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.
- by Callan Boys
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Marrickville
How this converted warehouse became Sydney’s most trailblazing restaurant
The Good Food Guide’s inaugural Bill Granger Trailblazer winner is redefining its “suburban cuisine”.
- by Callan Boys
How Newcastle became one of our hottest food destinations (and nine places you must try)
With big-city talent at the helm, Newcastle’s new Bistro Penny joins several other venues making the Steel City a cracking place to eat and drink this summer.
- by Callan Boys
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Sydney
This seafood hot pot is some of the best value in the city right now
Our tip: split a steamboat between a group of four at the new-look Spice Temple.
- by Callan Boys
The Good Food Guide Young Chef of the Year sets sights on western Sydney
Good Food Guide young chef of the year Luke Bourke is focused on western Sydney, where he can explore his heritage and mentor other young Indigenous chefs.
- by David Matthews and Callan Boys
The 40 defining dishes from 40 years of the SMH Good Food Guide
From Berowra Waters Inn brioche to fish liver chermoula: A dish-by-dish snapshot of the past 40 years of The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide.
- by Callan Boys and David Matthews
Review
Brisbane
The 10 Queensland restaurants you need to eat at this year
From Brisbane and the Gold Coast to Cairns and beyond, here’s where you need to eat in Queensland.
- by Matt Shea and Callan Boys
The finalists for the three biggest awards at the SMH Good Food Guide Awards, revealed
The line-up of finalists for the most coveted three awards in the Good Food Guide 2025 present a cheat sheet of the most exciting places to eat in the state.
- by Callan Boys
Review
Redfern
Goodbye, pokies. Hello, oysters and ‘pretty bloody good’ schnitty at this reborn Redfern boozer
A team of young operators has brought a new look and nostalgia-fuelled tricks to The Bat & Ball Hotel.
- by Callan Boys
Ramen to rice: 20 casual restaurants the Good Food Guide critics love
These Critics’ Picks are some of the most delicious restaurants across Sydney and beyond.
- by Callan Boys, David Matthews and Good Food Guide Reviewers
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Drummoyne
Fill up on first-rate pizza then fill your trolley five metres away at this supermarket spot
The Tonino’s International menu is built around pizza and pasta with a big ol’ fried chicken sandwich thrown in for good measure.
- by Callan Boys
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