- 5 Radishes Top honor, 1st in Thailand – We’re Smart Green Guide, London
- Top 3 Best Restaurants in Phuket & Southern Thailand – Top 25 restaurants, Bangkok
- Alcohol-Free Pairing of the Year – Thailand Favourite Restaurants, Bangkok
- Top 25 Best Restaurants – Thailand Favourte Restaurants, Bangkok
- Best Innovative Cuisine, South East Asia Winner – World Luxury Awards, Singapore
- Molecular Cuisine, global winner – World Luxury Awards, Singapore
- Best Innovative Dining Concept, Thailand winner – World Luxury Awards, Singapore
The most prestigious recognition of them all being the one in London, where they received the highest distinction from the We’re Smart Green Guide - now officially confirmed and registered by the organisation.- A rare event, as restaurants normally take many years to achieve this - if at all - and ‘The Smokaccia Laboratory’ went straight to the maximum of 5 radishes.
In the United States, the same five-radish award is held by Eleven Madison Park and The French Laundry. In Denmark, Noma and Geranium are among the few with this recognition.
The awards are determined through anonymous inspectors globally and strict international criteria focusing on vegetable-driven cuisine and sustainability. The London ceremony marked a significant moment for the restaurant, where Chef Luca Mascolo received the official plate and SMART chef’s jacket in recognition of this achievement.
Main reasons behind that honour is Chef Luca Mascolo having curated a 9 and 18 course vegetarian and even completely vegan menu alongside his meat and fish menus. Ranking in the top 3 restaurants of most elaborate and most flavourful plant-based menus in the world and on top of that doesn’t waste any food and even uses most elements to even enhance pure flavours while accommodating almost any dietary restriction.
Brigitta Houkamp shapes the guest experience and storytelling, another strong reason alongside the beautiful flavours of the dishes why this restaurant stays in people’s memory long after the evening ends. She has crafted a space that is both sustainable and welcoming with the atmosphere of an elegant home set within an innovative culinary laboratory.
They nurture The Smokaccia Garden where they mostly grow organic herbs and fruits and look after their free-roaming chickens who’s unfertilised eggs inspire a dish that gently surprises and brings smiles to guest’s faces.
Together, Chef Luca and Brigitta bring a rare duality to fine dining: world-class culinary innovation paired with an elegant but also deeply personal and emotional guest experience. This balance is what makes The Smokaccia Laboratory truly unique.
An approach supported by a caring and attentive team that elevates every moment at the table of which 2 sommeliers taking care of refined wine-pairings and a laboratory inspired home-made alcohol-free pairing - just honoured in Bangkok as ‘Alcohol-Free pairing of the year’.
For further questions or interest, please contact:
Communications Team
The Smokaccia Laboratory
Tel: 093 179 4489
info@thesmokaccia.com
www.thesmokaccialaboratory
The Smokaccia Laboratory, Phuket, Thailand
Opening times:
Dinner only
Starting times: 6 - 7.30pm (closed midnight)
Closed: Tuesday - Wednesday
Parking: Yes, not private