Tea lovers are invited this weekend to discover, experience and connect with specialty teas from Australia and beyond at the Sydney Tea Festival, being held at Carriageworks in Eveleigh. The one-day event on Sunday 20 August will feature a new […]
The country’s leading event for the food industry, Fine Food Australia, returns to Sydney this September, at the brand new ICC in Darling Harbour. The trade exhibition is one of the country’s largest gatherings of chefs, restaurateurs, caterers, café owners. […]
Visitability Starts with Us! 4-10 September Destination Melbourne invites you to celebrate Melbourne Tourism under the theme of Visitability Starts with Us, as we drive our city from world’s most liveable to most visitable. This year, Melbourne Tourism Week celebrates its 10th year. We’ve […]
Biosecurity peak body Animal Health Australia is warning all restaurateurs, chefs, hospitality workers and cooks of the dangers of feeding human food scraps to pigs. By providing human food scraps to pigs, restaurants may inadvertently be providing swill which is […]
A former Paul Bocuse protégé who has worked in food capitals such as Lyon and Tokyo, the French-born chef and restaurateur has made his mark in Melbourne. By Frank Leggett “I was born in Evreux, a small town in Normandy. My […]
Despite language issues and major health crises, Alessandro and Anna Pavoni have turned one Sydney harbour restaurant into a four-venue success story. By Frank Leggett Alessandro: I’ve spent the past 29 years in and around kitchens. At the age of […]
The co-owner of Adelaide’s Plenty Catering likes his events to be strategically planned, whether it’s breakfast for 30 or a ball for 6,000. By Frank Leggett “While working as a senior weather forecaster for the Bureau of Meteorology in Perth […]
Multi-award-winning restaurant, Eschalot, sits pretty as a picture in NSW’s Southern Highlands. Owner/chef Richard Kemp is as passionate about his cuisine as he is about maintaining a balanced lifestyle. By Frank Leggett “My first job was working as an apprentice […]
When designing the brash Japanese restaurant, Salaryman, interior designer Paul Kelly was inspired by the food hype and energy of inner-city Tokyo. By Kerryn Ramsey The site chosen for Salaryman was not the easiest of locations. Originally an old architectural […]
Converting an underused cocktail bar into a private dining room made perfect sense to chef/co-owner Mark Jensen, even when he had to roll up his sleeves and do the job himself. By Kerryn Ramsey When Sydney’s Red Lantern team decided […]
Sydney designer Jason Mowen embraced a heritage building’s enormous dimensions, turning it into a grand, Italian-inspired eating experience. By Kerryn Ramsey Originally a tyre factory, the building in Sydney’s Rushcutters Bay is now Bar Machiavelli, Sydney’s cathedral to pasta. The […]
A cavernous power station has found new life as Higher Ground, a heritage-listed restaurant/café of monumental proportions. By Kerryn Ramsey The old power station on Little Bourke Street in Melbourne’s CBD had already undergone a transformation before Mark Simpson of […]
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Food blogger Duy Huynh—known to his 30,000 Instagram followers as Duy Dash—has some pro tips for restaurateurs marketing themselves on social media. By Petra Starke In 2015, Duy Huynh was just another guy selling vacuum cleaners at Harvey Norman, wondering […]
It’s a concept other hospitality industries seem to have mastered but, as Susanna Nelson writes, dynamic pricing is still relatively new to the restaurant business. Many restaurateurs know all too well the contrast between a buzzing weekend crowd and the […]
So-called ‘Hallmark’ holidays are excellent opportunities to market your restaurant—just not for the reasons you might think, writes Mitchell Oakley Smith. While Valentine’s Day has become caught in the net of commercialism in recent decades, with marketers finding countless ways to exploit […]
The Chinese comprise the fastest growing inbound tourist segment in Australia. And they’re hungry for fine food, reports Kathy Graham. Dan Hong, executive chef at Mr Wong, the popular Merivale restaurant in Sydney known for its modern Cantonese menu, doesn’t […]
