A Tiny Melbourne Restaurant, Open Less Than a Year, Wins Top Food Award

Food magazine Gourmet Traveller named Melbourne's Zareh its 2026 restaurant of the year at a Sydney ceremony on 17 August. Co-owners Tom Sarafian and Jinane Bou-Assi opened the 40-seat Collingwood room in August 2025, serving Armenian, Egyptian and Lebanese dishes drawn from family roots and local produce. Past winners include Saint Peter, Attica and Quay. Sarafian called it "a love letter from us to Lebanon."