In no particular order Lunch Magazine highlights some of the nation’s leaders who continue to shape the way we experience the best of fine food and wine in Australia.
The Lunch Magazine team was back out exploring in 2024 experiencing some of the best food and accommodation escapes and here’s what we loved:
Restaurant of the year
Bennelong Sydney
Bennelong oozes sophistication.
As you hit the outskirts of the city of Melbourne and the shops are rapidly replaced by lush green fields and then perfectly manicured vines, it is easy to understand you have landed in one of Australia’s, if not the world’s, truly great wine regions – the Yarra Valley.
With six Academy Awards to his name, Francis Ford Coppola has served up some of cinema’s greatest moments, now he’s helping today’s Oscar winners celebrate their night of nights.
While Ferraris, food and wine make Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region one of the world’s favourite locales, a collection of local winemakers are passionate about adding the humble and almost forgotten Famoso grape to the list.
While Australia has predominantly made its name as an exporter of rocks and crops, there has been a quiet export revolution going on over the last decade and it’s influencing the world’s palate – in particular South-East Asia’s.
The Ivy has continued to grow over the years, taking over prime real estate in Covent Garden (a natural), Marylebone, Chelsea, Kensington, as far west as Wimbledon and a few hours further, to Bristol, one of the foodiest cities outside the big smoke.