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Jane Rocca

Jane Rocca

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Jane Rocca is a regular contributor to Sunday Life Magazine, Executive Style, The Age EG, columnist and features writer at Domain Review, Domain Living’s Personal Space page. She is a published author of four books.Connect via Twitter or email.

Pia Miranda

‘Cheap and cheerful and so fun’: The Italian restaurants Pia Miranda loves to eat at

Whether it’s pizza with the family or something a little more fancy, these are the restaurants, cafes and bars the Aussie actress keeps returning to.

  • Jane Rocca
Eat the Invaders presenter Tony Armstrong.

‘I want a lazy Susan and ’80s decor’: TV host Tony Armstrong’s go-to bars and restaurants

The ABC TV presenter is a fan of Italian classics, heavyweight steaks and weekend yum cha – unless he has to queue.

  • Jane Rocca
Comedian Celeste Barber.

‘I am obsessed’: Comedian Celeste Barber on her food favourites, from breakfast to spag bol

The social media sensation with 9.6 million followers and “the palate of a seven-year-old” reveals her go-to restaurant in Sydney and Melbourne and a coffee worth queuing for.

  • Jane Rocca
Donna Hay cooking up a storm, as always.

The pizza is ‘insanely good’: Donna Hay’s favourite restaurants, bars and bakeries

Notebooks at the ready as the Aussie cooking legend spills the beans on her eating out, and eating in, go-tos.

  • Jane Rocca
Chin Chin is a favourite dining spot for tennis players.

We asked tennis stars where they love to eat out in Melbourne – and one place kept lobbing up

The perennially popular Flinders Lane restaurant is a hit with tennis players and fans alike. From Ash Barty to Frances Tiafoe, here are their favourites.

  • Jane Rocca
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Jelena Dokic at the Australian Open 2025.

‘I’m a massive burger lover’: The restaurants, rooftops and dishes Jelena Dokic thinks are ace

The tennis legend turned author and commentator shares her favourite places to eat and drink in Melbourne, Sydney and Zagreb, plus what she likes to eat at home.

  • Jane Rocca
Brigitte Hafner at home at Tedesca Osteria in Red Hill.

Two-hatted chef Brigitte Hafner’s favourite venues (and the dishes so good they almost made her cry)

Tedesca Osteria’s star chef will take Australian Open dining to dazzling heights. But first shares her favourite dining out tips – and some sage cooking wisdom, too.

  • Jane Rocca
Journalist and television presenter Sarah Abo.

‘I prefer pubs to bars’: The low-key dining and drink spots TV presenter Sarah Abo loves most

For Today show co-host Sarah Abo, beer trumps wine, bread is best with butter, and chocolate desserts are almost impossible to resist.

  • Jane Rocca
Hugh Allen at Vue de Monde in Melbourne.

The restaurants, bakeries and bars three-hatted chef Hugh Allen loves most (and what he’s having at each)

As executive chef at Melbourne’s sky-high Vue de Monde, Allen, 29, knows a good dish when he eats one. Here are his favourites, at home and abroad.

  • Jane Rocca
Tetsuya Wakuda, pictured recently at his Waku Ghin restaurant at in Singapore.

The Australian restaurants legendary chef Tetsuya can’t stop returning to (and what he loves to order)

After 37 years as chef and restaurateur behind iconic Japanese-French restaurant Tetsuya’s, he says it’s simple classic pasta dishes that really hit the spot.

  • Jane Rocca

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