In Italy, safeguarding the season's harvest is a way of life. For Australia's Italian community, rituals of smoking, salting, drying and bottling are acts of connecting to the motherland.

It’s the latest in a string of openings for the renowned restaurateur. This time, it’s all about classic Italian cocktails, Tuscan bistecca and handmade pastas.

This beautiful Martin Place restaurant – by the team behind Nour – has a refined, shareable menu featuring an all-star cast of Middle Eastern dishes, ideas and flavours. It’s a new winner for Sydney’s CBD.

There’s an impressive menu by a former Billy Kwong and Lankan Filling Station chef. Plus, personalized sake flights and a vinyl collection that’s 2500 LPs strong. This is an opening to get jazzed about.

There are seven prize packages to win, which include vouchers for accommodation, drinking, dining and wellness. The cut-off for ticket purchase ends soon.

The beloved chef has family ties to the small town of Rockley, and the pub’s reopening yesterday marks the first stage of his ambitious plan to revitalise the area.

Cook For Ukraine – a global food supper club, community and fundraiser – has an Australian arm, with a silent auction to raise funds for the cause. Hurry, bidding closes soon.

Following a $100 million refurbishment, the landmark Mornington Peninsula pub – with its multiple venues, new Intercontinental hotel and adjoined spa and wellness centre – is poised to become one of the biggest destinations in the region.

The tremendous line-up of chefs is cooking at a special dinner at Gerard’s Bistro on March 30.

The fundraiser, organised by Sydney’s Bar Suze, has over 25 prizes – including a two-night stay at a retreat in the Byron hinterlands, original artwork, natural wine packs, coffee subscriptions, restaurant vouchers, and more.

The evolution for the well-loved restaurant, presided over by chef Sean Connolly, is inspired by the steakhouses of New York’s Little Italy.

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“It’s to say, we acknowledge what you’ve been through and what you’re going through now, and we really want to spoil you.”

“Food is really about sharing, it’s about gratitude and respect — there’s dignity in how you get given a plate of food.”

From the menu through to the décor, Smith St Bistrot takes its cues from the city of light’s 1920s heyday.

The Armadale shop has all of the quality meats and special flourishes of the Sydney original, plus some Melbourne-specific tweaks.

It’s the latest effort from Federico Zanellato and Karl Firla, the owners of Restaurant Leo, and it’ll be unlike anything they – or Sydney – have tried before.

The influential plant-based deli has hopped over from Fitzroy to Collingwood. And together under the one roof with its sister restaurant, Smith & Daughters, the new spot is poised to become Australia’s biggest vegan destination.

The menu, the wine list and the cocktails are an all-Australian affair, and it’s set in an inviting space that seamlessly places old-school design cues within a modern context.

The low-lit spot is open till late (properly late) and has a menu packed with Southeast Asian street food classics inspired by Hong’s travels.

For many, it's been a year best forgotten. But 2021 still delivered plenty of memorable moments and delicious surprises. GT's state editors reveal their best bites of the year.

From a seaplane expedition to at-home indulgence.

In 2021, just like last year, home cooking had a heightened importance. These are the cookbooks we kept coming back to.

In her monthly GT column, chef Kylie Kwong celebrates the individuals helping to grow a stronger community. This month, we speak to trailblazing business leader Sam Mostyn AO.

The jewel to the Crown Sydney has finally opened in a stunning dining room on the 26th floor of the casino complex’s Barangaroo tower, with 180-degree views of Sydney and its harbour. It’s one of the biggest openings of the year.

It’s a two-level ode to pasta and Italian natural wines, by a trio of hospitality pros.

“Opening a restaurant over Facetime is not an easy thing to do.”

Mauritius has a diverse cuisine, but the focus here is on its South Asian and East African influences. Plus, there's a drinks list dominated by expressive natural wines.

At this warehouse restaurant in Sydney’s inner-west, the owners’ Macedonian and Lebanese backgrounds tell part – but not the sum – of their culinary story.

Following months of Instagram teasers, co-owner Adam Liston has unveiled a permanent noodle pit-stop next door to the Shōbōsho mothership.

Snow egg, white coral, the eight-texture chocolate cake – all have entered Quay’s dessert hall of fame. Now Peter Gilmore is hoping to replicate their sweet success with his latest and greatest final course.

The Niland seafood empire shows no sign of slowing down. Fish Butchery the second will be double the size of its predecessor (and yes, the double tuna cheeseburger will be on the menu).

Made from sugar, spice and all things nice, these bite-sized sweets are the hit of many a Diwali feast.

“It’s been such an honour to serve Sydney [...] An absolute honour.”

The comedian and Celebrity Letters & Numbers host on setting bok choy on fire, and and crying over his mother's cooking.

Snazzy new restaurant openings, a Mexican culinary escape with a Gordon Ramsay-trained chef, and fresh places to stay. It's going to be a good month.

And don’t miss the tikka masala rigatoni.

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