Australias Top Restaurants
‘She’s so controlled. So organised. You get that sense of power coming off her’
The restaurant industry can be a very macho world, but chef Clare Smyth isn’t fazed. This week we look at the woman behind Sydney’s hottest new dining spot.
Latest
Caviar martinis, duck and Dom Perignon as the power lunch strikes back
Gone are the days of quick catch-ups between meetings. Business lunches after lockdown are all about top shelf wines, pricey steaks and no time limits
- by Samantha Hutchinson
Lucio’s art valued at more than half a million dollars
More than 160 artworks from the Paddington restaurant will go up for auction next month, worth between $560,000 and $820,000.
- by Linda Morris
Time to say goodbye to a 'little piece of Paris on Beaufort Street' as Must Winebar's finale looms
While Must maintained its reputation through Russell Blaikie’s on-point technique in the kitchen, its name was first built on an elaborate, elongated wine list of titles from across the globe, and a polished line-up of cocktails that never failed to tease or please.
- by Daile Cross and David Prestipino
From degustation to delivering lasagnes: how Ben Shewry crash-tackled a crisis
How to keep a fine diner afloat during a pandemic? The No. 1 rule is to stay positive – and cooking a great lasagne helps as well.
- by Michael Harry
Triple treat: chefs indulge in Neapolitan nostalgia
Cue perfectly mature adults squabbling among themselves for a bite.
- by Terry Durack
Fancy some mirror dory liver or fish-eye chips? If Josh Niland is cooking, the answer is yes
This groundbreaking chef produces meals that are more than the sum of their parts.
- by Tim Elliott
Exclusive
Wage scandal
Sour grapes: High-end restaurant feud hurtles towards bitter final course
Former bosses at award-winning Sepia restaurant are defending their ex-sommelier's claims of mistreatment and underpayment.
- by Josh Dye
CBD Melbourne: The clanger in Neil's mailbox
There aren't many better spectacles than witnessing our man in the soundbooth Neil Mitchell make his feelings clear to an unwitting subject.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Kylar Loussikian
Renowned chefs dish up different plates of Italy for Perth diners
Take three renowned chefs who specialise in Italian cuisine, put them together under the same roof at the newly opened QT hotel in Perth and you have a Triplo Italo feast.
- by Allen Newton
‘Very promising indeed’: Australian-first cheese wins praise
A husband-and-wife team from the Southern Highlands are the first in Australia to produce a cheese with uncooked curd.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/topic/australias-top-restaurants-hza