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Lulu Bondi’s scallop toast.

Lollipop custard, prawn toast and cookbooks no one asked for: The Good Food Guide Cap Awards for 2024

From Most Improved Trend to Dumbest Collaboration of the Year, we present the Good Food Guide’s “other” hat awards.

  • Callan Boys
Melbourne’s Hopper Joint is a celebration of Sri Lankan cuisine and architecture.

Nine of the dreamiest Aussie dining venues to add to your 2025 bucket list

These drop-dead gorgeous Australian eateries – and a gelati shop – are all worth building a trip around.

  • Emma Breheny
Ham and pea risotto.

Ham slam: 15 delicious recipes to make the most of your leftover ham

If you’ve already eaten your fill of fridge-cold slices, here are some new ways to ham things up a bit.

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Christmas ham kottu roti.

‘Fun to eat, easy to make’: Spice up Christmas leftovers with speedy stir-fry

Dread the thought of eating ham for weeks? Rosheen Kaul’s recipes bring extra flavour, salt and crunch to leftovers from your festive feast.

  • Rosheen Kaul
The hefty porchetta roll at G. McBean Family Butcher.

15 of Melbourne’s best things between sliced bread in 2024

From the hefty, shattery yet soft porchetta roll at Prahran Market to the hangover sandwich of dreams, here are the highlights of Sandwich Watch 2024.

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SUMMER

Sticky chicken edamame lettuce cups.
EASY

Katrina Meynink’s sticky chicken and edamame lettuce cups

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw’s mango lassi parfait.

20 refreshing ways to make the most of peak, cheap mango season

Summer tomato salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s summer tomato salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Australian tiger prawn nicoise salad by Hayden Quinn.

Nine summery foods a dietitian always has on stand-by

  • Susie Burrell
A slab of cheesy pepperoni goodness.

Holy sheet! Four hot new tray-bakes for easy entertaining

  • Katrina Meynink

Eating out

Hamed Allahyari at his new Persian kebab shop, Kababi.

Track down this new Persian kabab spot tucked among mechanics and warehouses

The creator of one of the west’s most groundbreaking cafes has opened another heartfelt venue. To find it, just follow your nose.

  • Emma Breheny
Arbory Afloat

From mates from interstate to lunch with mum: 10 not-too-spendy spots for every kind of catch-up

  • Quincy Malesovas
Pappardelle ripiene (pasta filled with Jerusalem artichoke) at Bar Olo.

‘Holy hell, this is good’: The best dishes our chief critic ate in 2024

  • Besha Rodell
Hugh Allen at Vue de Monde in Melbourne.

The restaurants, bars and bakeries three-hatted chef Hugh Allen loves the most

  • Jane Rocca

Lists & guides

The glistening chicken ballotine is a stunning feat of technique and creativity.

‘Holy hell, this is good’: The seven best dishes our chief critic ate in 2024

Chef Nick Deligiannis helms signature restaurant Mid Air.

Your December hit list: Hot, new places to check out, right now

The original jam doughnuts of American Doughnut Kitchen are hard to beat.

From doughnuts to cult nuggets: Where to find Melbourne’s top 20 snacks

The Age Good Food Guide 2025.

The Age Good Food Guide 2025: The full list of hats

The brand new Good Food app is like having a reviewer in your pocket.

The Good Food app is live, with new Guide reviews, maps, recipes and more

Drinks and snacks at Mirror Mirror.

Golden hour: 12 of Melbourne’s best rooftop dining and drink specials

The Age Good Food Guide 2025 Critics’ Picks.

Tacos to char kwai teow: 20 restaurants you’ll find Good Food Guide critics dining in their downtime

Lake House has set the standard for destination dining over the last 40 years.

Five regional restaurants worth a road trip – and the best spots to stop on the way

Finalists for The Age Good Food Guide 2025 Young Chef of the Year, presented by Smeg, from left: Henry Salt, Saavni Krishnan, Emie Vitteaut, Viveik Vinoharan, Kimberly Tang.

Young gun chefs reveal 21 restaurant gems you should totally know about (but probably don’t)

Caffe Amatrice’s porchetta focaccia is worth travelling for.

From ‘extraordinary finds’ to fully loaded focaccia: Melbourne’s top 30 cafes

Arbory Afloat is the sunny spot to lunch this summer.

From mates from interstate to lunch with mum: 10 not-too-spendy spots for every kind of catch-up

Shyun’s pork butter corn ramen.

Ramen, Russian cold cuts and bullfrog: The street where you can find – and eat – almost any delicacy

Recent reviews

Lamb souvlaki at Secret Souv.

The secret’s out about eastern suburban hero Secret Souv

  • Dani Valent
Red velvet seats and timber panelling has helped transform a onetime bike shop into a rococo bordello.
Critics' Pick

Peek inside Le Splendide, the southside bar where photos aren’t allowed

  • Besha Rodell
Perry’s is an all-day cafe at Valley Lake estate, hosued in a former quarry.

One of Melbourne’s most perfectly situated cafes, Perry’s, is hiding in plain sight

  • Dani Valent
Go-to dish: Goat’s cheese souffle.
14/20

Discover fluffy souffle near Puffing Billy at Cognoscenti, a local favourite in the hills

  • Dani Valent
Tortelli filled with asparagus, goat’s cheese and wild garlic sings of the fragility of seasons, food, life.
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Eat it and weep: The Tipo 00 pasta dish that was so good it brought our critic to tears

  • Besha Rodell

Good Food Guide 2025

The Age Good Food Guide Awards 2025, held in the Plaza Ballroom, Melbourne.

Everything you need to know about The Age Good Food Guide 2025

The Age Good Food Guide 2025.

The Age Good Food Guide Awards 2025: The full list of hats

The Baba’s Place crew, winners of the inaugural Bill Granger Trailblazer Award.

Everything you need to know from the SMH Good Food Guide 2025

A selection of iconic dishes from Sydney restaurants for the 40th anniversary of the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide.

The 40 defining dishes from 40 years of the SMH Good Food Guide

  • Callan Boys and David Matthews
Ben Shewry at Attica.

We know Ben Shewry doesn’t like the Good Food Guide. And we don’t care

  • Besha Rodell

Recipes

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s spiced roast chicken with cucumber and yoghurt salad.
EASY

Hawaij (Yemeni spice mix) roast chicken with cucumber salad

A fragrant spice mix from Yemen is the base of the marinade for this roast chicken.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
The sauce is versatile and also works great in a white-bread sandwich with shaved lettuce and boiled egg.

Cauliflower fritters with Japanese-style curried egg sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Pan-fried whiting with lemon.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s pan-fried whiting with lemon pepper butter

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Helen Goh’s baked custard affogato.

Baked custard affogato with meringue brittle

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh

Recipe collections

Chicken cutlets with garlic, lemon and oregano.

20 of Adam Liaw’s best midweek recipes of 2024 to always have on standby

Wow-worthy baked Tuscan chicken.

Counting down Good Food’s most popular recipes of 2024

Adam Liaw’s mango lassi parfait.

20 refreshing ways to make the most of peak, cheap mango season

Tomato and feta slab tart

10 festive recipes where tomatoes are the shining star

Neil Perry's roast chicken burger with aioli.

When it’s too hot to cook, turn to these easy-assemble supermarket chook recipes

***EMBARGOED FOR GOOD WEEKEND, JANUARY 19/19 ISSUE*** Helen Goh recipe : Cherry, Lemon and Olive Oil Financier Photograph by William Meppem (photographer on contract, no restrictions)

10 juicy fruit-filled bakes to celebrate the start of summer

If you can’t get your hands on any broad beans, peas or asparagus are a lovely substitute.

10 light and lemony pastas

Jamie Oliver's chicken noodle stir-fry with broccolini and toasted peanuts.

14 of our favourite easy Jamie Oliver recipes to cook this week

Green salad with cool yoghurt dressing.

Five very simple green salads to have on standby this summer

RecipeTin Eats’ Greek chicken salad with dried oregano.

14 delicious dinners ready in under 30 minutes to cook this week

Ham and pea risotto.

Give peas a chance with these 40 easy recipes

Fast four-ingredient pizza with sopressa and tomato. Sage Creative summer recipes for Good Food online and Home Front. November 2021. Good Food use only.

14 no-fuss throw-together dinners to cook this week

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Tips & advice

Fruit juices.

Can fruit juice ever be healthy? A dietitian breaks it down

  • Susie Burrell
Chickpea and tomato salad.

Five ways to survive the festive season, according to a dietitian

  • Susie Burrell
Thin crisps contain roughly 5 per cent more fat than regular crisps.

Crinkle-cut to oven-baked: A dietitian rates seven types of crisps

  • Susie Burrell
Chef Benny Lam pictured at his Central restaurant with the claypot he uses to cook rice at home.

The one rice cooker you need at home? It’s not a rice cooker, says this top chef

  • Matt Shea
Fragrant Syrian chicken with lemon and pistachio cous cous.

Beat the 3pm snack attack with a low-GI diet – plus three easy recipes to get started

  • Sarah Pound

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Drinks

What’s the deal with oyster-shell gins?

  • Terry Durack

Is it acceptable to put ice cubes in a glass of wine?

  • Huon Hooke

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Lulu Bondi’s scallop toast.

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The hefty porchetta roll at G. McBean Family Butcher.

15 of Melbourne’s best things between sliced bread in 2024

Christmas ham kottu roti.

‘Fun to eat, easy to make’: Spice up Christmas leftovers with speedy stir-fry

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14 easy, breezy recipes for a relaxed limbo week

The Joey opened at the former Barrenjoey Boatshed in February.

High-profile Palm Beach restaurant permitted to open at night after $200K court battle

  • Bianca Hrovat

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