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Top chef Waji Spiby pulls pin on Taste and fires parting shot at Hobart City Council

TOP chef Waji Spiby will not be taking part in the Taste of Tasmania this year because it has “all got too hard”, he says. Spiby’s scallops and...

Hotel worker Michael Nolan sacked over Facebook post to Clementine Ford

A Sydney hotel supervisor has lost his job after making a sexist and offensive comment on the Facebook page of Fairfax Media columnist Clementine Ford. The...

Outdoor dining fees removed

RESTAURANT and cafe owners in The Hills will no longer have to pay application and rent fees for outdoor dining areas on council footpaths. Earlier this...

Explainer: how Uber and Airbnb are reducing their Australian tax bill

The current international tax regime was developed in the last century when the internet was not yet invented. At that time, a foreign company would typically...

Adam Sanderson moves to the Deanery; Blumenthal rumoured for Perth

Melbourne laneways stayer the Deanery has shipped in Brit chef Adam Sanderson. He has worked locally at Cutler & Co and wielded knives in the northern...

OzHarvest celebrates first anniversary in Perth

OzHarvest’s WA manager, Jennifer Keen, said the organisation had delivered more than half a million meals to vulnerable men, women and children. “Thanks...

Sydney pubs up for top awards at AHA NSW awards night

SYDNEY’S best pubs will vie for top honours at the Australian Hotels Association awards night and the Collaroy is expecting to provide touch competition...

Fast food chain Jollibee plans to open stores in Australia by 2017 serving ‘Americanised Filipino food’

JOLLIBEE has been called Asia’s answer to McDonald’s and now the Filipino fast food giant is bringing its strange menu down under. The menu has...

Is Airbnb creating an accommodation grey market? Hoteliers fear modern competitor

THEY put up a strong fight, but it looks like the taxi industry has just about lost the battle against the burgeoning sharing economy with ride-sharing...

Matt Preston, Nigella Lawson, George Calombaris and others have Christmas cookbooks covered

Some years back, an Irish food critic came up with the idea of the seven-second restaurant review. It was a conceit, of course, but a clever one, riffing...