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Shanghai giant swoops on iconic Kings Cross hotel

An artist’s impression of the development of the Crest Hotel at Sydney’s Kings Cross. Source: Supplied   China’s largest developer Greenland Group...

Chef Ian Oakes opens Drake Eatery in Bondi

The award-winning chef from the Grand National in Paddington fires up the burners at his own venue on Tuesday. Ian Oakes, who nabbed a bag of hats during...

Grand Hotel head chef back to cook up a storm

SHE'S a true local Gladstonian at heart and that's what's brought her back to our town, into our kitchens and into our hearts. La Toya Redman has moved...

Top chef in court on Perth cricket bat assault charge

A top Scottish chef has appeared in court charged with attacking a man with a cricket bat in Perth. Willie Deans, a former Scottish Chef of the Year...

Bountiful truffle harvest from southern New South Wales praised by chef from world's top eatery

They may be fetching around $2,500 a kilo, but for hunters of 'black gold' of the fungi world, a simple homemade sausage mix is their preferred reward. The...

Chinese player set to bid as Surfers Paradise wins back investors

A wealthy Chinese individual is poised to make an offer of close to $100 million for the retail ­complex on the Soul Surfers ­Paradise tower on the Gold...

Old Clare Hotel will be Central Park’s centrepiece

You can tell a lot about Loh Lik Peng from the cut of his clothes.   Inside the renovated pub. Source: News Corp Australia  Born in Ireland to...

Wine Australia hosts first Inspired Tasting in Japan

Wine Australia hosted its first Inspired Tasting in Tokyo on Monday, 1 June, where the more than 100 wines on show were those personally chosen by local...

Koichi Minamishima’s eponymous sushi joint in Richmond is the millionaire’s roe

Koichi Minamishima’s eponymous restaurant has a beguiling air of mystery about it, tucked away as it is down a small side street in Richmond, about 5km...

Wallaby pikelet, an Australian experience

It’s 7.30pm, a damp Melbourne Thursday, and Ben Shewry is skipping around restaurant tables like a pixie in chef’s whites, delivering hollowed logs...