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A Canadian with a flair for fish keeps Melburnians supplied with the best in cold-smoked seafood.

Björck describes the food as "European-style," but with "nice fresh Japanese flavours".

French bistro classics are suddenly hotter on the Queensland dining scene than a bubbling pot-au-feu.

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Pierre Khodja’s Camus opens this week, bringing the vibrant flavours of his Algerian homeland to Northcote’s High Street.

What better way to ring in the Year of the Rooster than a culinary spectacular?

Millbrook Winery chef Guy Jeffreys walks us through his approach to cooking and what's on the menu this month and next.

Destroyed by fire in 2014, the Stokehouse has returned as an elegant foreshore precinct. Michael Harden talks to owner Frank van Haandel about the rebirth of a landmark.

We approach an expert on the ground in Turkey for the inside word on the Salt Bae phenomenon. Just how salty is that steak?

After a year of big name openings, a new Alexandria eatery arrives as a likable - and possibly lovable - local.

Melbourne, it's finally your turn for a taste of David Thompson's uncompromising Thai cooking.

Before you start marinating your lamb chops in lemon rind, Greek oregano and garlic to hit the barbecue this summer, consider hosting a Barbecure instead in aid of Cure Cancer Australia’s new fundraising initiative.

Attica’s chef isn’t happiest when eating soils or smears on his days off, it’s souvlaki. We follow him to his favourite spot.

All-day dining in a completely refurbished location is the new name of the game for Melbourne’s Pure South.

Mike McEnearney reopens his canteen – and reboots the idea of what an airport restaurant can be along the way, wood-fired oven and all.

Melbourne’s celebrated Sichuan restaurant comes to World Square.

Instagram’s most famous cake, plus a few other sweet hits, is heading south.

Aperitivo o’clock has arrived in Copenhagen, courtesy of the team behind Relæ.

Expect innovative takes on classic dishes when some of Sydney’s favourite restaurateurs turn their hands to festival fare this summer.

Some of Sydney’s best coffee roasters are now all under one roof.

Sit back beachside at Sydney’s Pilu at Freshwater and enjoy a culinary journey to the homeland of chef Giovanni Pilu.

We’ve journeyed from Botswana to Brooklyn, Japan to Java this year, and ate a lot of great things along the way. Here are some highlights from GT’s travel-writing team.

Food culture in Australia has come a long way, writes social researcher Rebecca Huntley, but not necessarily for everyone.

Has there ever been a busier year in restaurants in Sydney than 2016? Following an unprecedented number of notable openings, we're here to help with priorities.

Bid adieu to the year that was and shout hello to the year that will be: ring in 2017 with style at these luxe New Year's Eve events around Australia.

Make the most of the warm weather and dine waterside.

From crêpes to carbonara, the year in search is revealed.

David Thompson, Chris Lucas, Scott Pickett and more will be very busy next year. Here are the details of what’s opening and when.

It’s been a big year of openings for restaurants in Sydney, and there are more still to come. Here are some of the glimmers on the horizon that suggest the coming year will be a happy one for diners.

The 1960s woke Australia up to espresso, international cuisine and wine by the cask. Novelist Frank Moorhouse recalls a time of louche banquets with Sydney’s bohemian set.

Our staffers' picks of the best Australian eats of the year. Who's hungry?

After a 12-month hiatus, one of Australia's best butter producers is back in action.

Between a trip to the fish markets and entertaining the in-laws, Christmas can get stressful. So we’ve asked some of our favourite hospitality heavyweights to share their secret weapons for a no-tears Christmas. Many happy returns.

Thinking of spending a little time in the dirt this summer? Mat Pember from The Little Veggie Patch Co has some tips.

Prepare to hold a new style of burger glory – wrapped in rice, wrapped in nori – in your hands.

Abla Amad has served traditional Lebanese food at Abla's in Carlton for the past 37 years. Here, she chats about how she's kept afloat - and sane - across four decades of service.

World-class dumplings come to Sydney’s inner-west.

Gourmet Traveller chats to Patrick Friesen about quintessential Canadian fare.

Time to get your skates on. Atlas Dining’s take on modern Vietnamese cooking finishes on December 23 when the South Yarra restaurant closes for a couple of weeks. It’ll re-open in January, reinvented as an Israeli diner. Change is the way Atlas rolls. Chef Charlie Carrington switches cuisine completely every four months. So when Israel […]

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The Botanical Hotel’s public bar has been re-opened as Gilson thanks to the founders of some of Melbourne’s busiest cafes.

For our 50th anniversary issue in 2016, we scoured Australia asking two questions: What dishes are making waves right now? What flavours will take us into the next half-century? Melbourne provided 14 answers.

Travel photographer John Laurie's first solo exhibit spans the globe, capturing serene moments in often unlikely spaces.

Chef's around Australia are taking hams to the next level this Christmas.

For our 50th anniversary issue in 2016, we scoured Australia asking two questions: What dishes are making waves right now? What flavours will take us into the next half-century? Sydney provided 16 answers.

Bright blue scampi roe is popping up on menus across Australia. Here's why it's so special.

Just when you thought you had a handle on Adelaide’s Africola, chef Duncan Welgemoed and Mash Design director James Brown go and flip the script.

Kerby Craig’s frenzy-inciting burgers, once available only at pop-ups, settle into a permanent home on Sydney’s waterfront.

All we want - and need - for the silly season, from summery pear ciders to a spiced brandy sauce perfect on top of Christmas pudding.

When the master of Thai food pinpoints anything as his favourite, we sit up and listen.

GT editor Anthea Loucas Bosha walks us through the December issue - from Paul Carmichael's recipes for a Caribbean Christmas feast to silly season cocktails.

What better way to kick off summer than cocktails and tunes by the beach?

The photo book that pays homage to the pioneering Greek-Australian cafés of yesteryear, essential players in the Australian restaurant scene.

Pascoe shares what has been achieved in the past 12 months, and the organisation's plans for the year to come.

“It’s going to be the signature dish,” says Matt Moran. “It’s pretty special.”

With more than 200 events all across Victoria, there’s more than enough to satisfy at next year’s festival.

Last drinks are called for Brisbane fine-diner Restaurant Two.

The popular night market is back for a second year.

That sandwich at your desk is suddenly looking a bit lacklustre.

After a spate of kitchen takeovers, Jemma Whiteman and Mike Eggert return with a pop-up BYO restaurant in Kensington that might feature the chefs best cooking yet.

Pablo Tordesillas' Spanish-leaning restaurant on Hyde Park has closed.

To align with the influx of chefs to Melbourne for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants announcement, some top talent will be pausing to take part in MFWF’s MasterClass series.

Norwood goes gastro with the tasting menu at Quentin Whittle's new restaurant, where Middle Eastern and Asian flavours combine.

The popular pop-up restaurant team is back with a new Italian installment for the summer.

A temple to Sean Brock's travels, inspired heavily by Japan, has opened in Charleston.

The Power List chef shares his views on technology in the kitchen, including his playlist for prep time, his dream gadget and his take on Instagram. His personal passions, such as his kids, his family and Asian flavours also get some air time, too.

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While there is plenty of established excellence across the restaurants of urban Australia, we cannot accredit the entirety of our defining dishes to the cities.

Sunny's Pizza is fast and friendly, and, perhaps best of all, it's open till two. It looks like Adelaide has found its new summer hotspot.

Good things in tiny packages is the theme of chef Mark Best's session as part of our Gourmet Institute series for 2016.

The French patisserie known world-wide for its macarons has made the move south.

Get in quick - Neil Perry is giving away 100 free burgers this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Alessandro Pavoni is bringing an upmarket trattoria to Newport this summer.

Automata opens a brunch-only outpost upstairs at The Old Clare hotel this weekend. Here’s your preview of the menu.

Duncan Welgemoed has driven Africola toward a bold new direction.

We’re bringing our favourite makers and creators from the pages of GT to the streets of Sydney.

Chef Thi Le wows the crowds at her Melbourne restaurant, Anchovy, with her bright, bold take on South East Asian flavours, expressing traditions with a modern Australian accent. Meet our Best New Talent.

Curtis Stone has hit Hollywood, opening a new restaurant on Sunset Boulevard where meat is the star on the table and in the shop. Here he shares a taste of the menu at Gwen.

A new book from Janne Apelgren and Joanna Savill chronicles a global food adventure to some of the world’s best restaurants.

Not all the hard work of a successful restaurant takes place in the kitchen. These 11 experts are influential in shaping the food industry of the future.

We ran our largest competition ever this year to celebrate our 50th anniversary issue. Here are all the winners.

A cosy new trattoria has opened in Subiaco.

The first part of Melbourne’s refurbished Stokehouse has opened with fish and chips.

We put three of GT's Power List on the spot. What time does John Susman of Fishtails set his alarm in the morning? If Momofuku Seiōbo's executive chef Paul Carmichael could eat only one thing for the rest of his life, what would it be? And what does OzHarvest founder Ronni Kahn think about social media? Find out now.

Smørrebrød by day, craft beer by night.

Back in 1966 we featured a guide to Australia’s burgeoning wine regions and recipes to win a man’s heart.

Chicken is the roast with the most of the moment.

Named and modeled after a 1980s South Australian country dining classic, The Summertown Aristologist is an ultra-casual gastro restaurant from local winemakers.

Thai food maestro David Thompson returns to the Sydney restaurant scene with the opening of Long Chim, a standard-bearer for Thailand’s robust street food. Fiery som dtum is just the beginning.

Join us at Quay for a specially designed dinner by Peter Gilmore to celebrate the launch of the new Gourmet Traveller cookbook.

The executive chef shares his salt and pepper squid recipe, including his secret for a crisp, light batter.

A Thai-Laotian mix opens in Braddon.

For GT’s 50th issue, our biggest issue to date, we listed those in the food and drink industry who are Australia’s most influential. From restaurateurs to butchers and coffee aficionados, this is how we whittled down the list.

Ahead of Danielle Alvarez's long-awaited restaurant Fred's opening in Paddington this week, we've round up seven recipes she's shared with us.

It started with a simple manifesto: to create a magazine that was dedicated to the art of good eating.

Kensington, hold onto your hats.

In a triumph of paddock-to-plate in practice, Paulette Whitney takes her kids to dinner to show them the fruits of their labour.

Sokyo's Chase Kojima's new project is something completely new.

Ben Shewry and David Moyle have big plans for the menu.

Make this summer the season of Michelin-starred grilling, thanks to Heston Blumenthal’s new range of barbecues.