Situated in Melbourne’s Artemis Lane, the 1,200 SQM restaurant brings the tastes of Hong Kong to Melbourne via Paris.
Accommodating up to 300 diners, Duck Duck Goose is divided into the ‘light side’ and the ‘dark side’. The light side serves Chinese cuisine: fresh, fast and flavoursome yum cha to diners seated on stylish Scandinavian Wegner chairs.
The ‘dark side’ of the restaurant is the glamorous, French part, which features an in-door pool crowned with bamboo pendant lights, prominent wine room, solid black marble table tops and champagne bar.
Restauranteur, Edward Ng who …

Nobu Melbourne is pleased to announce the appointment of Heather Zheng as the award-winning restaurant’s new Chef de Cuisine.
Beijing-born, American-raised Zheng has recently re-located to Melbourne from where she has spent the last five years working in Las Vegas.
Zheng is familiar with Nobu’s peruvian-influenced Japanese cuisine as she has spent more than two years working at Nobu Las Vegas.
Most recently, Zheng was a sous chef at the French restaurant, Andre’s. The restaurant was awarded a Michelin Star in both 2007 and 2008.
From late 2005 until early 2008, Zheng was …

With the chill of winter well and truly upon us, the risk of viral gastro contamination heats up.
Primary Industries Minister, Steve Whan is urging chefs and cooks to take care in the kitchen during the peak viral gastro season.
“This warning applies particularly to those food industry professionals who come into contact with the preparation and service of food for hundreds, if not thousands of people,” Minister Whan said.
“If you’re crook don’t cook is a good basic rule to apply in the workplace.”
“Under the Food Standards Code it is illegal for …

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is using its new powers to issue infringement notices to a number of restaurants and cafés which have menus that fail component pricing laws.
Infringement notices carry penalties of $6,600 for corporations and $1,320 for individuals, and if the infringement notice penalty is not paid, the business may face court action.
The infringement notices are being issued against restaurants and cafés which have failed to provide the total price for menu items where weekend and holiday surcharges apply.
“The course of action taken by the ACCC follows …

The six month trial of the Scores on Doors foodservice safety and hygiene rating system begins in NSW 1 July 2010, with 20 local Councils across the state taking part, Primary Industries Minister Steve Whan said today.
“The NSW Food Authority was overwhelmed with the support and enthusiasm shown by its Local Government food safety partners,” Minister Whan said.
“The 20 participating Councils are an excellent representation of metropolitan and regional LGAs which will give us a good feel for the experience of communities across NSW.”
The Councils participating in the trial are:
Goulburn, …