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Everything you need to know from the SMH Good Food Guide 2026 Awards

Catch up on all the action, hats, finalists and winners from the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide Awards, presented by T2 Tea and Oceania Cruises, at Carriageworks on Monday, October 13.

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Chef of the Year Lauren Eldridge.

Pastry chef takes out Chef of the Year at SMH Good Food Guide Awards

  • Bianca Hrovat
A new team has breathed new lifre into Hungarian institution Corner 75.

The complete list of winners

Hey Rosey in Orange.

The full list of hats

Good Food Guide 2026.

What’s up, what’s down: Which restaurants gained (and lost) hats

  • Scott Bolles
Restaurateurs Alessandro and Anna Pavoni at Vineria Luisa.

The record-breaking, westward march of the Good Food Guide hats

  • Bianca Hrovat
Good Food Guide Awards.

Good Food Guide Awards 2026 as it happened: Full list of winners, hats revealed

  • Annabel Smith
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Good Food Guide Bill Granger Trailblazer Award winner Sharon Winsor. 

‘I never allowed myself to dream this big’: First Nations woman wins Bill Granger Trailblazer Award

  • Bianca Hrovat
The Innovators in the SMH Good Food Guide 2026.

The innovators: Meet the people making NSW such a vital place to eat and drink

  • David Matthews, Callan Boys, Bianca Hrovat and Sarah Norris
Kumar and Suba Mahadevan at Abhi’s after being named a Good Food Guide Legend.

‘I will not have samosas on my menu’: How this chef helped Sydney fall in love with Indian food

  • David Matthews
Specialising in one soup, Ama Surry Hills is the Critics’ Pick of the Year.

The 2026 Herald Good Food Guide is more in tune with how we eat right now

  • David Matthews
Katrina Meynink’s pistachio morning buns nod to the cinnamon bun and pistachio craze of 2025.

Cook the trends of 2025: How to make the must-try dishes seen on every cool menu

  • Katrina Meynink
The Good Food app.

The Good Food app is the home of all 600 Good Food Guide reviews

  • Good Food
The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2026 out in the wild.

The 41st SMH Good Food Guide launched with Critics’ Picks newspaper liftout

  • Bianca Hrovat
Ecca Zhang with parents Lun Gao and Jie Zhang of Grape Garden Restaurant in Kings Cross.

Revealed: The finalists for the three biggest awards at the Good Food Guide Awards

  • Callan Boys and David Matthews
Garaku at Prefecture 48, Sydney.

Ten best new restaurant finalists announced (plus 10 more to try)

  • Callan Boys and Good Food Guide reviewers
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Bistro Penny in Newcastle’s historic east end.

Five top regional restaurants and wine bars worth planning a road trip around

  • Callan Boys and Good Food Guide reviewers