Food News

As Sydney restaurant Quay prepares to reopen its doors, we take a sneak peek at the new menu - and life beyond the snow egg.

An edible celebration of Bangarra’s production of Bruce Pascoe’s groundbreaking work on Aboriginal food culture.

It’s estimated that by 2050, plastic in the ocean will outweigh the fish. In beachside Sydney, Harriet Leigh of Archie Rose Distilling Co. says enough is enough. It’s time to suck it up and say no to single-use straws.

A 101 on Italian chef Massimo Bottura's Modena restaurant, which was awarded top spot in the World's 50 Best Restaurants list for 2018.

These are the hottest tables in the world right now.

Omakase-style dining at Kappo may be gone, but in its place is a pop-up restaurant specialising in comforting Japanese hotpots.

The Automata chef is about to unveil a neighbourhood hangout that’s open seven days a week, serving hangover-busting breakfasts, killer cocktails and a casual dinner menu. Could this be the jewel in the crown of this inner-Sydney suburb?

The former Gourmet Traveller editor will oversee events like Melbourne Food & Wine Festival and focus on telling the stories of Victoria's food and wine scene.

Next week, that’s what thousands of Australians will attempt to do as they raise money for a charity working with Syrians in refugee camps.

In honour of our first-ever Middle Eastern issue, we share our favourite plates inspired by the region's cuisine, from Israeli breakfast plates to shawerma-stuffed pita.

The film follows OzHarvest founder and CEO Ronni Kahn over a two-year period, capturing what goes on behind the scenes at the food-waste charity, from dumpster diving to meetings with royalty.

In the mould of a classic bistro, the CBD restaurant will offer oysters, charcuterie and lots of steak.

After his shock departure from Brisbane fine-diner Urbane, chef Alejandro Cancino plans to change the way we think about vegan food. And it all starts with a café on the Sunshine Coast.

Chefs are spreading the love for Vegemite as they explore its possibilities beyond the breakfast table and lunchbox.

There’s no promise of summer temperatures but white-hot New York City restaurants and bars are more than enough reason to get out of the house.

The latest Melbourne restaurant by the chef behind Estelle by Scott Pickett and Saint Crispin will bring a more casual version of his cooking to the city's south side. And there's a flame-fuelled menu along for the ride.

Guy Grossi makes a strong case for Rome as the flavour capital of the world with a menu inspired by the Italian holiday of ferragosto.

Expect plenty of sweets, recipes designed for feasting and interviews with rock stars of the region including Claudia Roden, Yotam Ottolenghi and Eyal Shani.

Come June, it’ll be the last supper at Matt Wilkinson’s popular Brunswick East eatery. But a menu of old favourites should lessen the blow.

The Sunday afternoon event features Thai dishes cooked over fire-pits, local and out-of-town chefs and tours of the farm.

From bars on Circular Quay serving LED-lit cocktails to restaurants where you can settle in for seven courses of fine food and spectacular views, these are the places to see the lights of Vivid Sydney in style.

Native ingredients and Jamaican spice add a tasty twist to the ferments of South Australian company Nice Pickles.

It's the most anticipated feast of the year, and right royally so.

In a quest for perfection, Australian cheesemakers are embracing the ageing process.

The restaurant's Wild Harvest series is back for 2018, with Alejandro Cancino, Scott Pickett and Colin Fassnidge among the names creating one-off menus with foraged ingredients.

With Mother’s Day just around the corner we’ve pulled together everything you need to make mum’s day extra special. Whether you’re after some last minute gift ideas or inspiration for what to cook, we’ve got you covered.

One of Australia’s top chefs is parting ways with his Bangkok flagship restaurant.

Test-driving the Sydney restaurant’s new Saturday morning offerings.

René Redzepi’s right-hand man to head Noma’s first restaurant outside Scandinavia.

Michael West and Jack Coghlan are the latest Australians to take the reins at Chardon, the Arles restaurant that’s creating a buzz in the south of France.

With winter around the corner it's time to fire up the stove and create some comfort-food magic with a little help from the experts.

Chase Kojima reveals his recipes for a perfect picnic, blending Japanese aesthetics and Australians love of the outdoors.

Think global and eat local, with chef Jock Zonfrillo's fresh take on international recipes using all-Australian ingredients.

Some of the city’s finest operators are giving you more reasons to get out of the house midweek.

The chef of award-winning Sydney restaurant Saint Peter isn't content with shaking up the seafood restaurant genre. With his new fishmonger, Fish Butchery, he plans to transform the way fish is sold, bought and cooked at home too.

Eat well, broaden your culinary repertoire and share, all in the name of raising money for children affected by conflict in Syria.

Sydney’s Bentley re-opens in early May with a facelift, new menus in the restaurant and bar, a new wine list and what might be the city's most exciting mayonnaise.

Plant-powered dishes from across the country are in no way just making up the numbers, combining crunch, char, sauciness and depth of flavour with aplomb. Here are 10 of the best.

Eightysix will host the Sydney chef’s travelling restaurant, Ètelek, for three nights this month – but is a permanent move on the cards?

Gourmet Traveller staffers share their favourite plates of the moment, from Argentinian-style beef rib in Byron to a Whistler restaurant serving wild salmon nigiri.

Peter Gilmore invites us into the kitchen at Quay to witness the making of the last snow egg.

Three days, two bars, so much tequila.

Wontons and cocktails, scrambled eggs and fried chicken will soon be at your fingertips from morning to afternoon at this inner-city Sydney favourite.

On weekends, Graceburn Wine Room becomes a casual restaurant by night, offering a tight menu of classic French flavours alongside wines from Forbes and friends.

These inventive modular sweets seamlessly pair food and design.

Guillaume Brahimi is here to guide you through every aspect of hosting your very own French dinner party, complete with Gallic charm.

It was all blue skies and fresh flavours as Shane Delia showed guests how summer lunch is done at this year's Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix.

What do you do when you hear the fast-food chain is dabbling in prime beef? Line up, of course.

Diners will disembark in North Africa, south-east Asia, Canada and the Pacific during the La Belle France dinners at Sydney's Restaurant Hubert. Strap yourselves in for fusion and fun with a capital F.

Peter Jo's first permanent restaurant melds Korean technique with Australian convention and adds a killer wine cellar into the mix.

The heat is on as top chefs and business executives aim to raise $2 million.

A couple's tree change became a surprise business growing award-winning capers.

A gala dinner with dishes by Dan Hunter, Christine Manfield and 12 other chefs, plus prizes donated by Justin Hemmes and Ben Shewry, will honour the late chef Jeremy Strode.

The new-look Quay will reopen in July as a snow-egg-free zone. Cue mayhem.

Female brewers, women heading up kitchens and ladies on the floor: it's not hard to find women in the world of food and drink. But are we giving them the recognition they deserve? With this list, you can take a step in the right direction.

The actor, director and Australian National Treasure on his quest to become vegan, messing around with paint and Spaghetti Shakespeare.

Plate-smashing, Greek wines and a feast crafted by Matt McConnell and Captain Moonlite chef Matt Germanchis.

Gourmet Traveller staffers share their favourite plates of the moment.

Barry McDonald brings a fresh take to Sydney’s fast-food dining.

Jason Scott, co-founder of Sydney’s Swillhouse group, is partnering with chef Robert Marchetti to open a big bar and restaurant in New York.

The Museum of Contemporary Art puts a sensory spin on life-drawing classes.

MasterQuiz puts a new spin on the taste test.

A Korean-born chef is turning heads in Paris, bringing a taste of Asia via Sydney to the wine bar scene.

Not your average happy hour – the roster of guest chefs and winemakers makes this the hottest ticket in town.

Continuing its expansion, Three Blue Ducks crosses state lines to open in a new five-star hotel in the Queensland capital.

Melbourne's favourite Italian chef plants the flag in the west, looking to the gutsy flavours of the Italian capital for inspiration.

Noma closed a year ago, and now is reborn, bolder than ever. Chef and co-owner René Redzepi takes you on an exclusive tour of the new restaurant – and outlines his ambitions for the years to come.

The Melbourne chef has gone casual with his second venue but will continue to deliver globetrotting menus that change every four months.

A summer festival of female talent is showing Barangaroo in a new light.

Where to head for old-school romance, wow-factor views or low-key fun on the 364 days of the year that aren’t Valentine’s Day.

Inspired by a month of eating in Mexico, a seasoned Sydney taco-slinger is bringing the good times home.

A talented trio is taking the wine bar back to its roots.

The oyster is the world's most prized mollusc but it wasn't always so. Alecia Simmonds charts its journey from pauper's staple to sharing tables with Champagne.

He's headlining the Flemington Grazing Trail & Cellar Door at next month's Super Saturday (10 March) so we caught up with Peruvian-cum-Aussie chef Alejandro Saravia to chat favourite ingredients, food philosophies and what guests can expect from his trackside cooking class.

Joseph Abboud adds a second Moor's Head location to his portfolio, serving the same "inauthentic" pizza that's won hearts in Thornbury.

One of WA’s top chefs showcases the best of the region with his first solo venture.

The king of the Momofuku empire teams up with Netflix for a docu-series on the food that bonds us – looks be damned.

What started out as a hobby became all-out fanaticism for Lee Tran Lam. She hits pause here to run us through the power of podcasts.

Sixpenny alumnus James Parry has landed in New York to head up Momofuku Ko - and he's not the only Sydneysider David Chang's recruited to his empire.

Bar Patrón by Rockpool: a Mexican restaurant and tequila bar with DJs and possibly the best Margarita in town.

Kylie Kwong is bringing native produce to the people at this year’s market in Eveleigh.

A gala event that pulled out all the stops to celebrate Australia’s fashion industry.

In her pursuit of flavour, cook and writer Samin Nosrat has distilled the art of great cooking into its essence, writes David Matthews.

It’s knives and crackers at the ready as the country’s best are named.

Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone want to change the way we think about fine dining. And they’re starting their revolution in the least likely place possible – the deeply moneyed Modernist masterpiece and home of the true power lunch, writes Peter Meehan.

Settle in for Sunday nights with some of the biggest names in the food world.

The Melbourne institution is letting us down gently with BYO Sundays, lunch by Thi Le and a cellar clear out.

Kogashi ramen has landed in Sydney. Here’s the deal.

A second Saint Peter? Josh Niland is about to cast another line, writes Pat Nourse, and the bait is better than ever.

With the Italian chef's new restaurant launching as part of the Gucci Garden in Florence, the long lunch could be back in vogue.

Stuck in Sydney this long weekend? Spend the days eating your way through our popular culinary history, from meat pies to vanilla slices.

Australia's indigenous ingredients belong on shelves and in our everyday lives, says Orana chef Jock Zonfrillo. How to get there?

The comedian on a turbulent relationship with tofu and why restaurants are her idea of heaven.

The British chef on ambition, criticism and pressure.

Saxe is a new joint in the CBD with grown-up bar downstairs while upstairs is a beautiful dining room where Joe Grbac is on the pass.

This Melbourne gelato-maker’s small-batch operation is big on flavour.

The composer-performer on a lifelong love affair with musical theatre and what feeds him creatively.

O Tama Carey’s Sri Lankan hoppers will no longer be a once-a-week treat.

The game-changing South Australian company with a fresh take on frozen fish.

Though subject to the whims of fashion, flowers are no mere frippery, writes Paulette Whitney.