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Enjoy first-class cooking demonstrations from chefs including Andy Ball, Head Chef at Sydney’s bel mondo restaurant. |
Gold Coast restaurateur Michael Platsis, of Michael’s at Tedder Avenue, prepared the feast to celebrate the coronation of the King of Tonga in Nukru’ Alofa last week. |
STYLISH NEW COCKTAIL LOUNGE BAR TO LAUNCH IN SYDNEY’S NORTH WEST An internationally acclaimed hospitality team will launch the stylish new establishment Shear in Sydney’s Northwest this September, providing the region with a luxury venue, the likes of which is currently unavailable in the area. |
Filip Tibos has joined the landmark Hotel Windsor, Melbourne as director of food and beverage. |
Acclaimed chef Jérôme Trémoulet is joining Melbourne’s Hotel Windsor as executive chef, after a much-lauded three-and-a-half years at the helm of multi-award winning Penfolds Magill Estate Restaurant in Adelaide. |
Cassandra Hayden made history this month after she was appointed the new president of the Australian Culinary Federation ACT chapter. |
Legendary chef Ferran Adrià will visit in October to promote his new book – and the organisers are releasing presale tickets to members of the hospitality industry to attend his first public talk in Australia. |
Who has most influenced your knowledge of cooking? Stephanie Alexander? Margaret Fulton? Bill Granger? Lyndey Milan? It's your choice! |
Andy North has left Melbourne’s Crown Entertainment complex to take up a position as executive chef at The Sebel & Citigate Albert Park Melbourne. |
Challenger TAFE Commercial Cookery student Shaun Rawlings has won a $1000 industry scholarship and a set of beautiful Japanese knives that will make his pathway to becoming a chef a little easier. |
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Genetically Modified crops get a push. |
Further consolidating the strength of its food show portfolio, Diversified Exhibitions has acquired the Restaurant shows from Single Market Events. |
The 2008 William Angliss Open Day attracted an estimated 3,500 people of all ages exploring exciting career prospects last Sunday 10th August. |
Coca-Cola Australia has announced details of their major thematic campaignfor the Beijing Olympic Games 2008. |
The Australian Olive Association (AOA) has signed off on an industry Code of Practice to better support quality, authenticity and confidence in the Australian olive industry. |
WHAT'S in a name? Well, plenty if you sell, serve or purchase seafood because, after more than 200 years of confusion, someone has finally sorted out standard, nationwide names for all 4,500 species of local and imported seafood. |
Buderim Ginger Limited has revised its full year profit forecast upwards after sealing a deal to make the premium food company potentially the world’s largest macadamia nut business. |
It’s not everyday an established business with well sounded systems in place makes the quantum leap to overhaul its IT-infrastructure – and in particular, its Point of Sale (POS) systems. |
Attention all cafes and coffee nuts |
The latest numbers from the Australian Bureau of Statistics add weight to the argument that restaurateurs must increase their prices to stay afloat. |
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What to do with 11,000 tonnes of rotting or out-of-date cheese? |
Returning to the Royal Hall of Industries on August 11-12, restaurant 08 Sydney will bring all the critical elements for the restaurant industry under one roof. |
Online bids for tables of ten at over 40 of Melbourne and Victoria’s top restaurants will be open from August 26 to September 16, 2008 as part of Kitchen Garden Week (October 6-13, 2008). |
Latté the Truffle Dog has been busy working beneath the oak trees of Manjimup, just 300km south of Perth, where the first of this season's Australian black winter truffles are just about to be harvested. |
A Western Sydney butcher has copped a $5500 fine for adding an illegal preservative to minced lamb and selling excessively fatty lamb sausages. |
Australian aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna will showcase its local fare in Europe after an agreement was signed with top chef association, Eurotoques. |
Australian wine exports are down on the same period last year, while the average price of wine is up, data from the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation has found. |
Last week eatdrink asked you, the readers, how you would go about fixing Australia’s nutrition issues. |
A new scientific study from the Organic Center claims there is strong evidence that organic foods are more nutrient dense. |
The development of a preventive health system, with an emphasis on fresh food and better nutrition standards, was named as a long-term aim at the 2020 Summit in Canberra over the weekend. |
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Products
Airlaid Plus is the new single use tabletop décor range offering the hospitality, food service, health care and aged care markets savings on linen and laundering costs while maintaining a convincing "linen look" at the dining table. |
Stuart Ice Makers are a Sydney-based company with years of experience renting ice makers in Sydney and Brisbane. The company has expanded to offer the service in all capital city metropolitan areas. |
After extensive research, Piazza d'Oro is proud to announce the launch of its new Sustainable Originalcoffee range. |
If Marie Antoinette’s ‘let them eat cake’ had been referring to the delicious cakes, gateaux, tarts and cheesecakes that PATISSERIE D’ARTISTE have just introduced into their range, then the French, like your customers, would have cheered for such good taste. |
eatdrink.com.au takes a look at the products released this week... |
Do you have a show stopping item on your menu that features Australian cheese? |
eatdrink.com.au takes a look at the products released this week... |
Uncle Toby’s has been confirmed as an official partner of the Australian Olympic Team as they go for gold in Beijing. |
eatdrink.com.au takes a look at the products released this week... |
eatdrink.com.au takes a look at the products released this week. |
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Competitions
Australia will soon discover their best Belgian beer pourer with the 12th annual National World Draught Masters Series begins. |
Adelaide to Atlanta, Sydney to Stockholm – the doors that open to Le Cordon Bleu graduates are spread over the world’s hospitality stage. |
est. restaurant in Sydney has been announced as the Southern Cross Equities Restaurateurs’ Restaurant of the Year 2008 at a drinks reception held on Monday at the industry event restaurant 08 Sydney, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park. |
Lexus Appetite for Excellence is pleased to announce the 2008 Lexus Young Chef and Young Waiter... |
Jacques Reymond was named as Restaurant of the Year and Delaware North as Caterer of the Year as Restaurant & Catering Victoria honoured Victoria’s finest restaurateurs and caterers at its most glittering annual event, the 2008 Awards for Excellence. |
Hunter Valley’s Warraroong Estate went home with the winner’s trophy after taking out Wine of the Show with its 2005 Semillon at the 13th annual Australian Boutique Wine Awards, held in Sydney this month. |
Two foodservice professionals have won all-expenses paid trips to Germany to attend the 2008 Culinary Olympics in October – courtesy of Fonterra Foodservices’ Anchor Cooking Cream. |
Chardonnay has been declared the standout white variety at the Royal Queensland Wine Show with 15 gold medals awarded across three classes – one year old, commercial and two years and older. |
Food industry professionals keen to prove they are the best in their field will be competing live in front of 27,000 of their peers at Fine Food and Hotel Australia. |
Melanie Gowers has beaten some of the world’s leading chefs in the prestigious S.Pellegrino Cooking Cup with her dish of poached lobster with capsicum salsa and saffron rouille. |
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In The Magazine
August eatdrink Magazine preview: Knowing what the market wants has paid dividends for Auckland's O’Connell Street Bistro. |
Has the front of house skills shortage led to a drop in service quality? Nicole Holyer looks at the issue in depth. |
This Hunter Valley estate grown gem is well worth adding to your wine list. |
Each week, eatdrink.com.au will publish a wine reviewed by Judith Kennedy, as published in the print publication eatdrink. This week we look at a gem from McLaren Vale, South Australia. |
e'cco’s Philip Johnson talks shop with eatdrink editor Nicole Holyer. |
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