Emma Breheny

Melbourne eating out and restaurant editor

Emma is Good Food’s Melbourne eating out and restaurant editor.

Justin Hemmes pictured outside one of his Sydney venues in 2022.

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What’s happening with Merivale’s original Melbourne restaurant?

The Sydney-based hospitality giant has just snapped up a new site in Melbourne, with grand plans for a drinking and dining precinct. Where does that leave its first purchase, made nearly four years ago?

February 26, 2025
Emma Breheny

Just open

Doughnuts, ice-cream and nuggets: How this tiny shop puts a creative spin on tofu

A small-batch tofu maker is pushing perceptions of the vegetarian staple into new territory, using McDonald’s, low-waste cooking and more for inspiration.

February 24, 2025
Emma Breheny

Barragunda is a set on 400 hectares that supply lamb, beef, rye wheat and dozens of varieties of vegetables and fruit.

Just open

This new Mornington Peninsula fine diner is one of Australia’s most ambitious restaurants of the decade

On a sprawling 400 hectares, this new spot rears lamb and cattle, grows its own rye wheat and transforms its harvest into Middle Eastern-tinged tasting menus.

February 20, 2025
Emma Breheny

Review
Sunshine

Kababi

Where Melbourne and Persian influences meet.

February 19, 2025
Emma Breheny

St John’s first restaurant in Smithfield is known for its stark and understated dining room.

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival

‘They’re restaurant royalty’: Trailblazing London eatery coming to Melbourne

Chefs love it – but so do artists, bankers and everyone in between. It has created dozens of iconic dishes. What’s in store when this decades-old favourite comes to town?