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Hyatt Announces Plans for a Park Hyatt Hotel in Auckland

CHICAGO (November 21, 2014) – Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with...

Bonsoy toxic soy milk victims on track for share of $25m payout; thought to be record-setting settlement

Hundreds of Australians allegedly poisoned by toxic soy milk are set to share in a $25 million settlement, in what is believed to be the country's biggest...

Australian chefs hopeful about China FTA

AUSTRALIAN restauranteurs are hopeful the free-trade agreement will make operating in China a piece of cake, with lower prices thanks to tariff cuts encouraging...

Primo bought by Brazilian giant JBS for $1.45 billion

Another iconic Australian food company has fallen into foreign hands, with Brazilian food giant JBS's $1.45 billion takeover of ham, bacon and smallgoods...

'Food prices should not come down, when everything else is going'

Top celebrity chefs who charge up to $525 per head argue in favour of high dining prices  Heston Blumenthal and Peter Gilmore said they don't believe...

Brisbane chef chuffed: Obama returned for seconds

A Brisbane chef has the right ingredients when it comes to ensuring the world's most powerful leaders come back for seconds. US president Barrack Obama...

Teens to take Melbourne's coffee secrets to remote Queensland

A group of teenagers from a remote Aboriginal community in far north Queensland are on a fact-finding mission in Melbourne as part of a quest to open their...

'Restaurant Australia' promoting Australia as a food and wine destination to 80 chefs and influential food bloggers

It's fair to say you wouldn't normally expect to go to Tasmania to taste Northern Territory barramundi or Western Australian quandong, decorated with wattle...

Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal: why Aussies are perfect customers

Australia is in the midst of a "food explosion" with West Australian produce an important factor, according to celebrity chefs in town for this year's...

Chinese buy Hotel Cairns for up to $10m

The Hotel Cairns has been bought by a Chinese family. Source: Supplied A CHINESE family has paid up to $10 million for a hotel in Cairns in...