Dining
Peppers Manor House
Katers Restaurant
Award winning Katers Restaurant offers fine dining combined with modern Australian cuisine highlighting the freshest produce from the NSW Southern Highlands region. With a menu that changes regularly to reflect the seasonal availability of local ingredients, Katers boasts magnificent views of the retreat's leafy courtyard and gardens and provides the finest in relaxed dining - unobtrusive, friendly, yet delivering stunning food with immaculate service.
The innovation and hard work of Katers’ executive chef Francois Razavet and his team was recognised recently with a prestigious Chef’s Hat award at the Sydney Morning Herald’s 2009 Good Food Guide Awards. This accolade is a great acknowledgement of Katers’ dedication to country cuisine, timeless and confident service, Southern Highlands style, combined with three staple ingredients: consistency, attention to detail and innovation.
Katers restaurant is open seven days for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We welcome Peppers Manor House guests, local residents and diners from further afield looking for a gourmet taste sensation.
Breakfast: 7am -10.30am
All day dining: 10am - 9pm
Lunch: 12pm - 2.30pm
Dinner: 6.30pm - 9pm
The gardens are delightful, the country house hotel is elegant, and the two-level dining room of double-clothed tables is comfortable and friendly, with excellent service ...." Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2003.
Katers Restaurant at Peppers Manor House Southern Highlands
Kater Road, Sutton Forest Southern Highlands 2577 NSW
Tel: (02) 4860 3102
Email: manorhouse@peppers.com.au
Chef Profile - Executive Chef
Francois Razavet was born in France and completed his apprenticeship at La Chaumiere Restaurant in Lauris, France. He then commenced his travels and moved to London as Commis Chef with Le Café Royal and moved on to Sous Chef in Cervione, Corsica. Following military service in France, Francois resumed his travels to Italy, Jersey Island and then to Kerry in Ireland. After working in Canada for six months, Francois and his wife came to Australia in 2000 for a working holiday and fell in love with the country. They returned to Ireland and worked in Killaloe and Killarney before applying for a permanent resident visa to Australia. Francois joined Peppers Manor House in February 2006 as Sous Chef and in October, 2008 was promoted to Executive Chef.
Francois uses his European influence to create unique dishes that utilise the produce of the Southern Highlands region.
Katers restaurant has enhanced its reputation as one of New South Wales’ most outstanding dining experiences winning a Chef’s Hat at the Sydney Morning Herald’s 2009 Good Food Guide Awards.