A young chef from Blanket Bay, at Glenorchy on the South Island, has been named New Zealand Chef of the Year at the Restaurant Association NZ Culinary Fare. Blanket Bay resort restaurant Chef de Partie Joseph Clarke, 22, won the title for his culinary skills shown in producing...

Depleted supplies of macadamia nuts are making life difficult for Queensland processor Suncoast Gold. The Gympie company has been hit hard by a run of smaller crops caused by adverse weather. Suncoast Gold sources nut in shell from 150 suppliers from northern NSW to North Q...

Top chefs and industry insiders will share the secrets of three-hat restaurants at the food industry event, Restaurant 2010, on October 25 and 26 at Sydney’s Royal Hall of Industries. Now in its fourth year, Restaurant 2010 champions increased professionalism amongst the top r...

Fair trade coffee is no longer uncommon. But what's unusual about a Canadian cafe is that it has gone so far as to create its own NGO arm to make sure it serves only coffee that's ethically and environmentally sound. AGRO Café, with two Vancouver, British Columbia, locations, ...

A record 39 Hawke’s Bay restaurants and cafés will compete at this year’s Regional Signature Dish Competition from September 10 to October 19. Food Hawke’s Bay’s Jane Libby said the numbers were especially good to see in New Zealand's current tough economic climate. For the...

Damian and Emma Amery’s Berkshire pig operation in South Australia began as a sideline but has grown to be a substantial part of their farming operation. Schu Am’s free range pork is well regarded in its home’s state – and outside, having collected a medal at the recent Delici...

Sydney food and beverage establishments will once again gather in Hyde Park North on October 30 for the 20th Sydney Food & Wine Fair. The annual foodie event is part of the Crave Sydney International Food Fest...

Melbourne restaurant Cutler & Co has been named restaurant of the year at the Australian Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Awards. But the southern city has some stiff competition in the race to be Australia's fine dining capital, with seven Sydney eateries but only two Melbour...

Eric Robinson and his wife and business partner Monica set themselves ambitious targets when they launched The Other Chef brand five years ago – now one of them has just been realised. The couple have just leased a factory about 20 minutes from their home and are about to put ...

Riverstone Kitchen, a country eatery near Oamaru, on New Zealand's South Island, has been named Cuisine magazine's national Restaurant of the Year. The restaurant was one of 50 scrutinised by the annual competition's judging panel. Announcing the win in Auckland, Cuisine ed...

Tasmanian couple, Nicky and Terry Noonan are acknowledged as the pioneers of saffron growing in Australia – an odyssey which owes everything to their decision two decades ago to cook an authentic paella for friends visiting from the mainland. The city couple had embarked on a ...

Food companies are among more than 520 businesses nominated for the 2010 City of Sydney Business Awards. Category winners will be announced at a gala dinner on September 20. More than twice as many members of the public have nominated their favourite business for this year's a...

A search is under way to find out which Sydney restaurant makes the city's best Pho dish. Phở is the name of Vietnam’s most popular noodle soup. The quest was conceived by Cabramatta resident Thang Ngo author of a blog called noodlies.com, launched because people kept aski...