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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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Max Sharrad and Laura Cassai make pasta in the kitchen at Nido. Picture Josh Geelen.

Find a nesting place and join the family

Newly opened pasta specialist and bar Nido (or nest) wants its customers to feel as if they have “come over for dinner with 50 other people they may or may not know”, chef Max Sharrad says

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Big plans as JoyBird takes flight

Simon Kardachi and Adam Liston have big plans for their JoyBird charcoal chicken shop in King William St in the city.

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08/04/19 - Source Confidential - new restaurant in North Adelaide L'Italy. Cocktail master Daniel Romeo making a Ace Daiquiri. Picture: Tom Huntley

L’Italy a spot for Latin lovers

L’Italy is the latest addition to the new wave of Latino-leaning eateries opening in the city and suburbs

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Vine dining at The Currant Shed

One of McLaren Vale’s most picturesque dining destinations looks better than ever with a smart overseas chef in charge, writes Simon Wilkinson.

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3/4/2019 Tasting Australia - Chef Poul Andrias Ziska, from KOKS in Faroe Islands, known as worlds most remote restaurant. He will be cooking Fire dinner during festival. Picture MATT TURNER.

Chef set to challenge diners at eye level

If you can’t look what you’re eating in the eye, should you be eating it? That’s a question Chef Poul Andrias Ziska, visiting for Tasting Australia, likes to challenge diners with.

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Penfolds is holding their annual recorking clinics - an exclusive after-sales sales service for wine enthusiasts and collectors. This year is the 25 year anniversary of the service, and the Melbourne clinics are on at Carousel (Albert Park) next Wednesday and Thursday, which will be hosted by chief winemaker Peter Gago.Picture: ANDY ROGERS

Tasting Australia’s most expensive treats

If you happen to have endless buckets of money at hand, and a taste for fine wines and food, Tasting Australia has an itinerary of once-in-a-lifetime splurges to consider.

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Grange sandwich at Magill Estate Kitchen

Magill Estate’s Grange-friendly French loaf

How do you design a sandwich that can live up to a glass of Grange? That was the challenge put to Scott Huggins, chef at Magill Estate Kitchen

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Shibui whips up another internet sensation

Quang Nguyen’s Redskin soft-serve with strawberry fairy floss cloud and toasted marshmallow from his dessert bar Shibui is sure to turn heads at Tasting Australia’s Town Square where it will feature among the Small Plates menu.

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Tasting Australia guest Alex Atala, chef DOM, Brazil. Credit Ricardo D'Angelo

Punk-turned-chef Alex Atala explores the Amazon

One-time punk and DJ, Alex Atala has taken the wild and wonderful ingredients of the Amazon Basin to power D.O.M., the Brazilian restaurant ranked among the best in the world, as well as an array of other projects. Ahead of his visit as a guest of Tasting Australia, he reveals what excites him now.

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29/3/2018 Chef Kane Pollard in his favourite place, Mount Crawford forest. Kane is pictured with his wife Adele and five year old daughter Isla. Picture MATT TURNER.

Revealed: the places that inspire Tasting Australia’s stars

SA’s fabulous food festival Tasting Australia kicks off Friday, with a program of experiences spread across memorable SA locations. The SourceSA asked some of the festival’s stars from near and afar to reveal a special place that inspires them in their food lives.

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