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Morels on toast at No. 7 in Healesville
Good Food hat15/20

This rare treat might be gone by the time you read this, but dinner will be no less delicious

Chef Joel Bowers is creating magic with fleeting seasonal ingredients at No.7.

  • Besha Rodell
Potato churros with fermented capsicum puree.
Good Food hatGood Food hat16/20

This newly two-hatted Torquay restaurant delivers zero-waste and maximum enjoyment

Chef Graham Jefferies’ compelling, startlingly creative waste-not cooking sees his rejigged Samesyn restaurant gain a second chefs’ hat.

  • Dani Valent
The winery development housing Re’em (pictured) also includes a cellar door, barrel room and accommodation.
Good Food hat15/20

Yarra Valley’s deluxe new winery restaurant is shaking things up, and we’re here for it

Most winery restaurants steer towards the cuisine of traditional wine-making countries. Not so at Re’em.

  • Dani Valent
Tortellini in brodo.
14.5/20

The new Italian restaurant that Mount Eliza locals can’t stop talking about – with good reason

Dani Valent reviews Bau Bau, where regional Italian classics are reworked into elevated restaurant dishes, with impressive results.

  • Dani Valent
Beneath a nutty granola-like topping of nuts and seeds is a silky artichoke custard.
Good Food hat15/20

‘I’m still marvelling’: The Geelong restaurant dish our critic can’t stop thinking about

Eleven-year-old Tulip looks casual, even unremarkable. But passionate new owners are helping it blossom.

  • Besha Rodell
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Italian-ish restaurant Slim’s Upstairs has opened above the more casual Slim’s Hot Pizza.

For a slice of Mount Eliza’s hottest opening of the year, head upstairs

A hospo group making waves on the Mornington Peninsula is dishing up saucy venison meatballs and choc-loaded tiramisu at Slim’s Upstairs.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Peter Dunn and his 20 month old daughter Eleanora on the Dunn’s North Blackwood spud farming family farm in Central Victoria. They’ll be part of the Trentham Spudfest, a festival celebrating all things potato.

Goodbye music festivals, hello food festivals? Where to plan your next regional road trip

From community-led harvests, to cheese and bread workshops with Australia’s best, regional food festivals have a lot to offer – and they’re booming. Here’s our pick of five to visit this autumn.

  • Bianca Hrovat
The go-to dish: falling-apart lamb barbacoa served with warm flour tortillas.
14/20

To try some of Victoria’s best Mexican food (and margaritas), head for the hills

Forget nachos, sombreros and fishbowl margs. Honcho is delivering good-value modern Mexican dishes cooked over fire.

  • Besha Rodell
Le Bouchon French restaurant is a local favourite in Balnarring.

The secret’s out about this French charmer in a Mornington Peninsula business park

Local favourite Le Bouchon offers a classic Gallic dining experience that rollicks and garlicks in all the right places.

  • Dani Valent
A Richard Stringer sculpture dominates the Mount Monument dining room.
13/20

This ‘monumental’ winery restaurant lives up to its name, but how’s its menu?

This winery, cellar door, restaurant and sculpture park one hour north of Melbourne is definitely worth a visit.

  • Dani Valent

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