Movida

“It’s frenetic and fun…you’ll be back; it’s irresistible.” The Age Good food Guide 2013 16/20, 2 hats

In the past 10 years no one restaurant group has had a greater impact on the drinking and dining culture of Melbourne than MoVida.

Since its inception in 2002, in a humble tavern on spencer street, to its now iconic location on Hosier Lane, MoVida has promoted a culture of casual sophistication; high quality produce offered with generosity, sophistication, simplicity and world class wines and beers provided in an environment that promotes drinking as a natural extension of the provision of food rather than drinking for drinking’s sake.

“Camorra and co have created three clearly related, yet spunkily individual, venues” Larissa Dubecki, The Age Epicure

In the past several years the Movida Group has gone on to break new ground, opening Australia’s first genuine tapas bar, Movida Next Door (Winner, Don Levy Fitzpatrick Award, 2009) and MoVida Aqui. While each of these new businesses shares the soul of MoVida, they are in their own way unique, offering fresh new architectural direction (MoVida Next Door, winner, small space architecture awards 2010, MoVida Aqui, nominated, Architecture Awards 2010), and ever evolving menus to challenge and delight our customers. MoVida and MoVida Aqui both feature in Australian Gourmet Traveller’s top 100 restaurants for 2013.

Awards and Recognition

2007 & 2008 MoVida awarded ‘ One Chef Hat’ – The Age Good Food Guide

2007 MoVida awarded ‘ Dish of the Year’ – The Age Good Food Guide for the ‘ Cecina – cured Wagyu with truffle foam’ .

2007 ‘ MoVida’ cookbook published. Awarded the best book by a chef 2008 in the Food Media Awards, best designed book of 2008 in the APA awards.

2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013 MoVida awarded ‘ Two Chef’ s Hats’ – The Age Good Food Guide

2009 Frank Camorra awarded ‘ Chef of the Year’ – The Age Good Food Guide

2009 publication of ‘ MoVida Rustica’ . Won the prestigious World Cordon Bleu Award for the Best Hard Cover cook book 2010. 40 000 copies sold to date.

2011, 2012 & 2013 MoVida Aqui awarded ‘ One Chef Hat’ – The Age Good Food Guide.

2010 MoVida Next Door awarded ‘ Donleavy Fitzpatrick award’ – The Age Good Food Guide.

2010, MoVida Rustica was awarded Best Cookbook Under 35 Euros by the Le Cordon Blue World Media Awards.

2013 Frank awarded the inaugural Cruz de Oficial de la Orden del Merito Cibil by the Consulate-General of Spain in Sydney. It is a Spanish decoration that acknowledges his “outstanding work, fruitful initiatives and exemplary persistence in the performance of duties beneficial for Spain.”

2013 MoVida Sydney awarded ‘ Two Hats’ – The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2014 Frank was awarded the Melbourne food and wine festival Legends award