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Hunter and the hunted

CREDITORS of the company that in February launched Melbourne restaurant Little Hunter, including celebrity chef Pete Evans, were left $760,000 out of pocket...

Ibis restructure paying dividends

Two years after Accor restructured its economy hotels under the three-tier Ibis megabrand, the hotelier says it has seen a significant increase in revenue...

Cost of identity scanning could ruin bars, warns hotels lobby

Kings Cross hoteliers are warning that scanning technology being mandated by the NSW government will cost them tens of thousands of dollars a year due...

Could Comme mark Maurice Terzini's triumphant return?

Frank van Haandel, director of the Van Haandel Group, has confirmed he is in talks involving his city restaurant Comme with Maurice Terzini, owner of Sydney...

Mt Tamborine brewery complex for sale

The Mt Tamborine venue, microbrewery and tourist destination in south-east Queensland is up for sale by tycoon Andre Morris. Morris, who made much of...

Dishing the dirt: What culinary superstars discuss behind closed doors

What do the greatest chefs on the planet talk about when they get together? Ingredients? Fast cars? Other chefs? We locked six of them in a room and plied...

Perry eyes Hayman restaurant deal

Hayman Island is looming as the next stop for Neil Perry's growing restaurant empire, with the chef confirming he is in negotiations its new operators. Hotel...

Keeping it fresh - making the best of leftover wine

For those who don't regard the concept of leftover wine as an oxymoron, it can be difficult to know what to do with that half bottle left at the end of...

Baguette restaurateur Francis Domenech dies at 77

Long time restaurateur Francis Domenech has died. Domenech, 77, passed away on the weekend. He was suffering from pancreatic cancer. With his wife Marilyn,...

Energy-rich Bogongs are flavour of the moth

They're the springtime scourge of cleaners and cyclists, choking the air and carpeting buildings. But Adrian Brown thinks of the bogong moth as ''a bush...