Tiny S. Africa beach restaurant crowned best in world Kobus van der Merwe, owner of the award-winning Wolfgat restaurant in Paternoster, South Africa, says that despite the global acclaim, they will keep things the way they are at Wolfgat. Merwe recalls the shock he felt when he found out that his small restaurant had been shortlisted in the World Restaurant Awards alongside other more well-established names in fine-dining.