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Coolum chef Aimee lands job with Calombaris in Melbourne

IN THE pressure cooker of life Aimee Cahill from Coolum is living her own, real life episode of MasterChef. Aimee and colleague Emma Kaye, from Melbourne,...

Sydney unplugged: Cafes force punters to power down

The love affair between coffee shops and laptop-wielding customers may be dying out as coffee shop owners revolt against Sydneysiders' demand to be wired...

Worker on 457 visa alleges she was ‘enslaved’, paid $3 an hour at Grampians hotel

THE alleged enslavement of a 457 visa-holder by a hotel in the Grampians is being probed by the Fair Work Commission.    The case involves the...

Bureaucrats tell Sydney bar the Spooning Goats that its name is 'inappropriate'

A Sydney barman has for years been battling the city's liquor licensing bureaucrats who have deemed the name of his establishment "inappropriate" or "objectionable".   The...

Chef Matt Moran’s tough words for Aussie supermarkets ... and clueless shoppers

CELEBRITY chef Matt Moran says the major supermarkets have a responsibility not to “screw” local farmers and should be doing more to stock Australian...

Brodburger, Patissez, Cupping Room: Where Canberrans will wait for their food

Manuka's newest food hotspot may have gone global on social media this week, but it also proved people were prepared to wait for the chance to indulge.   Canberrans...

Lantern directors 'flabbergasted' at $24m sale of El Toro Hotel

Lantern Hotel Group, which has recently emerged from corporate ructions, has sold a flagship property in Western Sydney for $24 million.  The El Toro...

Wine body rejects volumetric tax proposal

The wine industry remains divided over the future taxation system for alcohol, with the peak winemakers’ body refusing to support a system based on volume. Winemakers...

Migrant worker lured to Australia, held captive in restaurant for 16 months

A man trafficked from India under a sham 457 visa arrangement was held in conditions "akin to slavery" for 16 months, a Sydney court has heard. Dulo Ram...

Brisbane’s Institute of Culinary Excellence offers first vegan Certificate II in hospitality

THE Institute of Culinary Excellence is Australia’s first registered training organisation to offer a vegan cookery qualification. Alison Taafe, director...