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The most exciting Sydney restaurant openings coming in hot this summer and beyond
The Bentley crew’s latest venture, Neil Perry’s ever-expanding Double Bay empire, exciting happenings at Martin Place and three new venues in the Balmain-Rozelle area are among the flood of incoming food action in Sydney.
- Scott Bolles
What’s up, what’s down: Which restaurants gained (and lost) hats in the new SMH Good Food Guide?
They win some, they lose some. Chefs’ hats, that is, at the launch of the Good Food Guide 2024.
- Scott Bolles
NSW’s top restaurants and culinary talent celebrated at Good Food awards (and a big fish hooks the top gong)
The 39th edition of the annual guide brings a shuffling of hats, a new award and the overdue recognition of a pioneering Sydney chef.
- Bianca Hrovat
Star Melbourne chef Khanh Nguyen returns to Sydney to helm Bentley team’s newest venue
The former Aru executive chef is returning to his home city to rejoin Nick Hildebrandt and Brent Savage’s restaurant group.
- Scott Bolles
From Bengaluru to Brasserie 1930: How the Young Chef of the Year forged a formidable career
SMH Good Food Guide Young Chef of the Year Shashank Achuta hopes to be the face of south Indian cuisine in Australia. He’s well on his way to achieving it.
- Bianca Hrovat
The Good Food Guide Chef of the Year finalists are revealed
Some of our top kitchen talents are embracing the “small is beautiful” mantra in their quest for excellence. Plus, the NSW Chef of the Year finalists revealed.
- Jill Dupleix and Terry Durack
The NSW Restaurant of the Year finalists are revealed (and they all have something sweet in common)
PLUS: Vittoria Coffee Restaurant of the Year finalists announced ahead of The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide Awards on October 23.
- Bianca Hrovat
$200 steak and extra for sauce? The restaurant food trends we never want to see again
Six things we love (and four things we hate) about dining out in 2023.
- Callan Boys
Seven exciting new bakeries to spend your dough on (plus, an inner west favourite returns)
From wine bar bakeries, to fine-dining pastries, these are the next wave of bougie bakeries in Sydney.
- Bianca Hrovat
Team behind Bistecca open casual and affordable steakhouse in Sydney’s ‘steakville’ district
Forget the big bucks for super-expensive cuts. Alfie’s on Bligh Street champions the humble sirloin, serving up a more modestly priced $38 220-gram Riverine steak.
- Scott Bolles