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Every restaurant featured in The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide in Byron Bay.

Chef of the Year Lauren Eldridge.

600+ restaurant reviews, one big celebration: Winners revealed at Good Food Guide Awards

A 500-strong crowd of NSW and ACT hospitality heavyweights gathered in Sydney for the annual night-of-nights.

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We spoke with the Good Food Guide 2026 Victoria Smeg Young Chef of the Year Finalists to answer your burning questions
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Victoria Smeg Young Chef of the Year finalists answer your questions

We spoke with the Good Food Guide 2026 Victoria Smeg Young Chef of the Year Finalists to answer your burning questions

Jamie Bucirde won The Age’s first Cultural Change Champion award.

Making the hospo industry safer: Good Food calls for Cultural Change Champion nominees

Awarded by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guides, the accolade shines a light on initiatives that foster positive and empowering work culture.

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Young Chef of the Year winner Saavni Krishnan, photos taken at The Age Good Food Guide Awards 2025 on the evening of Monday, November 18, 2024. Good Food use only.

Calling all applicants for the Good Food Guide’s Young Chef of the Year

Applications are now open for the prestigious award, with $10,000 worth of prizes and the opportunity to cook at a special event dinner.

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Lily McGrath is a chef at MoVida restaurant in Melbourne’s CBD.

Lob up to these 10 highly rated restaurants within a 20 minute walk to the tennis

When it comes to quality dining mere minutes from centre court, Melbourne smashes it. Here are 10 of the best spots to eat out before or after the tennis.

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Hospitality worker Jamie Bucirde was honoured with Victoria’s first Cultural Change Champion award.

Good Food Guide’s first Cultural Change Champion in Victoria is crusading against sexual assault

For Jamie Bucirde, what started out as an Instagram account has grown into a bone fide nationwide movement.

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WAR presdient Bridget Raffal accepts the award for Cultural Change Champion.

‘Raise the bar’: First Cultural Change Champion calls for action at Good Food Guide awards

More must be done to make hospitality a safe industry for women, heard the crowd at the 40th annual awards ceremony.

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Bill Grainger Trailblazer Award, Baba’s Place, Marrickville.
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Good Food Guide Awards 2024

Good Food Guide Awards 2024 at the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House

The Age Good Food Guide Awards

The ultimate guide to the Good Food Guide

Here’s everything you need to know about the annual dining bible, from if restaurants can pay to be included (no), to how the hat scoring works.

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