Gourmet Traveller

Each issue is packed with great dish ideas, hot restaurants and bars, entertaining tips, the best hotels and lavish spreads on some of the world’s most intoxicating travel destinations - everything you should expect from the Australia's premier food and travel magazine.

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Gourmet Traveller

Editor’s letter

WHAT GT LOVES THIS MONTH

Dishes and destinations • The Gourmet Traveller team share where they’ve been and what they’re eating.

NEWS

RESTAURANT NEWS

ON THE PASS • We chat to Restaurant Botanic’s US-born executive chef one year on from the Adelaide fine diner’s 2023 Restaurant on the Year win.

CHEF TO WATCH CHEF SHOWDOWN

THREE OF THE BEST CHOCOLATE BARS

CANTEEN CALLING

SUNSET DREAMS

XO sauce • This popular restaurant condiment may have once been a Cantonese luxury, but it’s now a household staple.

AUNTY BERYL VAN-OPLOO • Kylie Kwong celebrates the individuals helping to grow a stronger community. This month, we meet mentor, caterer and elder, Aunty Beryl Van-Oploo.

Papaya or pawpaw • This tropical tree yields luscious fruit in spring, no matter what you call it, writes SIMON RICKARD.

DRINKS TOP SHELF • New drops to try, five minutes with Vitalie Taittinger, award-winning wines, and how to make a Blackberry Buck.

SPOTLIGHT ON •  Angelica Nohra, Sommelier at Sydney’s The Blue Door

DRINKS NEWS • TOP DROPS, NEW OPENINGS, AND INSIDE TIPS FROM THE EXPERTS

VITALIE TAITTINGER • As president of family-owned Champagne house Taittinger, Vitalie Taittinger became the first woman to lead the maison, which was founded in 1734.

Wine list, ready • For restaurants, a decent wine selection is an opportunity for excitement, writes NED GOODWIN.

TOP HONOURS • Swill, sniff, sip, spit, repeat. SAMANTHA PAYNE takes us behind the velvet curtain on wine judging day.

BLACKBERRY BUCK • Each month, we explore the origins behind some of Australia’s signature drinks and learn how to recreate them at home.

EVERYDAY • From easy-to-prepare dishes for entertaining to simple suppers, these everyday recipes keep things fast and fresh.

Coffee culture at home • How do you have your coffee? Any way you like when you can be your own barista.

Smart and sweet • Enjoy even the most exotic coffee concoctions at home with the latest features at your fingertips.

Explore new tastes • Some like it hot, others over ice. Have the best of both worlds, pronto!

Creative coffee, crafted at home • Enjoy café-style coffee and create latte art masterpieces with perfectly textured milk, just the way you like it.

Frenched fish cutlets • A lesson in precision fish butchery from game-changing sustainable-seafood chef JOSH NILAND.

DINING REPORT • When it comes to eating out, it’s not just restaurant menus that change with the seasons. JORDAN KRETCHMER explores the key trends shaping the way we dine in 2023.

SUPERSIZE ME • Australia’s multi-venue restaurant groups are going through a growth spurt. ALEXANDRA CARLTON investigates what’s driving it – and what does it mean for the future of eating out?

And the winners are… • Without further ado, we reveal the recipients of the Gourmet Traveller Annual Restaurant Awards, representing the very best in Australian dining.

RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR Agnes Brisbane, Qld

RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR State Winners • These restaurants represent the best dining in their states or territory and collectively reflect the incredible calibre of dining in Australia this year.

CHEF OF THE YEAR Hugh Allen Vue de Monde, Melbourne, Vic

BEST NEW RESTAURANT Serai Melbourne, Vic

BEST NEW TALENT Ollie Wong-Hee Bar...