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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Editor's Letter

Restaurant news • We check out the best openings in Australia, from Victor Liong’s casual Chinese eatery in Melbourne to a flirty new French bistro in Brisbane.

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

Umami seasonings • We explore four of the best seasonings, including two chef-made iterations.

Bright sparks • Australia’s hospitality stars came out to celebrate Gourmet Traveller’s Annual Restaurant Awards presented by Sanpellegrino.

Jean-Paul El Tom and Alex Kelly • Kylie Kwong celebrates the individuals helping to grow a stronger community. This month we meet the Baba's Place co-founders who are celebrating multiculturalism through food and art.

Saint Peter • The latest incarnation of Sydney’s preeminent seafood shrine is a full-throated triumph, writes MATTY HIRSCH.

Supernormal Brisbane • The first interstate foray by Andrew McConnell’s Trader House is a pleasant surprise – it’s bold, beautiful and entirely different to the original, writes ELLIOT BAKER.

Doju • An intriguing, exciting addition to the burgeoning Melb-Korean food scene arrives in the CBD, writes MICHAEL HARDEN.

Maria • Sun-drenched flavours on the water’s edge get a Tasmanian twist, writes ALIX DAVIS.

Drinks news

Louis Schofield • Trained by the late Taras Ochota, the Adelaide Hills winemaker behind Worlds Apart Wines is driven by drinkability and deliciousness.

Better with age • Because in both life and wine, timing is everything, SAMANTHA PAYNE explains the art of cellaring.

Mclaren Vale • ALEX MITCHESON scopes out the best wineries to visit in South Australia’s oldest wine region.

The chemistry of charisma • Is charm innate or is it something you can learn? DANI VALENT talks to some of the best front of house in the business to learn their service secrets.

Odd Flavour Fellows • We asked people whose palates we respect to share the unusual flavour pairings that have surprised and delighted them while travelling, dining and cooking.

Full stops • A stopover – especially one that provides contrast to your main destination – can be a delicious entrée or dessert, writes ALEXANDRA CARLTON.

Everyday • Easy entertaining, weeknight dinners and suppers to share.

Saucisson • LP’s Quality Meats founder LUKE POWELL shares the secrets to the signature smallgood that inspired a cult following.

All In Good Time • Because flavour is what happens when we are busy doing other things. Here, we invoke the transformative power of marinades to dial up the intensity of this spring menu.

Black magic • Fire-kissed and full of flavour, these recipes make the most of spring produce, transforming them through the power of char.

Golden hour • There’s chemistry to elegant entertaining; right time, right place, paired with a delicate balance of flavours. As the days get longer, and party season ramps up this canapé menu is set to sparkle.

The art of... finding magic on the menu • Complicated culinary creations are plain old science. To taste the supernatural, look to a nation’s simplest dish, says ANNA HART.

Fjords of dreams • Land, sea and thousands of years of history. MICHAEL HARDEN floats from Copenhagen to Tromsø aboard Oceania Marina.

East Coast Tasmania • We hit the road for a weekend escape, exploring the best regional Australia has to offer. This month we head...