This year, the owners of two restaurants received the industry’s highest honour.

On 23 September, – on Károly Gundel’s birthday – held its traditional Awards Committee meeting, at which the industry decided for the eighth time on the recipients of the Károly Gundel Award, as announced on its Facebook page by the trade association.

Károly Gundel Prize

In memory of Károly Gundel (1883–1956), an iconic restaurateur, the Hungarian Catering Trade Association established the Károly Gundel Award in 2014, with the broad involvement of professional organisations.

The award is open to individuals who, within the Hungarian hospitality sector, are exemplary followers of Károly Gundel’s life and gastronomic legacy.

Those eligible for the award are individuals who have been active in the Hungarian hospitality sector for at least 25 years, having achieved outstanding success, have an impeccable professional track record and an exemplary personal history, cherish the historical traditions of the Hungarian hospitality industry and are committed to its renewal, supports the professional development of the younger generation, and contributes to the promotion of the Hungarian hospitality industry.

The award is open to the very best in the hospitality industry, with a maximum of three recipients each year.

The 19 members of the Awards Committee selected, from a shortlist of 16 nominees, the person they deemed worthy of the „Kossuth Prize for the profession”.

The Awards Committee has awarded the 2021 Károly Gundel Prize to Gyula Berkes, owner of the Biarritz Restaurant, and to Szabolcs Dudás and Szilárd Dudás, owners of the Anyukám mondta Restaurant in Encs.

Due to the uncertain pandemic situation, the Gundel Prize will be presented at next year’s MVI gala dinner.