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

NEWS

Cold coffee • The chilled coffee market has transformed radically from its early sugar-filled days. Here are five of the best new wave serves for cool caffeination on the go.

A Quick Word With Ben Gillies And Chris Joannou • It’s not an Australian summer without some classic Silverchair tunes playing on repeat. Here, the bandmates from Newcastle reveal untold stories from the road – and beyond.

Preparing for winter • It’s never too early to start thinking about winter crops. Planning is key, writes SIMON RICKARD.

Grace Tame • Kylie Kwong celebrates the individuals helping to grow a stronger community. This month, we meet former Australian of the Year and advocate, Grace Tame.

Pipis Kiosk • An expectation-exceeding bayside spot makes Albert Park a summer bucket-list destination, writes MICHAEL HARDEN.

Gerard’s • Sporting a fresh look and an inspired new menu, this reimagined Middle Eastern favourite is entering a new era, writes ELLIOT BAKER.

Lola’s • Aussie nostalgia plus modern-day restaurant and wine-bar thinking equals a likeable new player in WA’s pizza landscape, writes MAX VEENHUYZEN.

Pilu • As it sails into its third decade, this northern beaches benchmark furthers the argument that old school is the best school, writes MATTY HIRSCH.

Drinks News

Pauly Vandenbergh And Damien Smith • A year after launching majority Indigenous-owned Munda Wines, the co-founders are taking their premium wines and more than 65,000 years of stories to the world.

Licence to chill • Light, crunchy and quenching a thirst. SAMANTHA PAYNE makes a case for putting light red wines on ice this summer. 

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

Summer lovin’ • NED GOODWIN picks the best wines for joyous summertime drinking.

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

Fruit sorbet • Summer stone fruits and berries shine in these sweet and easy-to-make chilled scoops.

Coming Soon • A Cantonese headliner from Neil Perry, a Parisian bistro and excellent interstate imports are just some of the restaurants we’re looking forward to in 2024, writes JORDAN KRETCHMER.

Barbecue Nation • At parks and campsites across Australia, you’ll find friends and families gathered around a barbecue. But it’s not always a happy experience, as RUSHANI EPA explains.

Summer in the city • It’s an Australian tradition to flee to coastal towns in January but staying put can be just as rewarding, writes LEE TULLOCH.

What’s on this summer • In capital cities around the country, January is packed with blockbuster events.

Great escapes • Like food and wine, we love a holiday read that pairs with the location. JESS HO shares her best summer literature matches.

Australian story • Celebrate summer in Australia with a nationdefining menu imbued with unique local flavours.

Club Tropicana • Chef GUILLAUME ZIKA shares his favourite summertime recipes from The Tropic at Queensland’s Burleigh Heads.

What’s For Dinner? • ADAM LIAW dips into a multitude of cultural influences to bring us a collection of his favourite weeknight dishes.

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