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‘intel’ 20.10.21

By October 20, 2021October 22nd, 2021No Comments

National food news & reviews

  • Bring it on: where the Good Food food team are heading in Sydney and Melbourne

  • Broadsheet’s live list of Melbourne restaurant re-openings

  • Premier gifts NSW residents more Dine & Discover vouchers. The Urban List

  • Long queues expected to linger at Sydney’s ‘no reservation’ venues. Good Food

  • Lola’s Level 1 is a knockout Mediterranean diner with million-dollar views. Broadsheet

  • Research supports the push for permanent access to kerbside wining and dining in Melbourne. The Age

  • Turn it to 11: the music chefs most love to cook to. Good Food

  • The demand for unique regional venues soars. Sydney Morning Herald

  • Just in time for summer, The Everleigh Bottling Co goes zero-alc. Bars and Clubs

  • The changing face of plant-based eating with three Sydney chefs. Concrete Playground

  • Queensland borders set to reopen in time for Christmas. 9 News

  • Reducing food waste starts at home. delicious.

  • In-house dining is born again at Neil Perry’s new restaurant Margaret. Good Food

  • What 17 Sydney chefs really think about the end of lockdown. Broadsheet

  • Crown Melbourne to train and pay 1000 Victorians to ease hospitality skills shortage. Hospitality Magazine

  • There’s new blood in the Hunter Valley wine scene. Gourmet Traveller

  • Broadsheet to launch a new podcast, FYI, unpacking a fascinating slice of Australian culture. Mumbrella

  • 20+ new restaurants to get excited about. Urban List Sydney

  • South Eveleigh to expand its offering as people return to the office in 2022 with The Grounds. Timeout Sydney

  • ICYMI: a quick catch up on Celebrity MasterChef. The New Daily

International news

  • The New York Times 2021 restaurant list: the 50 places they’re most excited about

  • Long live the dinner party: where performance and care overlap, not oppose. Bon Appetit

  • The post-COVID, post-Manhattan plans of the most Manhattan of restaurateurs. Grub Street

  • Plant-based producer Beyond Meats’ sustainability messaging comes under fire. New York Times

  • A lifelong vegetarian decides to taste what they were missing. Bon Appetit

Where we’re going:

Top Paddock for Breakfast
A cocktail at the bar at The Everleigh
Martini Hour at The Menzies
The newly opened Casa Merida
Friday dinner at the office local, Margaret
Checking out Aria’s new menu under Thomas Gorringe
Chester White
Franca Brasserie for their Duck breast a l’Orange

What we’re doing:

Heading to the cinema to see Nine Days
Pre-ordering Two Good Co‘s new cookbook “Recipes for Resilience”
Covering everything in Jill Dupleix’s green goddess dressing

What we’re watching/listening to/reading:

Freedom – George Michael (on repeat)
Succession Season 3 on Binge
FYI Podcast from Broadsheet
Easy on me – Adele
Deep in the weeds “Quick Bites” – Anthony Huckstep

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