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Contemporary Australian Cuisine, Food Worth Getting On a Plane For

Contemporary Australian cuisine is best exemplified in the inventive dishes served in its best restaurants, where in recent decades a unique form of fusion cuisine has emerged, rooted in Australia’s multicultural heritage, global flavours and techniques, and beautiful home-grown produce. It all starts with a sublime sashimi of Corner Inlet rock flathead, Tasmanian trumpeter, salt cured wild oyster cream, … Read more

Chef Peter Gilmore and Quay Restaurant in Sydney – Icons of Australia’s Gastronomic Scene

Chef Peter Gilmore and Quay Restaurant, Sydney, Australia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Chef Peter Gilmore and Quay Restaurant in Sydney are two icons of Australia’s gastronomic scene. Gilmore is one of the most passionate and inventive of Australia’s chefs, while Quay restaurant, with its spectacular harbour views that sweep from the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the Opera House would be the place to dine, even without such … Read more

A Local Guide to Eating and Drinking in Sydney by Restaurateur John Fink

This local guide to eating and drinking in Sydney comes from John Fink, a Sydney restaurateur and director of some of Australia’s best restaurants, including Quay, Bennelong, Otto. We first encountered Mr Fink on Twitter when we were tweeting about our Melbourne restaurant experiences. He tweeted: “Come to Sydney! Sydney’s milk bars shit all over Melbourne’s restaurants!” … Read more

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2012’s Theatre of Ideas and Chef Jam

Chef René Redzepi, Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, Melbourne, Victoria. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2012’s Theatre of Ideas and Chef Jam provided an opportunity to hear some of the world’s best chefs speak on everything from their early inspirations to “searching for a special moment on a plate”. It gave us a chance to chat to some of the finest chefs in the world about Australian cuisine. I … Read more

Last Minute Christmas Tips from Australia’s Finest Chefs

I don’t know about you, but we haven’t done anything about preparing for Christmas lunch yet. We’re at Lara’s uncle’s house in Bendigo in Victoria, Australia, and if this Christmas is like others, there’ll be friends and neighbours dropping by. We’re in need of some last minute Christmas tips. If we’ve left it so late … Read more