360Q, the two story cafe/bistro and function centre on Queenscliff Harbour’s waterfront, a new venture for Sorrento culinary King Barry Iddles, is pulling in the summer crowds. Essentials…
A great grey rain cloud passes over the deep red sand. Fingers of sunlight burst through the receding front flooding the sand dunes with golden light. Tiny blue…
Ashley Palmer-Watts is Heston Blumenthal’s right-hand man. Executive chef of the two-Michelin-starred Dinner by Heston in London and of the recently launched establishment of the same name in…
A unique collaboration between Steve Graves of Bright Alpine Builders and Mark Gleeson of MG Design and Building has led to Chrismont Wine’s new Cellar Door, Restaurant and…
Chef Peter Gunn plays a risky game. In a dining world where restaurant menus are developed over several months he walks a precarious tightrope, sometimes creating dishes with…
Ski hospitality veterans Paul and Teresa Cavagna of Mount Hotham’s Last Run Bar have this season been plating up a well-designed dining menu featuring a selection of modern-Australian…
Rocco Esposito’s gnocchi alla romana is an exercise in simplicity and authenticity. Fat discs of polenta are smothered in crumbled blue cheese then heated under the grill until…
Having experienced a dysfunctional work ethic at Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Melbourne, and an abusive kitchen culture within Gordon Ramsay’s London restaurant Maze, local chef David Kapay returns home…
‘The concept is about people having a different experience each time they visit: continuous change and movement is how we define Flux’, says Noosaville-based hospitality veteran Malcolm Butcher.…
Barcelona’s Hotel Omm’s one-michelin-star restaurant Roca Moo is a wondrous cocoon of art, design and style and is well-positioned, being city central . We are here to sample one…
Alex Smit’s Murray bank River Deck Café has helped put Albury NSW back on the culinary map. The redeveloped café-restaurant and hole in the wall kiosk-styled servery attracted…
It’s the hottest snow-dining destination in the state. It has appeal so broad that it is attracting a mixed mob that sees pinot-gris-sipping après ski couples sitting next…
This autumn, Sicilian chef Rosa Mitchell opened her new restaurant, Rosa’s Canteen, in the heart of Melbourne’s legal district. We caught up with her just before she opened…
Essentials dropped in to Saké Melbourne to explore menu items and premium sake presented by Chef Shaun Presland. Saké is easy to find: just aim for the cool new open-plan ‘cut-out’…
Taking the headline Hot Plates quite literally we present these two dishes with kick from Melbourne CBD’s Indian hot spot, Tonka. This popular city restaurant serves classic Indian…
It was no surprise to the urban chic brigade when the latest SMH Good Food Guide awarded two hats and its coveted ‘Best New Restaurant’ gong to Ester…
His culinary passions may not stray far from his Veneto routes, but chef Roi Rigoni of Kiewa Valley food institution Roi’s, with his partner in life (and crime)…
In a town that knows and loves food and wine, hospitality-operator virgins Michael and Heather Allan (ex Yeppoon, Queensland) certainly had their work cut out. But within weeks…
It’s not all big old-world reds at Baileys of Glenrowan. Today a new balance is provided with good food and a marvellous native garden environment to enjoy. Essentials’…