Archive for category: News

My Kitchen Rules Casting
/ May 25, 2012 9:45 am

My Kitchen Rules Casting

Channel 7 are now casting for the next series of My Kitchen Rules. They are searching all states and territories for passionate home cooks, who in teams of two will show off their culinary skills to impress Australia’s favourite chef judges Pete Evans and Manu Feildel. Teams (of two) will have to show off their cooking skills as they work [...]

George Calombaris joins OzHarvest
/ April 24, 2012 11:24 am

George Calombaris joins OzHarvest

OzHarvest, Australia’s most renowned food rescue charity, is thrilled to announce chef, restaurateur and TV celebrity, George Calombaris, as an ambassador. Founder and CEO, Ronni Kahn, was keen to welcome George on board when she discovered his ethos and passion for food and minimising waste. George joins an ambassadorial line-up of the some of the biggest names in food in [...]

OzHarvest wins Veuve Clicquot award
/ March 12, 2012 10:59 am

OzHarvest wins Veuve Clicquot award

Ronni Kahn, CEO and founder of Australia’s leading food rescue charity OzHarvest, has been awarded the prestigious Veuve Clicquot Initiative for Economic Development Award. The Veuve Clicquot Initiative for Economic Development was created in 2007, under the leadership of Cécile Bonnefond, 10th President of Veuve Clicquot, to promote businesswomen whose impact is critical on the three less developed continents: Africa, [...]

Burlington appoints new head chef
/ February 14, 2012 9:00 am

Burlington appoints new head chef

Neighbourhood favourite Burlington Bar & Dining has appointed up and coming chef Vio Pramono to spearhead its kitchen team. Vio comes from spending over seven years working with iconic Australian chef Matt Moran. After completing his apprenticeship at Aria in 2004, Vio worked extensively alongside chef Moran in a number of roles, including menu consulting for Singapore Airlines and travelling [...]

Jamie Oliver heads to Oz
/ February 3, 2012 11:53 am

Jamie Oliver heads to Oz

It’s his wired, passionate and unpretentious nature that makes him undoubtedly one of the world’s most beloved chefs. His television shows have been broadcasted to over 50 countries across the globe. His books have been translated into over 26 languages and he is biggest selling author in the U.K, after J.K Rowling. He has won over 30 awards including a [...]

Coffee is Australia’s most popular beverage
/ January 31, 2012 9:55 am

Coffee is Australia’s most popular beverage

Little unknown fact for you… coffee is officially the most popularly consumed beverage in Australia (behind water of course). Last year, we drank a total of one billion cups of coffee in Australia, overtaking wine as our drink of choice. That fact alone is enough to worry some. Think about it… we are not in France and a good percentage [...]

The online ‘foodie’ degree
/ January 24, 2012 10:13 am

The online ‘foodie’ degree

One of the world’s most prestigious culinary arts and hospitality schools, Le Cordon Bleu, in collaboration with Southern Cross University have launched an exciting new online postgraduate degree for ‘foodies,’ the Master of Gastronomic Tourism (MGT). It is the only post-graduate degree of it’s kind in Australia, offering mature age students and professionals further education that is delivered entirely online [...]

Chinese food is still the top Aussie favourite
/ January 17, 2012 10:47 am

Chinese food is still the top Aussie favourite

So this Australia Day what will you be eating? Well, apparently we’ll all be eating pecking duck sausage rolls, sweet and sour BBQ prawns and pork bun pies! It’s official! We love Chinese food! A recent nationwide survey by Australian consumer research group, Roy Morgan revealed that Chinese food is the most popular international cuisine among Australians. According to the [...]

Industry joins to support hospitality veteran
/ January 9, 2012 11:17 am

Industry joins to support hospitality veteran

Pre-Christmas celebrations for the staff at Pyrmont’s Alira Moorish Food and Wine Bar turned horrific late last month when owner Mikee Collins fell from his eight-story balcony in Darling Point. Witnesses told police he had attempted to grab the railing of the eighth-storey balcony and flip himself on to a small concrete ledge, but he slipped on the wet railing [...]

‘Exponential’ cider boom
/ December 12, 2011 12:42 pm

‘Exponential’ cider boom

According to a recent report released by leading market research company, Neilson, Cider is overtaking all other alcohol brands in Australia at the moment, with ‘exponential’ growth in sales this year. The report states that sales have increased by just over one third (34.7%) and fourty-five new cider brands have been introduced in the past 24 months, nearly doubling the [...]