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Katherine Sabbath boldly ferrying a triple-tiered cake in an Uber – let’s hope that icing set overnight!

Going to Sydney’s Cake Picnic? This is how to transport a cake so it arrives in one piece

Expert bakers, including Katherine Sabbath and Emelia Jackson, share their pro tips to make the journey as smooth as your buttercream.

  • Annabel Smith
Lune, Monforte, Raya and more Melbourne bakeries will bake up a storm alongside visiting stars at Baker's Dozen.

Free pizza, two days of pastry: An insider’s picks of Melbourne Food and Wine Festival

Unsure how to tackle the program of 200-plus events? Start with pizza from a leading London chef, hot bakery collabs in the heart of the city, and a barbecue like no other.

  • Rick Stephens
Yotam Ottolenghi will host a lunch and a dinner event at Vivid Sydney 2026.

Ottolenghi fan? The chef’s cooking dinner and lunch in Sydney and you’re invited

Yotam Ottolenghi often visits for talks, but this time he’ll be in the kitchen. He’s one of the headline acts for Vivid Sydney.

  • Erina Starkey
Sonja Rose (left) and Samara Sequeira of Reading Party Melbourne, which encourages more reading, less scrolling.

The bars, bakeries and backyards where people are ditching screens to reconnect

Done with doomscrolling, Melburnians are getting off their phones and joining quirky gatherings where bars become reading nooks and bakeries double as dance floors.

  • Dani Valent
Cake Picnic is coming to Sydney in 2026.

‘Harder to get than a Taylor Swift concert ticket’: World-famous Cake Picnic is coming to Sydney

Sydneysiders are in for a treat this March when viral social event Cake Picnic brings 500 cakes to the Royal Botanic Gardens.

  • Erina Starkey
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Pasta carbonara from young gun chef Sarah Cicolini.

Star chef Sarah Cicolini has a trick for making carbonara better (and here’s where to eat it)

The Italian chef will be in Sydney for three nights only, and shares four easy tips and a recipe to transform the pasta, from getting the eggs right to a secret cheese blend.

  • Erina Starkey
Sydney Cellar Door is returning for its second year.

NSW’s largest open-air cellar door and wine tasting is coming to Sydney this weekend

Over 40 producers from across 16 NSW wine-growing regions will bring their best wines to the harbourside lawns of the MCA.

  • Erina Starkey
Olympus Dining’s ntomata tart – layers of heirloom tomato within crisp filo pastry.

Sydney chefs and AI-created dishes: What’s cooking in the Birdcage this year

Bento boxes, Greek lamb cutlets and fried chicken with waffles: this year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival menus combine snacking and style, with a strong showing from Sydney.

  • Jane Rocca
Kylie Kwong is bringing together Karima Hazim and Sivine Tabbouch of Sunday Kitchen, Blanca Mejia and Blanca Perera of Olotl and Palisa Anderson of Chat Thai and Boon Luck Farm for an extended family meal at Baba’s Place, pictured with co-owner Alex Kelly and restaurant manager Joy Della El Toum.

For one night only, Kylie Kwong returns to kitchen with an ‘extended family’ of cooks

The renowned Australian-Chinese chef is taking over Baba’s Place for a collaborative nine-course celebration of Sydney multiculturalism.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Kenneth (Ken) Rodrigueza, owner of Tita’s in Marrickville.

It was set to be Mount Druitt’s biggest food festival. Then Westfield cancelled

While the Viral Food Festival has now found a new home, loss still looms large for some stallholders, including Filipino cafe Tita. “[We all] really needed this boost.”

  • Bianca Hrovat