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Emily Holgate

Emily Holgate

Good Food app producer

Emily is a producer for the Good Food App at The Age. She previously wrote for the likes of Broadsheet and Urban List.Connect via email.

Portside prepares seafood as it would at a restaurant, such as Hervey Bay scallops and half rock lobsters.

Portside Market

A fishmonger with a fine dining difference.

  • Emily Holgate
72-hour fermented dough is prepared using the "Tokyo stretch" technique.

Garfield Pizzeria

There’s no lasagne in sight at this rollicking Lygon Street hangout.

  • Emily Holgate
Boomtown is set within a Castlemaine winery.

The Good Food guide to a road trip in Castlemaine from beers to bang-on banh mi

Castlemaine has lately become a destination in its own right – particularly for anyone who’s hungry. These 15 bakeries, bars, coffee windows and fine diners are our top picks.

  • Dani Valent and Emily Holgate
The spice bag at St Kilda’s Northern Soul comes with prawn crackers.

Ireland’s answer to the HSP? The spice bag and where to find it in Melbourne

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with the popular Irish late-night takeaway dish. Here are 10 of the best for lovers of loaded chips with a Chinese-ish twist.

  • Emily Holgate
Assorted pastries from Born and Bread in Newtown.

The Good Food Guide to a road trip through Geelong and the Surf Coast

From wine bars to bakeries, pub meals to cocktails, here are our top picks for spending a delicious few days in this rapidly changing coastal region.

  • Emily Holgate and Good Food Guide reviewers
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Edita's famous fried fish burger.

Heading to the F1? Save some vroom for this epic fish burger

Some of Melbourne’s hottest eateries have revved up the food offerings trackside at Albert Park this year. Beat the queues and make a beeline for our top picks.

  • Emily Holgate
The signature “dirty coffee” served in a -85-degree tempered glass.

Regulars

Responsible for bringing the ultra-frosty “dirty coffee” to Melbourne.

  • Emily Holgate
Brian Nunn assesses the destruction at Harcourt Cooperative Cool Stores.

‘Zero income’: Locals rally behind small businesses wiped out by fires

Raffles, donations and other fundraising efforts are underway for 80-odd businesses devastated by fire in Harcourt, from wineries to cafes, distillers to cider-makers.

  • Emma Breheny, Emily Holgate and Bianca Hrovat
Portside prepares seafood as it would be before service at a restaurant, such as Hervey Bay scallops and half rock lobsters.

A fishmonger with a fine dining difference opens at Prahran Market

Portside, from the chefs behind hatted Omnia and Yugen, sells seafood prepared like a restaurant would: lobster stuffed with garlic miso, scallops topped with yuzu butter and more.

  • Emily Holgate
Nadine’s Christmas biscuit tin from Flour & Stone.

Rum, biscuits and fancy chips: The best last-minute Christmas gifts for food lovers

Whether you need a KK gift in a pinch or a stocking filler that will actually get used (or eaten), these are our favourite food and drink gifts.

  • Erina Starkey and Emily Holgate