8-11 Sept 2025 | ICC SYDNEY, DARLING HARBOUR

Food and beverage

Increasingly chefs are incorporating native ingredients to their menus with a growing appreciation for the unique and diverse flavour offerings.

Charcuterie charmers “We’ll be seeing a lot more charcuterie and salumi, for the very simple reason that it can be – indeed, must be – made ahead of time, and is easily sliced and prepped for service,” says Terry Durack, Chief Restaurant Critic at The Sydney Morning Herald. “I think

By Wendy Hargreaves In the long shadow of Melbourne’s pandemic lockdowns, the award-winning chef has launched two new dining venues and a thriving gelato business, all while adapting his acclaimed CBD restaurants for the home retail market. And this month, the MasterChef regular got his own TV show, co-staring in

The economics behind plant-based meats and how they can be good for your bottom line.
Keen to stock CBD tea? This is what you should know.
Phillip Kuoch describes himself as a planner, but there’s no way he could have predicted the pandemic trajectory of Goldeluck’s, his Melbourne bakery. “The last 12 months have been a crazy time for us,” he says.
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.
Finding creative ways to make essential sanitising part of the hospitality experience.
How three business owners handled existential threats in the past and what it taught them about dealing with the current threat.