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Simon Wilkinson is the restaurant reviewer at The Advertiser and plays a lead role in compiling the delicious. 100 list every year. While living and working as a journalist in London, he has followed the food trails of Europe from Sardinia to Scandinavia. He lives in Adelaide’s beachside suburbs where he is an enthusiastic home cook.

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Simon Wilkinson

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SA Weekend

Stick to the script — Luigi Delicatessen review

Pay attention when the menu is delivered at this popular Italian cafe in the heart of the city, writes Simon Wilkinson.

SA Weekend

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Fishing for likes — Oceanique review

A metropolitan sailing club is the unlikely setting for a restaurant that takes pride in using seafood that the others reject, writes Simon Wilkinson.

SA Weekend

Papaya salad at Regent Thai, North Adelaide.. Picture: Morgan Sette

Family Thais – Regent Thai review

The husband-and-wife team behind this suburban eatery give the cooking a welcome authentic edge, writes Simon Wilkinson.

Food & Wine

Lot 100 restaurant at Hay Valley SA Head chef Shannon Fleming with beautiful high-end plates, and Tom Bubner with pizza to show the two different styles of set menu they are offering.Thursday November 12 2020 Pic Roy Van Der Vegt

COVID-bitten eateries go cold on menus

Set menus and prices are becoming the norm in SA restaurants forced to make tough choices to fix crumbling profits.

Food & Wine

Hentley Farm head chef Clare Salzon on November 1, 2020 in the Barossa Valley, South Australia. Picture Matt Turner.

Regional restaurants ‘busier than ever’

South Australia’s regional diners are enjoying a post-COVID boom in business, thanks to travellers holidaying within the state.

Food & Wine

ESCAPE, Dianne Mattsson, SeaLink day tour to the Barossa.Lunch at PindariePicture: South Australian Tourism Commission/Sven Kovac

Best of the Barossa Valley

The Barossa Valley is synonymous with cellar doors, but the region also boasts brilliant breweries, distilleries and butchers packed with take-home goods. Here’s where to go.

Delicious 100

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Clare Valley’s best revealed

From Auburn to Clare, this picturesque region sports excellent wineries, breweries, cafes – and some award-winning sausages to boot.

SA Weekend

01/10/20 - Jerusalem artichoke, baba ganoush, picked shallot, fennel at Lou's Place at Rowland Flat.Picture: Tom Huntley

Restaurant review – Lou’s Place

MasterChef’s Callum Hann has teamed with a family-run winery to create a restaurant that is full of character, writes Simon Wilkinson.

SA Weekend

The new Five Regions restaurant and Bespoke wine bar at the Oval Hotel.Picture: Meaghan Coles

Food review — Bespoke at the Adelaide Oval Hotel

A spectacular roasted bird is reason enough to visit the more relaxed of two restaurants in the new Oval hotel, writes Simon Wilkinson.

SA Weekend

One of the best Italian dining experiences in SA

An unassuming eatery in the Barossa has received one of highest scores reviewer Simon Wilkinson has dished out this year.

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