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First Day: How a chance encounter started celebrity chef Tetsuya Wakuda’s career

Tetsuya Wakuda might seem like he’s been cooking all his life but the Japanese-born chef says it was actually a chance meeting on his first day in Sydney...

Too many cooks spoil multi-chef festivals

It was the exception that proved the rule. Three consecutive lunches by the same four chefs, cooking the same five dishes at the same winery restaurant...

Pinnacle Hotel in Fitzroy North hopes to reopen later this month after being damaged by fire

THE drinks will soon be flowing again at a much-loved Fitzroy North watering hole.  Plans are underway for the Pinnacle Hotel to open its bar by the...

Brisbane City Council releases 2015 food shame list

Brisbane City Council has released its list of 2015 food prosecutions, marking the fifth year of its EatSafe inspection and enforcement program. The biggest...

Secret bar uncovered during Kings Cross raid

Trusted patrons were paying up to $350 an hour for a “private room” where they could smoke and drink well after the designated 3am last drinks shutdown. “There’s...

Finger Wharf restaurants fetch over $20m

The landmark Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf restaurants Kingsleys and Otto Ristorante in Sydney have been sold to a local private investor for more than...

Licensed Venue & Amenity Audits

Venue & Amenity Audits Can you afford the risks involved with having liquor related non-compliance issues at your venue or do you need a trained eye...

Palazzo Versace chef stalked his co-worker after he didn’t get an invite to her party

WHEN Cameron Edward Betts’ co-worker at Palazzo Versace didn’t invite him to her birthday, the chef became angry and made life so bad for her, she...

Restaurant health report card: How did Canberra's eateries do in 2015?

Four restaurants were shut down in the ACT in 2015 for posing an immediate public health risk. It's a dramatically lower number than 2014, when more than...

Star chef Jason Atherton opens Kensington Street Social in Sydney

Keeping track of how many restaurants Jason Atherton, 44, has requires constant vigilance, but the chef doesn’t yet have to stop to think. “Eighteen,”...