Time In Awards – the winners

The Time In Awards are a reader-voted celebration of the best responses to the 2020 lockdown in Sydney, paying tribute to the people and things that have done so much to enhance our iso-life these past three months. 

Time In’s editors compiled a list of nominees, then we threw it open to the public to vote on the winners, and 6,254 of you did. There are 24 awards in five categories: Food; Drink; Arts and Museums; Entertainment; and Homebound Heroes.

These awards are made possible thanks to Impos, Australia’s leading point of sale system; Moon Dog refreshing craft beers; and makers of chic uniforms Cargo Crew.

The nominees and winners are....

FOOD

Favourite Instagram Cooking Star

• Dan Hong WINNER!
• Danielle Alvarez
• Mitch Orr
• Neil Perry

Voters also loved: Nat's What I Reckon; Adam Liaw; Josh Niland

Favourite Restaurant Produce Box

• Dear Sainte Éloise
• Fix Wine Bar and Restaurant
• Monopole
• Nel
• Nour
• Three Blue Ducks WINNER! 

Voters also loved: Firedoor; Kitchen by Mike; Sixpenny

Favourite "At-Home" Restaurant Experience

• Arthur
• Bathers' Pavilion
• Bentley Group at Home
• Chiswick 
• Ester
• Hartsyard
• Icebergs Dining Room and Bar
• LeO Home Dining (LuMi + Oscillate Wildly)
• Merivale at Home WINNER!
• Ragazzi
• Sáng by Mabasa

Voters also loved: Chin Chin; Indu; Mr Niland at Home

Favourite Feel-Good Food Initiative

• Bella Brutta's Slice of Life
• Chargrill Charlie's Local Flavours WINNER!
• Colombo Social's Plate It Forward
• Rockpool Dining Group's Hope Delivery
• Sydney Cebu Lechon's FoodIt Forward
• Wine Aid
• Yum Tum

Voters also loved: Soup of Human Kindness by Parliament on King; Free dinners by Sagra; Hospo4Hospo by Bloodwood

Favourite Restaurant Reinvention

• Bart Jr – Bart Mart
• Café Paci – Bakery
• Lankan Filling Station – The Shop
• Monopole – Monopole Market
• Saint Peter – Mr Niland at Home
• Sample Coffee – Sample Staples
• Sixpenny – General Store WINNER!

Voters also loved: Marta's weekend bakery; Bar M's grocery store; Brooklyn Boy Bagels' drive-through

Favourite Iso Eating Indulgence

• Buffalo Dining Club's 1.5kg cheese wheel
• East 33 Oysters
• Firewood from Firedoor
• LP's Quality Meats sausages
• Rockpool Bar and Grill steaks via Fine Food Vault
• Saga's salty chocolate cookie dough WINNER!

Voters also loved: Gelato Messina's cookie pie; Bennett St Dairy's choc chip cookie dough; Cheese Therapy's cheese boxes

DRINK

Favourite Cocktail Delivery Service

• Button Bar
• Door Knock
• Earl's Juke Joint WINNER!
• Maybe Sammy
• PS40
• Rosenbaum and Fuller

Voters also loved: Dulcie's; Tequila Mockingbird; Jacoby's

Favourite "At-Home" Bar Experience

• Big Poppa's
• Continental Deli WINNER!
• Dulcie's
• Golden Gully
• Isabel
• Ode
• Prince of York
• The Roosevelt
• Tequila Mockingbird

Voters also loved: House of Pocket; Jacoby's; the Rio

Favourite ‘Bootleg’ Bottle Shop

• 10 William Street WINNER!
• Arcadia Liquors
• Frankie's Pizza by the Slice
• Love, Tilly Devine
• Oxford Tavern
• Where's Nick

Voters also loved: Bart Mart by Bart Jr; the Roosevelt; Wine Library

Favourite Boozy Hand Sanitiser

• Archie Rose Distilling Co WINNER!
• Brix Distillery
• Finders Distillery
• Manly Spirits Co
• Poor Toms

Voters also loved: Yulli's Brews; Young Henrys; Four Pillars

ARTS AND MUSEUMS

Favourite Arts Livestream

• Emma Pask, Sydney Opera House’s From Our House to Yours WINNER!
• Griffin Lock-in 
• Red Rattler Theatre
• Surry Hills Live 

Voters also loved: ACO HomeCasts; Twisted Element: The Appointment; STC Virtual

Favourite Digital Arts Platform

Aboriginal Contemporary and Ernabella Arts
Art Gallery of NSW Together in Art
The Australian Ballet, Ballet TV
Bangarra Nandhu
Casula Powerhouse digital program 
Sydney Chamber Opera and Carriageworks, Breaking Glass
Head On(line) Photo Festival
Museum of Contemporary Art, Your MCA
Sydney Writers Festival podcast series
Sydney Opera House, From Our House to Yours WINNER!

Voters also loved: 22nd Biennale of Sydney: Nirin; Campbelltown Arts Centre Online Program; 4A Digital

Favourite Kids’ Arts Content

• Casula Powerhouse
• MCA, Better Together with Pip and Merindah! and YA GenNext program 
• Shaun Parker and Company, In the Zone online workshops 
• Sydney Opera House, From Our House to Yours WINNER!

Voters also loved: Art Gallery of NSW: Together In Art Kids; Australian Museum Homeschool Resources; ATYP On Demand

Favourite Music Livestream or Stream

• Memo Music Hall
• Australian Chamber Orchestra HomeCasts
• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Online Concerts
• Riverboats Music Festival's Lounge Room Sessions WINNER!

Voters also loved: Kate Ceberano Live; Powderfinger: One Night Lonely; Create or Die Live

Favourite Music Festival or Event

• Isol-Aid WINNER!
• Music From the Home Front
• Recharge Festival 
• Virtual Day Party

Voters also loved: Delivered Live; Triple J Requestival; Glitterbox Virtual Festival

ENTERTAINMENT

Get Lit at Home Award for Favourite Online Party 

• Hot Dub at Home WINNER!
• Live at Club Dunni
• Live from Stonewall
• Loud ‘n’ Queer TV 
• Mildly Wet
• Poof Doof Direct

Voters also loved: Room 2 Radio; the Dollar Bin Darlings’ Doomsday Disco; Surry Hills Live

Iso-Overachiever Award for Favourite Way to Upskill

• Online French classes, Alliance Française 
• Online photography classes, Australian Centre for Photography
• Free courses, General Assembly
• Online German classes, Goethe-Institut
• Free courses, TAFE NSW WINNER!

Voters also loved: The Deaf Society's Sign Online; the Australian Ballet's At Home with Studios; Fender Online Guitar Lessons

Favourite DIY Kit

• Art boxes, Pinot & Picasso 
• Craft boxes, Class Bento 
• Craft beer and craft box, Art Somewhere 
• Jigsaw puzzles of Sydney beaches, Salty Sea Dog 
• Pottery kits, Clay Sydney 
• Sip and paint online, Bondi Paint Club
• Sushi-making kit, Zushi WINNER!

Voters also loved: Cork and Canvas Creativity Kit; Crockd DIY Clay Kit; Bondi Clay ClayKit

Favourite Ooh-worthy Animal Livestreams

• Australian Reptile Park
• Guide Dogs NSW
• Sydney Aquarium
• Sydney Wildlife Zoo 
• Taronga Zoo WINNER!

Voters also loved: Symbio Wildlife Park; Melbourne Zoo; Australian Reptile Park

Movers and Shakers Awards for Favourite Way to Get Moving from Home

• Barry’s Bootcamp high-intensity workouts
• Betty Grumble Grumble Boogie aerobics
• Fitness Playground online workouts
• Lean Bean Fitness online workouts 
• Retrosweat ’80s aerobics classes
• Sky Sirens burlesque and movement classes
• Sydney Dance Company Virtual Studio classes WINNER!

Voters also loved: Sydney Vintage Dance Studio; Flow Athletic; Alex Dyson’s Zoomba 

Favourite Virtual Experience

• Virtual tour of the Great Barrier Reef, David Attenborough WINNER!
• Virtual movie screenings, FanForceTV
• Virtual hiking, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
• Virtual Murder Mystery Parties, Red Herring Games
• Virtual blind dating, Soirée at Home 
• Virtual Scavenger Hunts, Urban Hunt 

Voters also loved: From Covid to Canvas virtual tour of AGNSW with Verushka Darling; Cork and Canvas online painting classes; Escape Hunt original games

HOMEBOUND HERO AWARDS

Favourite Cheerer Upper

• Arnott’s biscuit recipes
• ANZAC Day trumpeter on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
• Dogs at Sydney Aquarium
• Dressing up for bin night 
• Muriel Halsted’s scone recipe
• Rainbows chalked on the streets
• Teddy bears in people’s windows WINNER!

Voters also loved: Nat’s What I Reckon; friendly neighbours; Potts Point rooftop opera singers

Favourite Iso Trend

• Animal livestreams
• Distilleries making hand sanitiser WINNER!
• Jigsaw puzzles
• Meteor watching
• Pottery kits
• Sourdough
• TikTok dance routines

Voters also loved: Banana bread; painting; cocktail deliveries

Community Spirit Award

• Example PR offering free PR to affected businesses
• Newtown Blessings Box
• NSW TAFE offering free courses
• RSPCA NSW encouraging people to foster animals WINNER!
• Shop With You 
• StageKings making WFH desks and donating to Support Act
• Surry Hills Live Streaming gigs supporting musicians  

Voters also loved: Adopt a Healthcare Worker; the Darlo Pantry; Aus Clap for Our Carers

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