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Khanh Ong has a lot on his plate, all of it delicious.

‘Hits right every time’: The restaurants and bars that Khanh Ong can’t help going back to

The cooking star shares his favourite Melbourne, Sydney and Vietnamese dining and drinking spots —and his go-to orders at each.

  • Jane Rocca

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Gimlet’s gnocco fritto with bresaola.

‘So perfect’: The Melbourne restaurant snack Helen Goh thinks is glorious

The Ottolenghi collaborator and baking queen cut her teeth in Australia. Here are the dining spots she loves in Melbourne, Sydney, London and beyond.

  • Jane Rocca
The bacon and comte custard tart at Bar Copains is “pastry perfection”.

‘Pastry perfection’: The $9 Sydney bar snack Helen Goh thinks is glorious

The Ottolenghi collaborator and baking queen cut her teeth in Australia. Here are the dining spots she loves in Sydney, Melbourne, London and beyond.

  • Jane Rocca
Helen Goh is returning to Melbourne for the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival.

The Aussie restaurants Helen Goh loves most (and her go-to dishes)

The Ottolenghi collaborator and baking queen cut her teeth in Australia. Here are the spots she loves in Melbourne, Sydney, London and beyond.

  • Jane Rocca
Kingfish sashimi at Chin Chin

The dish that tennis star Alexei Popyrin loves to smash when in Melbourne

The Australian, who splits his time between Dubai and France when not on tour, has a few favourites in Melbourne he can’t wait to return to this month.

  • Jane Rocca
Lively and fun Jim’s Greek Tavern is Kokkinakis’s favourite restaurant.

The ‘chaotic’ Collingwood restaurant Kokkinakis (and mate Kyrgios) keep going back to

The Aussie-Greek tennis star also happens to be a keen foodie. Here are the restaurants and cafes he likes to hit up in Melbourne, Sydney and London.

  • Jane Rocca
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Alejandro Saravia is looking forward to cooking at the Australian Open for the third successive year.

The restaurants, cafes and other food finds chef Alejandro Saravia loves most

The Peruvian-born, Melbourne-based chef reveals his food favourites, tracing a delicious path through the cities he has called home: Sydney, Paris, and beyond.

  • Jane Rocca
Hugh Allen and shares his fridge ingredients.

The surprisingly simple slap-up meals top chefs regularly cook at home

These are the low-prep, high-flavour meals that top cooking talent including Andrew McConnell, Nat Thaipun and Yotam Ottolenghi serve when they’re off the clock.

  • Jane Rocca
Andy Allen tucks into a Falco pie

‘The pies are epic’: Andy Allen’s Aussie restaurant, bakery and pub favourites

From a bakery’s Big Mac-inspired pies to a three-hatted regional restaurant, the chef, restaurateur and MasterChef judge shares his top dining picks.

  • Jane Rocca
Jimmy and Jane Barnes enjoy tea in their Southern Highlands garden.

The underrated Melbourne Italian restaurant Jimmy Barnes always returns to

When the legendary rocker isn’t grilling on his hibachi to Miles Davis, he and wife Jane like to dine out. They share some of their go-tos.

  • Jane Rocca