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Ayla Connolly is a reporter for The Queensland Times in Ipswich. Originally from the Bundaberg Region, she has recently graduated from the University of Canberra with a Bachelor of Communications and Media, majoring in journalism.

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QLD Taste

Adelita owner Chris Hollingsworth and Unovino Managing Director Adam Coward, Wynnum. Picture: Liam Kidston

Remote cellar door a hit for Brisbane bayside wine bar

A Brisbane bayside wine bar has partnered with a national direct-to-consumer wine marketplace to provide a unique cellar door experience.

Entertainment

HOLD FOR V WEEKEND DO NOT PUBLISH BEFORE SPEAKING TO HERALD SUN PIC DESK.Shane Delia in the kitchen of Maya on Bond Street in Melbourne and restaurant. Picture: Jason Edwards

Celebrity chef’s new Brisbane restaurant in surprise location

A bustling inner-Brisbane performing arts hub is to become home to a restaurant helmed by a Melbourne celebrity chef.

QLD Taste

Pinotpalooza x MOULD is hitting the Brisbane Showgrounds tonight, for two nights of pinot and cheese filled festival fun.

Brisbane’s ultimate cheese and wine festival arrives

An epic party is set to kick off tonight at the Brisbane Showgrounds with 150 wines and 50 cheeses to sample.

QLD Taste

Owners Urvik Bhalani and Reagan Nongkhlaw, Fair Play Kitchen, Chelmer. Picture: Liam Kidston

Hold the grub: Mates take a punt on footy club gastropub

From Melbourne’s Crown Casino to the Brisbane suburbs, a pair of Indian immigrant mates have formed our newest hospitality group.

QLD Taste

A render of the pop up Brooki Bake House to appear at the Mother of the Nation festival at Abu Dhabi's Corniche. Supplied

‘It’s nuts’: Brooki Bake House unveils first global store

Brisbane’s favourite baker Brooke Bellamy has unveiled her first international Brooki Bake House store in the most unlikely of locations.

QLD Taste

Tasting, degustation of fizzy ale, lager or cider poured to glasses by faceless bartender in pub, beerhouse, restaurant, brewery. Hoppy beer flowing from amber bottleneck. Vertical shoot. Side view.

AI has just got into beer – you won’t believe the result

Your favourite beer could soon be getting the tick of approval from AI.

QLD Taste

Executive Chef Jake Nicolson, Byblos restaurant Portside Wharf. Picture: Liam Kidston

Byblos 2.0 just hours from reopening after spectacular rebirth

Byblos at Portside Wharf is set to reopen tomorrow after a huge ravamp which the team behind it says will bring modern and refined Lebanese food back to Brisbane.

QLD Taste

Storybook-inspired speakeasy flipping Brisbane’s pub dining on its head

Brisbane’s newest art deco speakeasy is one for the storybooks, inspired by a classic 1920’s children’s classic, and offers next-level adaptations of modern Australian pub food.

Lifestyle

Gerard's in Fortitude Valley has been crowned Australia's most beautiful restaurant in the annual Eat Drink Design Awards. Photo: David Chatfield, Supplied

Australia’s most beautiful restaurant revealed

A Brisbane restaurant has been awarded a prestigious design award, for its ‘otherworldly’ design, inspired by an ancient Lebanese temple.

QLD Taste

Queen's Wharf Brisbane liftout - The Star Brisbane - Aloria, Sky Deck.

Luxe dishes, zero waste: Everything on table as latest Queen’s Wharf diner opens

It’s the third and final dining option perched atop Brisbane’s newest sky-high dining space, and now we can reveal the details of its opening.

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