We are proud to share that Sara Dining has been awarded two chef hats in the Good Food Guide 2027.
This recognition belongs, first and foremost, to head chef Alex Prichard and our kitchen team. Every plate that leaves the pass at Moraea Farm in Berry carries their care: the early deliveries, the long conversations with growers, the patience of letting the season decide the menu rather than the other way around.
What the hats are really for
Sara Dining was never built to chase accolades. It was built around a simple idea: cook what the land and the people around us offer, and share it generously. Five acres, five minutes from Berry on the NSW South Coast, and a table set for whoever comes through the door.
So while two hats is a milestone we will celebrate, we see it as recognition of a whole ecosystem. The fishers on the South Coast, the farmers who grow for us, the native plant growers, the front of house team who make every guest feel at home. This award is theirs too.
Hatted dining, at home in the Linnaeus Collection
Sara Dining sits within the Linnaeus Collection, a curated group of design-led holiday homes across the Berry countryside, each named for a plant genus in honour of botanist Carl Linnaeus. With this award, Sara Dining becomes the first hatted restaurant to serve a luxury holiday home collection.
For our guests, two-hatted cooking is part of the stay rather than a drive away. Book a table at Sara, or bring the experience home with in-house dining in your Linnaeus Collection residence.
Cultivation over consumption
Our kitchen works the way a garden does. Some things are planted for now, others for months from now. Alex and the team cook with restraint, letting exceptional produce speak, and building menus that shift as the season turns.
That approach is slower. It asks more of us, and of our growers. We believe it is the reason guests keep returning, and, it seems, the reason the Good Food Guide took notice.
Thank you
To our guests, our growers, our neighbours in Berry and the Shoalhaven, and to Alex Prichard and the team: thank you.
The table is set. We would love to welcome you to it. Book your table at Sara Dining.
