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Queen Amann Bakery on King Street in Bowen Hills.

Queen Amann Bakery to host morning rave with top Aussie DJs and kouign-amann

The only shots at Rise and Vibe will be espresso, served alongside strawberry matcha, croissants and club beats.

  • Erina Starkey
Chefs and restaurateurs gather for the annual Good Food Guide Awards.

The 2026 Good Food Guide to be launched in October with exciting new features

The SMH and Age Guides will feature anonymously written reviews across various price points, cuisines and suburbs, available via the Good Food app and an 80-page liftout.

  • Good Food
From left to right: Asela Uduwara Arachchi, Viveik Vinoharan, Angela Prajogo, Jack Huxtable, Laura Skvor.

Meet five of Victoria’s best young chefs you’ve never heard of – yet

The Age Good Food Guide 2026 Young Chef of the Year finalists will cook together at a special dinner next month celebrating their different styles.

  • Emily Holgate
Yo-Chi Barangaroo will be given Andy Bowdy’s signature maximalist spin

Yo-Chi joins forces with a top pastry chef for a one-day-only topping fest

Plus a nonna-inspired pasta dinner with Tipo 00’s Andreas Papadakis and Saturday Night Pasta’s Elizabeth Hewson as part of the Festival of Food.

  • Isabel Cant
Fish finger bao at King Clarence.

One hit dish, $500K revenue: Top chefs reveal the secret to successful menus

“I can’t get sick of making [it], it makes us too much money.” Plus five lessons from the sold-out Good Food Symposium.

  • Bianca Hrovat
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The Good Food Symposium brings together panellists from the hospitality industry.

How to write a restaurant menu that gets people in the door

The Good Food Symposium returns to Sydney with a panel of creative and commercial minds, including Ursula’s Phil Wood, Bobo Bakery’s Rowan Attwell and King Clarence’s Khanh Nguyen.

  • Erina Starkey
Frank Fawkner plating up food in the EXP. Restaurant kitchen.

Hunter Valley’s newly two-hatted restaurant is hosting an anniversary dinner of greatest hits

Chef-owner Frank Fawkner will reimagine the restaurant’s most popular dishes at this special dinner series, held over four nights in September.

  • Erina Starkey
Bathers’ Pavillion executve chef Aaron Ward and L’Enclume chef-owner Simon Rogan will venture outside the kitchen to interact with guests for one night only.

Three Michelin stars, 14 courses and the once-in-a-lifetime chance for a front-row seat

Join Good Food Guide co-editor Callan Boys for an exclusive interactive dinner at the L’Enclume Bathers’ Pavillion residency.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Poodle Bar & Bistro’s crab profiteroles.

Filet-O-Fish and salt & vinegar onion rings: a French dinner inspired by a Happy Meal

For one night, Melbourne’s hatted Poodle Bar & Bistro comes to Sydney. Expect mini burgers, savoury profiteroles and “cheeky, decadent” dishes.

  • Erina Starkey
Wood-roasted duck from Agnes.

Brisbane’s best wood-fire restaurant is heading to Melbourne for one night only

Chef Ben Williamson, of award-winning Agnes, is bringing stand-out dishes that celebrate smoke, scorch and char.

  • Erina Starkey