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Josh Niland, big fish on the global food scene, has been named Oceania Cruises Chef of the Year.

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.

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The SMH Good Food Guide Awards 2024: Full list of hats

From one hat to three, the essential list of every hat-winning restaurant from the SMH Good Food Guide 2024.

Khanh Nguyen at Aru in the Melbourne CBD.

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
SMH Good Food Guide’s Young Chef of the Year winner Shashank Achuta at Brasserie 1930.

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
Chef Jemma Whiteman at Newtown wine bar Ante.

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
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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
O'Connor's 350g rib-eye steak at Angus & Bon, Prahran.

$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.

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Blueberry tart, with baked cheesecake, blueberry jam, vanilla cream and blueberries.

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
Japanese curry scrambled egg muffin with Kewpie mayo.

Skip the snooze button for this curried egg muffin that ‘lights up your brain’

Early birds are rewarded with “mentally healthy food” at this buzzy north shore cafe.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Funda ramyun with crumbled beef bulgogi and a fried egg.
14.5/20

Loud, ambitious, high-energy: Funda puts the fun into funky Korean food

This loud and high-energy venue boasts serious cooking talent, with chefs pooling experience from Tetsuya’s, Supernormal and Michelin-starred kitchens.

  • Terry Durack

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