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When it comes to must-have kitchen items, a weighted press mightn’t be high on your list. But Oscar Solomon is here to change your mind.

The $165 utensil you need in your kitchen, according to this top chef

He reckons it will make everything you cook, from fish, chicken and beef to vegetables (and even toast) better. “If people want to steal [it], that’s a good sign.”

  • Matt Shea
Lisa Guenther-Strauss has opened a wine bar in Sydney devoted to NSW wines.

Australian fine wines are world-class. So why don’t they dominate our drinks lists?

Our wines win trophies all over the world, but many restaurant lists still draw heavily on imports.

  • Katie Spain
Chef George Calombaris.

George Calombaris’ Sydney expansion plans fall over after only five months

The celebrity chef will step aside as a new operator takes the reins at Alpha while Peter Conistis opens his mammoth waterfront venture at Brighton-le-Sands.

  • Scott Bolles
The Maybe Group (pictured, from left), Vince Lombardo, Martin Hudak and Stefano Catino with Public founder Jon Adgemis (far right) last year.

Team behind award-winning Maybe Sammy cocktail bar splits from heavyweight hospitality group

The end of the landmark deal follows Alpha and the Love Tilly Group parting ways with Jon Adgemis’ Public Hospitality Group.

  • Scott Bolles
More than 60 per cent of bookings fall between 5pm and 6pm at King Clarence.

The surprising toddler-inspired dining trend sweeping Sydney restaurants

Forget the 7.30pm dinner. Sydneysiders now prefer to eat at 6pm or even earlier, according to dining data and veteran restaurateurs.

  • Scott Bolles
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Tasmania’s Agrarian Kitchen.

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Accepted at 800 restaurants around the country, including hatted restaurants such as Attica and Quay.

  • Good Food
Former Tetsuya’s chef Josh Raine.

Former Tetsuya’s and Rockpool chefs turn to surprising new solo ventures

Chef Josh Raine flies solo with a $200 six-course degustation, while Corey Costelloe shirks the high end of town for his first venture at the former STIX Cafe site.

  • Scott Bolles
Disfrutar fine dining restaurant  in Barcelona.

In the World’s 50 Best Restaurants of 2024, one country really stood out

As the home to the number one and two restaurants in the world right now, this European favourite should be top of your list for any food-focused travel plans.

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The chef-restaurateur has a quiet chuckle and eye for mischief.

‘The ultimate trailblazer’: Sydney says sayonara to Tetsuya’s after 35 extraordinary years

It’s the end for the world-famous Sydney restaurant owned by Tetsuya Wakuda, a chef who has brought dining joy for nearly four decades.

  • Jill Dupleix
Left to right: ARCA deputy chair Chris Lucas; chief executive Wes Lambert; and chair Neil Perry.

Hospo heavyweights say ‘enough is enough’ as they launch lobby group to save embattled $64b industry

Prominent chef and restaurateur Neil Perry joins high-profile restaurants including Quay, Restaurant Hubert and Lake House in an effort to rescue the industry from unprecedented challenges.

  • Scott Bolles

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