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Youths shun cooking careers

WA faces a chef shortage in part because perceptions of the industry have been warped by reality TV cooking shows and young people are reluctant to work...

Best Sydney restaurants for fresh produce: Paddock to plate trend helps turn cooks into farmers

MATT Moran, Geoff Jansz, Martin Boetz and Sujet Saenkham are just four chefs who grow produce to supply restaurants, including their own. Here is a...

Neil Perry’s daughter, Josephine, strikes out on her own with an impressive new French restaurant

ESSENTIALLY there are two types of restaurants in the world: those run by chefs and those run by restaurateurs. (Occasionally you get a venue run by the...

Pubs sector prepares for shake-up

Australia’s pub sector may be in line for another major shake-up as Woolworths’ hospitality arm, ALH Group, and Charter Hall Group, mull a $650 million-plus...

Just Open: Saba's Ethiopian Restaurant, Fitzroy

When 25-year-old Saba Alemayoh visits relatives in Ethiopia, she packs her least favourite clothes – suitcases are emptied on arrival and filled with...

How to run a sellout festival without selling out

It’s a week away from “bump in” and the Brisbane Festival offices are buzzing. The coffee machine’s on the blink, event signage and props are stacked...

Best Sydney restaurants for fresh produce: From Farm to Fork builds on paddock to plate movement

There was a time not so long ago when a chef’s job mostly involved making food look and taste good. But in a world where TV cooking shows and multimedia...

The rise and fall of Subway, the world's biggest food chain

With 43,945 sandwich shops in 110 countries, Subway has become the world's most ubiquitous restaurant chain, posting armies of "sandwich artists" in more...

Push to cut Sunday Penalty rates

Cutting Sunday penalty rates to Saturday levels could create 2800 jobs in South Australia and encourage restaurants to open for general trade and to support...

Pub only for sale not business, manager

COLONIAL Leisure Group is selling the Portsea Hotel building and land not the business, says the group’s national operations manager Grady Patching. Mr...