The Bistro by Wolfgang Puck and Heineken House open at Sydney Airport (with a Kitchen By Mike on the way)

Avoiding food at the airport used to be a smart move, but Sydney's T1 international terminal aims to change travellers' minds (and appetites) with the opening of The Bistro by Wolfgang Puck and Heineken House today.

Award-winning chef Wolfgang Puck made a big splash with his first flagship restaurant Spago in the 1980s, which originally opened in West Hollywood (and naturally attracted movie-headlining celebrities like Michael Caine and Sean Connery). Over the decades, the Michelin-starred chef has also catered the Oscars ceremony (for a 21-year stretch) and he's overseen an ever-growing restaurant empire, which includes the just-opened Cut steakhouse in New York. The Bistro by Wolfgang Puck, which also has international outlets, is a more casual offering in his portfolio, with a focus on "made-from-scratch comfort fare".

The Sydney version spans two levels and is located in the international terminal's new dining precinct, City View. The menu includes breakfast pizzas, wagyu burgers and cinnamon-spiced buttermilk pancakes with salted maple butter.

Emirates Leisure Retail Australia, which runs this dining hub, also has launched Heineken House - the Dutch beer brand's first flagship venue in Australia. This addition to City View's precinct will likely be a handy pit stop for boozehounds, especially anyone demoralised by the lack of seating at the always overcrowded boarding gates.

Kitchen By Mike will also open later this year at City View. Mike McEnearney's full-flavour salads and rustic dishes will be a handy refuge for anyone who wants to eat well (and guilt-free) from a hatted chef's menu before boarding their plane and departing the country.