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An award-winning restaurant has been dished out another accolade.

Serving fine Italian fare to customers from its iconic Mooloolaba location, Bella Venezia was honoured at the national 2022 Restaurant & Catering Hostplus Awards for Excellence.

The awards give restaurants, cafes and caterers well deserved recognition for their hard work, exceptional food and outstanding service.

Bella Venezia took out bronze for Formal Italian, which came off the back off being announced as the winner for that category in South-East Queensland in August.

It comes just weeks after it was also named as the “best of the best” dining destination for the second year running.

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Restaurant & Catering president Mike Palmer congratulated Bella Venezia on behalf of the association and thanked them for their participation in this year’s awards.

“These awards highlight the very best of the best from around Australia and celebrate the amazing achievements of our fantastic hospitality scene,” Mr Palmer said.

“I want to pay tribute to Bella Venezia on their award tonight and wish them much success in the future.

“The awards are always highly competitive, with the very best of what our nation’s hospitality industry has to offer so this award should be all that more special.”

Kristine and Todd Young of Bella Venezia.

Since 1983 – as one of the longest established a la carte restaurants on the Coast – Bella Venezia has been serving delicious and fresh pasta, pizza and Mediterranean cuisine.

Bella Venezia owners Kristine and Todd Young said it was fantastic to be recognised by their peers in the hospitality industry as the best that Australia had to offer.

“Todd and I are extremely humbled and honoured to take home the Bronze in the Formal Italian Category of this National Award,” Ms Young said.

“This finishes the year off with a high for Bella Venezia and we couldn’t be prouder of our amazing team at Bella Venezia.”

Recently Bella Venezia was awarded Large Hospitality Award at the 2022 Sunshine Coast Business Awards.

Earlier this year the restaurant also the Best Wine List in Queensland at the Australian Wine List of the Year Awards 2022.

Bella Venezia is open daily from midday at 95 Mooloolaba Esplanade, Mooloolaba. Bookings via Bella Venezia.

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