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.

Masthead

Editor's Letter

Restaurant news • Fresh openings from a seasoned Sydney group, a new Indian spot from a rising star in Melbourne and a top chef steps out on his own in the Adelaide Hills.

Flaming Good Times • From his famed home in the Los Angeles Hills, Flamingo Estate, Australian-born gardener, author and hedonist Richard Christiansen shares his guide to living a lavish life this summer.

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

Tasty Friends

Wunderland • Redfern welcomes a hot new dining neighbourhood, Wunderlich Lane.

Three To Try

Andy Bowdy • The pastry chef behind Sydney’s best celebration cakes has put roots down at Ace Hotel.

Gourmet trivia • Put your food and travel knowledge to the test with our ultimate summer quiz.

Hot In The City • The 2025 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival program delivers the world’s longest lunch, pop-up diners, bake sales, and international chefs aplenty.

Olives • The ideal entertaining snack, these are the olives we turn to for finishing the perfect Martini or grazing on a summer’s afternoon.

Karima Hazim • Kylie Kwong celebrates the individuals helping to grow a stronger community. This month, we meet cook and author Karima Hazim, who alongside her mother Sivine Tabbouch runs Lebanese cooking workshop Sunday Kitchen.

Review

Song Bird • Neil Perry’s presumed swan song in Double Bay has found its melody and pitch, writes MATTY HIRSCH.

Central • An underground dumpling bar and restaurant is bringing the flavours and energy of Hong Kong to Brisbane’s CBD, writes ELLIOT BAKER.

Anchovy • Thi Le and Jia-Yen Lee’s mod-Viet returns with gusto in its latest incarnation, writes MICHAEL HARDEN.

Botanic Lodge • Casual long lunches and leafy tranquillity still sit in the heart of Adelaide Botanic Garden, writes KATIE SPAIN.

Drinks news • TOP DROPS, NEW OPENINGS, AND INSIDE TIPS FROM THE EXPERTS

Émilien Boutillat • The youngest chef de cave appointed to a Champagne house, the Piper-Heidsieck cellar master talks bubbles, pairings and bottles.

Adonis • We explore the origins of some of Australia’s signature drinks and learn how to re-create them at home.

Spritz Appeal • New-wave spritzes are the easy-drinking hack of the summer, writes SAMANTHA PAYNE.

Hunter Valley • ALEX MITCHESON heads to Australia’s oldest wine-growing region to uncover the best of Hunter Valley.

25/2025 • Destination dining, grand hotel openings and hot ticket events. JORDAN KRETCHMER gives us 25 reasons to get excited about 2025.

Hot hospo hacks • From glass to plate and beach to barbecue, ELLIOT BAKER finds out how chefs, bartenders, baristas, and restaurateurs stay cool in summer.

Journey makers • JESS HO guides us through the best new release books to transport you this summer.

On The Waterfront • Restaurant Maria chef-owner CHRISTIAN RYAN gives Mediterranean flavours a distinctly Tasmanian edge.

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

Five Ways With Chargrilled eggplant • Smoky and earthy, charred eggplant is a versatile summer staple. Serve as a side or in a salad in a number of flavour variations.

Fennel and leek pie • Chef and restaurateur JONATHAN BARTHELMESS shares the secrets to one of his favourite family recipes.

Viva la vida...