Maxim Boon, Author at Concrete Playground

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

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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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Event
Titanique

Thu, 12 Sep - Sun, 3 Nov 2024
The Grand Electric Sydney, Surry Hills

Set sail with Céline at the Australian debut of this outrageously funny homage to James Cameron's cinematic masterpiece and Canada's greatest musical export.

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News
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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News
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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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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News
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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