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    A Summer Guide To Easy Eats On The Days Between Christmas And New Years

    Once the big day has come and gone, there’s no reason to toil too hard for lunch.

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    Small Changes to Your Hospo Business to Turn Your Customers Loyal

    “By rewarding repeat visits and offering exclusive deals to regular customers, we've fostered a stronger connection and encouraged more frequent returns.”

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    We Asked These Hospo Legends About the Most Impactful Change They Made to Their Business

    "Ask people smarter than you for advice, plan well and crack on. When you find the problems, fix them."

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    Food with a View: What To Barbecue on Your Apartment Balcony, According to a Professional Grill Master

    "There's something magical about barbecuing that goes beyond the food itself. I love how barbecuing brings people together."

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    Opening Soon: A Checklist For Starting a Small Business So You Don't Miss Anything

    "At the time, we didn't know where this journey would take us."

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    Australian Venue Co Has Walked Back Its Decision to No Longer Host Australia Day Events Following a Major Backlash

    The hospitality group has released a statement in response to widespread outrage and calls to boycott its venues.

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    One of Australia's Biggest Hospitality Groups Will No Longer Hold Events Celebrating January 26

    Australia Day events will be axed at the more than 200 venues nationwide operated by Australian Venue Co.

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    Small Changes, Big Impact

    Advice from the best in the business, at your fingertips.

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    How to Avoid Common Hiccups When Starting a Hospo Business, According to Industry Legends

    We spoke to the owners of two longstanding venues about their pointers for starting out and what they would have done differently.

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    History and Highballs: How Suntory Continues to Bring Japanese Spirits to the World

    Suntory is celebrating 125 years of leadership in Japanese drinking culture in 2024.

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    Coming Soon: Josh and Julie Niland Are Opening Their First Queensland Restaurant on Hamilton Island

    The acclaimed duo will pair their fin-to-tail dishes with local ingredients and family-friendly fare as part of the new 59-room The Sundays hotel.

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    CP Staff Picks: The Best Summer BBQ Meals, According to Our Editors

    These recipes pack maximum flavour with minimal effort.

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    This Year's Eat Drink Design Awards Has Revealed the Nation's Most Beautiful Places to Dine, Sip and Stay

    The winning designs showcase a range of interiors from the rustic and culturally rich to the modern and minimalist.

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    Melbourne's Caretaker's Cottage Has Taken Maybe Sammy's Crown as Australia's Best Bar

    While both venues have appeared on The World’s 50 Best Bars rankings in the past, this is the first time the Melbourne bar has come out on top.

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    It's Official: CBD Steakhouse The Gidley Is Serving Up Australia's Best Burger

    Ranked ninth in the world, no other Australian burger made it onto the annual Best Burgers list compiled by the World’s 101 Best Steak Restaurants panel.

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    Where to Find the Upper Crust: The Nation's Best Pies Have Been Revealed

    As well as declaring Australia's best meat pie for 2024, the annual awards also gave out gongs for best sausage roll, best apple pie and more.

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    Add It to Your Shrine: Four Pillars Is Releasing a 2024 Vintage of Its Bloody Popular Bloody Pinot Noir Gin

    A sibling drop to the brand's cult-favourite Bloody Shiraz Gin, this tipple first debuted in 2023 and sold out in less than a week.

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    Steins and Schnitties Alert: Oktoberfest in the Gardens Is Bringing Its Bavarian Celebrations Back for 2024

    When you're not hitting up the beer hall and food stalls, you'll be making the most of the silent disco, rides and sideshows.

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    Messina's Annual Greatest Hits Drop Is Back for 2024 So You've Got 40 Flavours of Gelato to Stock Up On

    This year, the dessert chain will make 20 of them available for preorder, then release 20 more spread across its weekly specials for a month.

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    The Best Advice Ever: Rosheen Kaul on Supporting Young Chefs, the Future of Australian Cuisine and Being a Sponge for Knowledge

    We spoke with Rosheen Kaul about writing her next cookbook, collaborating with other chefs and judging 2024's upcoming S.Pellegrino Young Chef of the Year Academy competition.

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    The Best Advice Ever: Tarts Anon's Gareth Whitton and Koko Black's Remco Brigou on the Value of Collaboration

    When a top chocolatier and pastry chef come together, magic happens — and this pair told us all about it.

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    KFC's Latest Pop-Up Will Get You Celebrating a Chicken-Filled Midyear Christmas in the Blue Mountains

    At the Colonel's Lodge, you'll spend two nights in a wood-panelled mansion with unlimited KFC Christmas spreads to feast on.

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    Josh Niland's Latest Cookbook Has Won One of the Top Gongs at the 2024 James Beard Awards

    Chinese Australian food writer Hetty Lui McKinnon was also named among this year's top cookbook authors, illustrators, designers and food journalists.

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    It's Official: Neil Perry Has Been Named an Icon by One of the World's Top Culinary Awards

    The World's 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2024 honoured the top Sydney chef with its coveted Woodford Reserve Icon Award.

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    We Challenged an Editor to Eat Nothing But 7-Eleven Food Using the Menulog App For a Week

    Our writer accepted a challenge to test just how convenient a convenience store can be.

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    Important Doughnut News: Krispy Kreme Is Giving Away 100,000 Freebies for National Doughnut Day 2024

    If you love Krispy Kreme's sweet glazed doughnuts, the best day of the year is upon us again.

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    Sydney Bartender Jake Down From Pleasure Club Has Just Been Crowned Australia's Best for 2024

    Sydney, Perth and Hobart were all represented in Australia's Diageo World Class Bartender of the Year showdown, but only the Harbour City came out on top.

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    Just Like Its Meatless Meatballs, IKEA Is Now Serving Up Plant-Based Hot Dogs at Its Australian Stores

    That $2 hot dog on the way to the car now comes in a meat-free version made with rice protein, carrot, onion and apple.

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    Josh and Julie Niland's Saint Peter Is the Only Australian Eatery on 2024's World's Top 50 Restaurants Longlist

    The Sydney seafood favourite is no stranger to accolades, and picks up some new global recognition before moving into new digs in July.

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    Le Martini Is the World's First-Ever Grey Goose Martini Bar — and It's Pouring Cocktails in Melbourne

    Whether you like your martini shaken, stirred, dry or wet, you'll find it on the menu at this 34-seat cocktail spot.

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    Eleven Australian Eateries Have Been Named on the World's 101 Best Steak Restaurants List for 2024

    Sydney and Melbourne are officially home to Australia's best steak restaurants — with the Harbour City's Margaret coming in third.

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    Bloody Awesome: Four Pillars Is Bringing Back Its Bloody Shiraz Gin for 2024 for Its Ninth Vintage

    Made with Yarra Valley and Faraday shiraz grapes, and best served in a G&T, this cult-favourite tipple is a winter tradition.

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    KFC Is Opening a Two-Day-Only Crispery Where Everything Is Double-Breaded and Fried — Including Cheesecake and PB&Js

    This Sydney pop-up will give desserts, sandwiches, broccolini and asparagus the KFC treatment — and it's slinging free burgers, too.

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    Messina Will Give You a Free Scoop of Vanilla Slice-Inspired Gelato Today If You Have Snapchat on Your Phone

    The limited-edition Oh Snap! flavour features vanilla custard gelato, passionfruit puree and caramelised puff pastry pieces.

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    Two Sydney Cocktail Bars Have Been Named Among the World's Best in The Pinnacle Guide's First-Ever Picks

    El Primo Sanchez and Maybe Sammy are the only Australian bars to make the initial picks from this new bar recognition system, which gives pins — not stars — to top watering holes.

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    Gelato Messina Has Whipped Up Handmade Chocolate Bars for Mother's Day If You Want to Be Your Mum's Favourite

    This eight-bar box includes passionfruit yuzu caramel, tea and biscuits, and cannoli and hazelnut flavours.

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    Now Open: Australian Roaster Single O Now Boasts Two Tokyo Cafes — and a Shibuya Coffee Bar Is on the Way

    Ryogoku Roastworks features a cafe and a roastery, while the brand's upcoming Shibuya venue will debut a new coffee bar concept.

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    Young Gun of Wine Has Announced Its 2024 Top 50 If You're Looking for an Ace New Vino to Sip

    “These awards are as much about vision and leadership as they are about the quality of wine in the glass.”

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    Vivid Food's 2024 Lineup Features Top International Chefs, Fire Kitchen at The Goods Line and a Messina Milk Bar

    Manoella Buffara of Brazil's Manu Restaurant will get cooking in Sydney — and Michelin-starred chefs Max Coen, Sally Abé and Ivan Brehm are on their way, too.

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    A Day and Night Guide to Paddington

    From fine art and fancy dinners to sublime pub feeds and twilight bevvies, Paddington's still got it going on.

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    Arnott's Is Making Its 2023 April Fool's Joke a Reality by Releasing Jatz-Inspired Tim Tams

    Can't choose between crackers and chocolate biscuits? Soon, you won't have to (although these new Tim Tams don't actually include any Jatz).

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