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Every Good Food Guide hatted restaurant to add to your 2026 bucket list

From one hat to three, the essential list of every hat-winning restaurant from The Age Good Food Guide 2026.

From left: dishes from Minamishima, Amaru, Vue de Monde and Brae.Nine

Three hats

Basement restaurant Caterina’s Cucina e Bar.Bonnie Savage
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Two hats

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Light, bright, elegant dining at Chauncy in Heathcote.Bonnie Savage

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Mika Chae at his city restaurant Doju.Joe Armao

One hat

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Share plates at Rare Hare.

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The Good Food app is the home of the 2026 edition of the Good Food Guide, with more than 500 reviews. The app is free for premium subscribers of The Age and also available as a standalone subscription. You can download the Good Food app here.

* Note: NEW denotes a venue that has opened in the past 12 months

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