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Foodservice and Catering

Advice to young chefs: be tenacious

Tonka’s recently-appointed head chef, Kay-Lene Tan, believes that adaptability is the key to success in a post-pandemic kitchen.

Out-of-the-box solutions helping businesses thrive

While these strange days have seen businesses close their doors, others have weathered lockdown through creative redirection of their businesses, and thrived in these unsettling times. Here’s an optimistic look at our food scene of the future.

Changing shape: how ‘back of house’ is being rethought

There’s nothing like a pandemic to deliver an opportunity to assess some of hospitality’s pain points and to treasure the aspects that give the food world heart and soul.

Celebrating in lockdown – how to keep the family connection through dining together, apart

Owner of The Left Handed Chef in South Melbourne, Ehud Malka’s Shabbat Boxes are helping to unite families and friends who are unable to congregate in person on culturally significant days of the week.

Hospitality Unites: A Fine Food Australia Initiative

A Fine Food Initiative.

Good Evening, Please Meet our Sanitiser Sommelier

Finding creative ways to make essential sanitising part of the hospitality experience.

400 Gradi: Trading Not as Normal

An acclaimed Italian restaurant with 13 locations across the globe, 400 Gradi – which won “worlds best pizza” in 2014 – wasn’t able to fit patrons in their restaurants amid COVID-19 restrictions.

Chef Zackary Furst’s recipe for success

Zackary Furst has had difficult times along the way, but he knows character-building experiences have set him up for a fruitful career.

Sophie Storen: From world-class kitchens to big-time dining events

Chef-turned-caterer Sophie Storen on finding 'her' people and understanding what success means.

Young Chefs Ignite their Culinary Careers in National Award

Nestlé GOLDEN CHEF’S HAT AWARD is gearing up for the 2019 national finals, having sourced the best and brightest young chefs from across the country. Australia’s longest running culinary competition for young chefs has seen a host of new chef talent step up this year to put themselves to the