WA - Menu Reveal : Six Things to Order at Gibney

Gibney Cottesloe - Read the article here

Perth Now - First Look Inside George Kailis' Luxury Seaside Venue Gibney in Cottesloe 

Gibney Cottesloe - Read the article here

The West Australian - Kailis Reveals Dream Team for Luxurious Cottesloe Restaurant

Gibney Cottesloe - Read the article here

Broadsheet WA - Gibney, a Sleek Waterfront Brasserie and Grill in Cottesloe

Gibney Cottesloe - Read the article here

The West Australian - Review: Classy but casual coastal diner a sure thing for great seafood and fine wine

The Shorehouse - Read the article here

2023

Perth Now - Chef James Cole-Bowen to plate up a taste of luxury at George Kailis’ new seaside venture Gibney

Gibney Cottesloe - Read the article here

Broadsheet WA - One of Perth’s Most Promising Young Chefs Is Set to Helm The Kailis Hospitality Group’s Upmarket Beachside Eatery in Cottesloe

James Cole Bowen - Read the article here

WA Business News - Kailis Adds to Cottesloe Portfolio 

Gibney Cottesloe - Read the article here

The West Australian - New Luxury Restaurant to Open in South Cottesloe

Gibney Cottesloe - Read the article here

Perth Now Feature Story - Star Chef Leads Kailis' Top Spot

Gibney - Read the article here

WA Business News - Kailis Sets table for the Long Game

Kailis Hospitality Group - Read the article here

WA Good Food Guide - Two Stars 

The Shorehouse – Top 20 Best restaurants in WA

Broadsheet Feature – One of Perth’s most promising chef to helm Kailis Hospitality Group’s Upmarket Beachside Eatery

Gibney Cottesloe - Read the article here

The West Australian - Coastal hospitality king George Kailis revives Magic Apple Wholefoods brand

Magic Apple Wholefoods – Read the article here

Australian Hotels Association Awards for Excellence

The Shorehouse – Best Wine List in Western Australia 2023

Australian Hotels Association Awards for Excellence

The Shorehouse – Best Restaurant in Western Australia 2023

Australia's Wine List of the Year Awards

The Shorehouse - Best Wine List in Western Australia 2023 For the second year

Sunday Times Magazine Feature Story - Kailis has a string of top restaurants but Gibney is his most ambitious yet

Gibney Cottesloe

Perth Now Cover Story - Welcome King George: Hospo leader wins Barchetta

George V Kailis - Read the article here

WA Today by Rob Broadfield - George Kailis takes over one of Cottesloe’s most iconic restaurants

Magic Apple Wholefoods - Read the article here

Urban List Feature - Kailis delivers new whole foods restaurant concept plan

Magic Apple Wholefoods - Read the article here 

2022

Wine List of the Year Awards

The Shorehouse - Awarded Three Glasses 

Business News Power - WA's 500 Most Influential

George V Kailis 

WA Today Rob Broadfield's Best Coastal Dining - George Kailis knows Restaurants

George V Kailis 

Australia's Wine List of the Year Awards 

The Shorehouse - Best Wine List in Western Australia

WA Good Food Guide - Finalist for Top 100 Best Restaurants

The Shorehouse 

WA Good Food Guide - Sommelier of the Year

Nina Throsby - Kailis Hospitality group Head Sommelier

The West Australian - Perth's Best Beachside Venue

The Shorehouse 

2021

AHAWA Legends of Hospitality Award

“Awarded for making an exceptional contribution to the WA hospitality industry.

AHA Industry Magazine Cover Story - Kailis hospitality group leaders in Perth’s dining scene 

Kailis Hospitality Group

The West Australian - “All new renovations wow diners”

The Shorehouse

WA Good Food Guide - Top 50 Best Restaurants in Western Australia

The Shorehouse

AHA Awards for Excellence - Wine List of Year Award

The Shorehouse

2020

AHAWA - Group Operator of the Year Award

Kailis Hospitality Group - Read the article here 

Rob Broadfield's WA's Hottest Restaurants - #19

The Shorehouse - Read the article here

Sydney Morning Herald - Melbourne Age - Australia's Top 12 Waterside Eateries

Island Market Trigg

2019

The Sunday Times STM - The Hot 50 Perth Restaurants

The Shorehouse, Island Market Trigg, Kailis Fishmarket.

Western Australian Good Food Guide - Hospitality Operator of the Year

“The Hospitality Operator Of The Year award celebrates leadership. George Kailis – against the odds of a depressed hospitality sector in 2019 – has given us a lesson in leadership, clever risk taking, and targeted business development.

One Hat 2020 National Good Food Guide - One Hat

Island market Trigg