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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

Historic regional restaurant returns to its glory days

From the house-made pistachio pesto to the kingfish and charred broccoli, this is a set menu with welcome twists that celebrates local produce.

Food & Wine

SA Weekend restaurant review: Patch, Stirling

Ex-Oggi chef transforms Hills cafe into welcoming culinary haven

The hugely talented chef-owner of this humble Stirling cafe is taking no shortcuts – expect contemporary soul food that greets you like a big bear hug.

SA Weekend

Is this world-class SA restaurant back to its former glory?

This Barossa wonderland’s boundless imagination had faded the last time we visited. More than two years on, things are changing.

Food & Wine

13/2/14 Chef Jock Zonfrillo pictured at his restaurant Orana, Rundle Street, Adelaide.Picture by Matt Turner.

How a supremely talented, crazy Scotsman put SA on the culinary map

For Adelaide and the state as a whole, Jock Zonfrillo’s Orana was a critical turning point in re-establishing SA’s reputation as a global culinary force, writes Simon Wilkinson.

Food & Wine

Adelaide's best steakhouses. Art Steve Grice/ News Corp. Australia

Pleased to meat you: Adelaide’s best steakhouses

When you’re looking for a high-quality cut of meat, cooked to perfection, the steaks are high. Adelaide is blessed with several Grade A steakhouses – here are five favourites.

Food & Wine

Brick-shaped pizza at Mozza Pizzeria, Thebarton

The new Adelaide eatery doing brick-shaped slabs of pizza

Why eat frisbee-shaped pizza when you can eat huge rectangular blocks? This inner-west spot is reinventing an Italian staple – but the chef behind it isn’t cutting corners!

SA Weekend

Vegan roast pork bun at Mai Kitchen, Ferryden Park

Adelaide Vietnamese restaurant vegans will love

There’s a simple reason this suburban Vietnamese restaurant is one of the top-rated eateries in the city – and it’s staring you in the face.

SA Weekend

"Dolly bird" fried chicken and hot sauce at Dolly, Unley Picture: Supplied

Our verdict on hot new Unley Rd eatery

The team behind one of Adelaide’s best suburban wine bars has opened a new venue on the other side of town – and it brings new life to a dish often done badly.

SA Weekend

Entrance at The Enchanted Fig Tree, Kangaroo Island Picture: Supplied

You’ve never eaten somewhere like this

Trust us, this is a dining experience completely different to any other in South Australia. But will you take the drive – and boat?

SA Weekend

Recipes handed through generations make this Barossa spot a dream

Excellent service, commitment to local and glorious poached figs – here’s what happens when highly-skilled chefs and their mentors come together. Book in for a dreamy lunch, stat.

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