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Jane Rocca

Jane Rocca

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Jane Rocca is a regular contributor to Sunday Life Magazine, Executive Style, The Age EG, columnist and features writer at Domain Review, Domain Living’s Personal Space page. She is a published author of four books.Connect via X or email.

Khanh Ong has a lot on his plate, all of it delicious.

‘Hits right every time’: The restaurants and bars that Khanh Ong can’t help going back to

The cooking star shares his favourite Melbourne, Sydney and Vietnamese dining and drinking spots —and his go-to orders at each.

  • Jane Rocca
Helen Goh is returning to Melbourne for the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival.

The Aussie restaurants Helen Goh loves most (and her go-to dishes)

The Ottolenghi collaborator and baking queen cut her teeth in Australia. Here are the spots she loves in Melbourne, Sydney, London and beyond.

  • Jane Rocca
Kingfish sashimi at Chin Chin

The dish that tennis star Alexei Popyrin loves to smash when in Melbourne

The Australian, who splits his time between Dubai and France when not on tour, has a few favourites in Melbourne he can’t wait to return to this month.

  • Jane Rocca
Lively and fun Jim’s Greek Tavern is Kokkinakis’s favourite restaurant.

The ‘chaotic’ Collingwood restaurant Kokkinakis (and mate Kyrgios) keep going back to

The Aussie-Greek tennis star also happens to be a keen foodie. Here are the restaurants and cafes he likes to hit up in Melbourne, Sydney and London.

  • Jane Rocca
Alejandro Saravia is looking forward to cooking at the Australian Open for the third successive year.

The restaurants, cafes and other food finds chef Alejandro Saravia loves most

The Peruvian-born, Melbourne-based chef reveals his food favourites, tracing a delicious path through the cities he has called home: Sydney, Paris, and beyond.

  • Jane Rocca
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Hugh Allen and shares his fridge ingredients.

The surprisingly simple slap-up meals top chefs regularly cook at home

These are the low-prep, high-flavour meals that top cooking talent including Andrew McConnell, Nat Thaipun and Yotam Ottolenghi serve when they’re off the clock.

  • Jane Rocca
Andy Allen tucks into a Falco pie

‘The pies are epic’: Andy Allen’s Aussie restaurant, bakery and pub favourites

From a bakery’s Big Mac-inspired pies to a three-hatted regional restaurant, the chef, restaurateur and MasterChef judge shares his top dining picks.

  • Jane Rocca
Jimmy and Jane Barnes enjoy tea in their Southern Highlands garden.

The Aussie restaurants Jimmy and Jane Barnes love the most – and what they always order

When the legendary rocker isn’t grilling on his hibachi to Miles Davis, he and wife Jane like to dine out. They share some of their favourites in Sydney, Melbourne and overseas.

  • Jane Rocca
Cricket legend Ricky Ponting has successfully turned his hand to wine.

The Aussie restaurants that bowl over cricket-turned-wine guy Ricky Ponting the most

From fish and chips by the sea to his go-to neighbourhood locals, the cricket great shares his favourite places to eat at home and in India.

  • Jane Rocca
Yotam Ottolenghi is cooking up something special.

Cooking legend Yotam Ottolenghi reveals the Australian restaurants and cafes he loves most

The much-loved cookbook author and restaurateur opens his little black book on his Melbourne and Sydney must-visits, plus his favourite spots in his hometown, London.

  • Jane Rocca