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Comedor

The Sydney kiosk that killed off an award-winning restaurant

Few neighbours were aware of Comedor owner Walter Shellshear before he applied to expand his restaurant into a Newtown park last year. Then things turned ugly.

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Bianca Hrovat

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Guy Grossi.

Defiant Grossi addresses staff after allegations of inappropriate behaviour

Celebrity chef Guy Grossi used an all-staff meeting to slam this masthead’s reporting as “manufactured and contrived”.

  • Charlotte Grieve
The Grossi group restaurants on Bourke Street.

It’s time the hospitality industry got serious about cleaning up its mess

The stories have kept coming, and they will keep coming, until the sector grasps the need to explode long-standing norms.

  • The Age's View
Phoebe Rizzoli reported sexual harassment to Grossi Florentino.

Kissed without consent: Phoebe’s joy at Grossi Florentino job turned to tears

A sommelier at the famous restaurant kissed the young waitress, but when she reported the incident she was let down.

  • Charlotte Grieve
Guy Grossi has issued an apology in response to a claim he groped a female journalist at a restaurant industry event.

‘Unreserved and sincere’: Guy Grossi apologises after groping allegation

Guy Grossi is one of Australia’s most celebrated chefs. Now, following a months-long investigation, he’s issued a public apology after allegations he groped a woman.

  • Charlotte Grieve and Ellen Fraser
 Battle of the chopsticks

Whose food is it anyway? Why share plates are all wrong

When did this insidious trend begin, where restaurants dictate the way its customers would like to eat, right down to the order in which the requested meals are served? 

  • Victoria Cosford
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‘Super complex’: Why do humans love some flavours and hate others

We love a taste “sensation” but where do flavours actually come from? How might rainforest taste? And what’s sonic seasoning?

  • Jackson Graham and Angus Delaney
Tobin Kent

‘Unethical, appalling’: Ex-staff take aim at Victoria’s top restaurant

Moonah was crowned Victoria’s best restaurant in November, but former staff allege that behind the great food was a bad culture.

  • Charlotte Grieve
From left: Dan Puskas from Sixpenny, Corner 75’s outgoing owner Paul Varga, incoming chef Carley Scheidegger, Jean-Paul El Tom and Alex Kelly of Baba’s Place, and new restaurant manager Alice Tremayne.

Hatted restaurants join forces to relaunch Randwick’s iconic Hungarian restaurant

Baba’s Place and Sixpenny are collaborating on a new iteration of the much-loved Corner 75, serving up classic Hungarian dishes with a contemporary Australian twist.

  • Alexandra Carlton
Meatballs and marinara pizza.

‘This is a perfect pizza’: The 10 best things our restaurant critic ate (and drank) in 2024

After a year spent tracking WA restaurants, WAtoday food writer Max Veenhuyzen assembles a dream menu starring his favourite dishes of 2024.

  • Max Veenhuyzen

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