Sydney’s Paperbark is closing this week
But another successful vegan pasta-and-gnocchi trattoria will rise from the ashes.
The top-rated barbecue sauces on the market
Be it marinating, brushing or drizzling, these five sauces are ready for the grill.
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$4995 buys you lunch at Attica and Vue de Monde, and seats at the Australian Open finals
Now that’s a meal deal.
Now open: Merivale’s three new venues at Sydney’s Coogee Pavilion
The blockbuster beachside spot welcomes a seafood restaurant, a cocktail bar and a tapas joint, with two Peter Doyle-mentees leading the charge.
The restaurants and cafés that are donating to the Australian bushfire crisis
Dining out? With the help of the hospitality industry, you could do your bit to assist national relief efforts.
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Our most-wanted mustards on the market right now
Whether sweet or spicy, seeded or smooth, these five mustards more than cut it.
We have a date: Mary’s to open in Melbourne next week
No more pop-up teases. This time the move is for real.
Opening soon: Bar Totti’s and its all-snacks menu, late-night agenda and Negronis for all
Merivale brings the success of Totti’s to the Sydney CBD, and it’s another hopeful harbinger of George Street's rejuvenation.
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Ali Currey-Voumard joins The Summertown Aristologist
The former Agrarian Kitchen Eatery chef is set to the lead the Adelaide Hills restaurant for a two-month stint.
Bar Rochford’s ex-head chef has a new pop-up restaurant in south Canberra
A short lease, new energy and an ever-changing menu. After a self-imposed sabbatical, Louis Couttoupes is back.
Hospitality heavyweights on their most memorable party
There was a firm knock on the door and within seconds my house was stormed by members of the Perth bomb squad.
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GT reviewers pick the best restaurant dishes of 2019
Time for seconds.
The much-loved restaurants which closed in 2019
So long, farewell.
Hospitality guns reflect on the year that was
From battling illness and drought to opening and closing restaurants, key industry players reflect on 2019 and their hopes for the future.
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Matt Okine: how I eat
The comedian on Ghanaian street food, playing "Breadpool" with Ryan Reynolds, and his strange method for consuming ramen.
The food trends which shaped 2019
From fish bits, collagen powder found sprinkled in unexpected places, to the fashionable rise of the social non-drinker, this is the year that was.
The 30 best food photos of 2019
Warning: Do not click if hungry.
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Now open: Long Dtai, David Thompson’s new southern Thai restaurant on Koh Samui
It will remain true to dishes of the local culinary scene, with red-hot chilli levels to match.
The best cookbooks of 2019
We've cooked from some great books this year – here's what inspired us to tie on the apron. Santa, take note.
Christmas ham glazes from Australia’s best chefs
If a ham is the ruler of the Christmas table, a well-made glaze is its crown. Here some of our leading culinary lights share their favourite formulas. It's brush hour.
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Sydney’s Sonoma and Icebergs to release a limited-edition panettone in time for Christmas
With macadamias, milk chocolate and Davidson’s plum, this is the sort of panettone that Nonna would recognise, but would never cook.
GT’s picks of the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival 2020
With more than 140 food and wine events concertinaed into 11 days, the choice paralysis is real.
The best Christmas hams for 2019
What makes a perfect Christmas ham? We asked a panel of experts to blind-taste test nine different versions, and the results are in.
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How Justin Hemmes became Sydney’s party king
The Merivale CEO learnt the art of having a good time from his parents. Now, he’s getting ready for the sparks to fly in Sydney once more.
Sydney’s Nomad restaurant is coming to Melbourne’s Flinders Lane
And chef Jacqui Challinor is looking forward to the return of the wood-fire grill.
Exit interview: Jaci and Monty Koludrovic on leaving Icebergs Dining Room & Bar (and no, they’re not opening their own restaurant)
The Sydney chef power-couple on departing the hospitality group they’ve loved for six years, pivotal moments with pipis, and their big move up north.
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In her own words: Alanna Sapwell on leadership and striving for a “no ego” kitchen
The Arc Dining head chef and Gourmet Traveller’s Best New Talent recently presented a MAD Mondays talk at Sydney's Carriageworks on the challenges of steering a successful kitchen. Here, in an edited extract of her speech, she shares her new model for getting the job done.
On the pass: Amanda Cohen, Dirt Candy
The New York chef on angry vegetables, competing in Iron Chef and her unique wine list.
Sydney’s Black Star Pastry pops up in Melbourne
The maker of that watermelon cake has opened a temporary home interstate, with five full-time pastry chefs devoted to producing the star dessert.
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Review: The Press Club is gone, but we can thank our lucky stars for Elektra
Elektra’s pan-European approach is a shift in the right direction, writes Michael Harden. And let's talk about that potato snack.
Now open: Toppi Martin Place, an expansive Italian restaurant in Sydney by the family who founded Machiavelli
Paola Toppi says a little prayer with her latest venture in the heart of the city. Just don’t talk to her about pasta extruders.
Megan Hess: how I eat
The fashion illustrator on her big break, live-drawing runway shows and eating in Paris on a budget.
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Review: XOPP is a glimpse into the future of Cantonese dining
XOPP, the next step for Sydney's Golden Century, strikes a balance between old and new, writes David Matthews.
Why restaurant merchandise is the new band T-shirt
Many diners follow restaurants with the dedication of groupies trailing musicians, writes Nadia Bailey, and hospitality merchandise is their badge of honour.
Sydney’s LP’s Quality Meats is closing its restaurant
It will live on as a wholesale business, but co-owner Luke Powell has decided to cease the dining-in component of the smokehouse.
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Kylie Kwong announces plans for her new Sydney restaurant
The menu is in its early stages, but already the chef has confirmed a dish she’s made around 200,000 times.
Watch: Mark Olive on “bush tucker” and fighting for food on The Chefs’ Line
The chef and TV presenter on growing up in Wollongong, the magic of cooking, and putting kangaroo on his restaurant menu in the '90s.
Review: Cafe Paci is simple yet cerebral, and better than ever
Sure, Pasi Petänen can spin Pacojets with the best of them. But with his new, permanent home in Sydney's Inner West, the chef and serial pop-up artist shows he can still win at the basics.
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Now open: Cantonese restaurant Stanley, the latest addition to Brisbane’s Howard Smith Wharves
Chef Louis Tikaram heads up the two-storey waterfront eatery where the menu pays homage to dishes cooked by his grandmother.
On the pass: Isabelle Caulfield, Poly
The head chef on her cult fried-potato dish, her modern take on room service and her lessons learnt about the kitchen fire.
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Anatomy of a dish: Sunda’s steak with sunrise lime satay
Steak, carrots, curry sauce. This dish from Sunda in Melbourne may sound simple, but it’s anything but. Want to cook like a chef? Time to step up.
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Sydney café Cornersmith Marrickville has closed
In a sudden announcement, its owners have decided to close their flagship café after seven years.
WA’s best regional restaurants right now
A revolutionary off-the-grid restaurant, Vietnam meets France meets the Great Southern region, and a must-visit eatery in the Margaret River. These are the finest places to dine in Western Australia according to our 2020 Restaurant Guide.
Amanda Keller: how I eat
The radio host on strange '70s recipes, broadcasting underwater and dancing with Chris Hemsworth.
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Dan Hong is off to the races again
The Merivale chef returns to The Birdcage for Melbourne Cup Carnival, and he’s bringing a French-Asian menu to Mumm Champagne’s marquee.
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Chefs Monty and Jaci Koludrovic to depart Icebergs Dining Room & Bar
After almost six years with Maurice Terzini’s flagship restaurant and The Dolphin Hotel, the executive-chef power couple is moving on.
Now open: Shwarmama, a standing-room only kebab and falafel joint by Ester’s head chef
Mat Lindsay has gone in with the owners of Paramount Coffee Project, and they're serving the Middle Eastern snacks from morning till night. Your late-night kebab just got a whole lot better.
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Now open: Ragazzi, the Sydney pasta and wine bar by the Love, Tilly Devine crew
There’s an ever-evolving menu of hand-rolled pasta, a 300-strong list of mostly Italian wines, and a plum CBD location. This pocket-sized bar could be your new friend in town.
Melbourne’s The Pie Shop has opened in the CBD
Chef and pie-peddler Matt Wilkinson has launched his second pastry paradise, and Uncle Pete and Shazza are coming for the ride.
Is this Sydney’s most-wanted dinner invitation?
One sitting. Sixteen guests. And a cavalcade of courses that reflect the chef's fine-dining background. No wonder word has spread about this neighbourhood cafe.
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Just in: you can now package your Harbour Bridge climb with a Quay or Bennelong dinner
It’s dinner with a view, squared, as restaurant group Fink and BridgeClimb announce a partnership that allows guests to climb one Sydney landmark, then dine at another. Talk about a meal deal.
Ferris Wheel Dining returns for a seventh year, but is it just another restaurant gimmick?
GT took the experience for a spin to see if it was worth the $420 price tag.
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Dan Hong is (re)opening Lotus this weekend
The chef is returning to the Sydney kitchen where, 11 years ago, he made his start at the Merivale group. And he's bringing back that hot fudge sundae.
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Review: a Martini at 4pm and French onion soup past midnight? It must be Bar Margaux
It may be located in the Melbourne CBD, but French bistro Bar Margaux takes its inspiration from the city that never sleeps.
We have a date: Cafe Paci set to open in Sydney
Chef Pasi Petänen may be the finest serial pop-up artist we know, but now he’s setting up in Sydney’s Inner West for the long haul.
Andrew McConnell to open his first Melbourne restaurant in five years
It’s the latest addition to his recently baptised Trader House Restaurants group, and it's coming in early 2020.
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Review: RIP the gastropub; hello there good, pubby food at the Old Fitz
A talented chef, a less-is-more approach, and how about that chip butty. Sydney's the Old Fitzroy Hotel is essential pub dining.
On the pass: Kitty Hong Xiao of Sydney vegan restaurant Bodhi
The dumpling maestro on the challenges of being a female chef, the evolution of Chinese cuisine and which dish she has made millions of times throughout her career.
Watch: inside the restaurant named after those famous XO pipis
It's old-school meets new-wave at the Golden Century restaurant group's latest Sydney restaurant. We take a look inside, outside, and round and round.
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Watch: Jock Zonfrillo on meeting Madonna and hunting bats in Vanuatu
The Orana chef-owner reflects on his culinary awakenings, loves and hates, and his run-in with Madonna.
The best Chinese restaurants in Australia right now
Modern Chinese in Brisbane, a Sichuan empire in Melbourne and addictive Hunanese in Sydney. These are the best spots for a Chinese feed according to our 2020 Restaurant Guide.
Sydney’s Est is closing in December
After 19 years, the Merivale fine-dining establishment is calling time.
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After last month’s blaze, Sydney’s Nomad makes a temporary move to the former Longrain site
It’s out of the fire and back to the frypans as the Surry Hills restaurant relocates around the corner – and they have chef Jock Zonfrillo to thank.
CicciaBella opens on Monday with ex-Acme chef Mitch Orr in the kitchen
With the Icebergs team rallying around him, the chef can return to what he does best.
It’s Same Same but different as Brisbane’s Longtime evolves and moves to Ada Lane
Longtime will remain open as a function space, but the restaurant concept is moving down the road with an open kitchen, new dishes and an upstairs bar.
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Watch: Mitch Orr on his first cooking inspiration, TV chef “Huey” Hewitson
As he readies to open his Italian restaurant CicciaBella with the Icebergs crew, the Sydney chef talks Chinese Bolognese, chokos and the early days of instant messaging.
Rachel Griffiths: how I eat
The actor on pricey tequila, hospital food and directing her first film.
Watch: Maggie Beer on the time Simon Bryant tried to feed her chillies
The legendary cook and author on her love of opera and and being a much, much messier cook than Stephanie Alexander.
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Review: big, bright and bold Chinese-Japanese flavours shine brightly at Chuuka
Two top chefs in their prime present a culinary collaboration that could have serious staying power, writes David Matthews. And how about that tenshindon.
The best restaurants in regional Queensland
Head north where the climate is warm and the kitchens are even hotter.
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Review: Navi, the high-detail Melbourne restaurant where the chef makes his own ceramics
At Navi, Julian Hills’ creative focus is evident from produce to plate, writes Michael Harden.
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Now open: XOPP, the sister restaurant to Sydney’s legendary Golden Century
Considering its blood line, this is one much-anticipated restaurant opening.
Adelaide’s Taco Quetzalcoatl has opened a second location, and it’s as good as ever
It’s expanded from Salisbury to Unley and enjoyed a glowing New York Times write up in between, but this Mexican eatery is still doing what it does best.
A city-by-city guide to Australia’s best bars
Our Bar of the Year that focuses on minimal-intervention wines, a micro-sized mezcal bar, and a raucous New York-channelling late-night bar. These are the best places for a drink according to our 2020 Restaurant Guide.
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First look: Rebel Rebel, chef Sean McConnell’s latest restaurant in Canberra, opens on Saturday
From Monster to culinary revolutionary, chef Sean McConnell further stakes his claim in the capital.
Fuchsia Dunlop is in love with Sichuan cuisine
The spicy, fragrant notes of Sichuan cuisine have followed the writer and cook for decades. As the rest of the world catches up, she charts the course of a lifelong love affair.
Where to find the best pizza in Australia
Your cheat sheet to the best slices in the country.
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Chefs reveal the worst thing they’ve ever eaten
The dishes or ingredients they want to forget, but probably never will.
Sydney restaurant Don Peppino’s is sticking around for another 6 months
The ’90s-nightclub turned temporary trattoria was due to close in October, but diners can ascend that neon-lit staircase well into February 2020.
Australia’s best cheap eats, city by city
Our favourite places to grab a bargain bite, according to our 2020 Restaurant Guide.
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The fried-chicken triangle in Sydney’s Inner West: an investigation
Along a 300-metre stretch of Newtown's main drag, three restaurants are dishing up some top-notch fried chook. On a wing and a prayer, Tristan Lutze tries them all.
The best places to dine after the Melbourne Cup Carnival
Pull up a seat at these race-day winners.
The best cafés in Australia, city by city
Brunch and a batch brew? Avocado toast and a flat white? These are the best cafés in the country right now according to our GT 2020 Restaurant Guide.
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Sydney restaurant Nomad to close for tonight’s service after kitchen fire
After a morning blaze that broke out in the exhaust system, the owners hope to have the restaurant up and running "as soon as possible".
Aria is celebrating 20 years in Sydney with a tasting menu of its greatest hits
Two decades is a long time for a fine-dining restaurant to not just survive but thrive in this town. A lot has changed but the tablecloths, and that stunning view, remain.
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Introducing the Mary’s knafeh, a dessert for good
It’s a sizeable dessert with filo pastry, fragrant rice pudding and whipped ricotta, and the proceeds from each serve will go towards the UNICEF Syria Crisis Appeal.
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Josh Niland is cooking an all-fish affair at Melbourne’s Supernormal
The five-course set-menu lunch, and the launch of his first cookbook, further cement Niland's unofficial title as our national fish whisperer.
Is this Melbourne’s most expensive seafood dish?
At Sun Kitchen, the prawn, abalone and sea cucumber-filled Imperial Treasure claypot will set you back an easy $398.
The neighbourhood wine bar that has Canberra talking
The city’s hippest restaurants and bars may be clustered around the CBD. But Lamshed’s has quietly snuck in on a sleepy shopping strip down south, and it's doing great things.
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Review: inside Orana’s pop-up, the restaurant Sydney is lucky to have
With our growing familiarity with wattleseed and finger limes, some would say that the quest to bring Australian ingredients into the national vocabulary is over. Over 22 courses at Orana, it’s clear that we’re just getting started.
Chefs reveal their favourite dining experiences of the year
Plus, who they hung out with at the 2020 GT Restaurant Awards, and what the winners plan to do with their trophies.
Benjamin Law: how I eat
The writer on the joys of instant ramen, celebratory Champagne and yum cha dates with strangers.
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The best restaurants in Darwin and Northern Territory
There's plenty of eating and drinking to do in the Top End.
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A1 Canteen and Belles Hot Chicken chefs to hold a four-course celebration of clams
It’s all molluscs, all night at Clayton Wells and Morgan McClone’s collaborative dinner. The highlight dish? The “Kiwi clambake”.
The 10 best new restaurants of 2020
Pull up a seat at the latest and greatest restaurants in the country.
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Who we saw at the 2020 Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Awards
From the red carpet arrivals to the final cocktail, see what went down at the Australian hospitality industry's night of nights. (There were hugs. Lots of hugs.)
Appellation
A crisp Negroni Blanc on the patio is a refreshing way to ease into the four-course offering at this Barossa favourite – especially when the weather is fine.
Aria Sydney
The game plan here has always been top-dollar cosseting, and with a splendid wine list and largely accommodating service to match, that's what you get.
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Atlas Dining
Changing cuisine every four months could lead to gimmickry. Not so at Atlas where Charlie Carrington's approach – a focus on essence over tradition – keeps things fresh and exciting.
Automata
Clayton Wells pulls it off time and time again.
