Food & Wine

TWØBAYS vision

DROMANA BREWERY WINS SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR Despite eight months of Taproom closures, TWØBAYS Brewing Co has been crowned Xero Small Business of the Year for FY22, and is now the…

Italian adventure

Photos Yanni It was in the late 1980’s that Garry Crittenden first developed a fascination with Italian wine and, consequently, grape varieties. There was little known of the varieties in Australia, as…

Passione di Pierre

By Zahrah Ahmad Photos Kris Paulsen Pierre Khodja is the head chef at 400 Gradi, an Italian restaurant that opened earlier this year in Mornington. But the hat winning chef is no…

A cut above

By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Gary Sissons Becoming a chef was a natural choice for Darel Boodhna. He comes from the tiny East African island nation of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.…

Hot Chocolate

By Natasya Rallios  Photos Leon Shoots and Thomas Barnes Deniz Karaca started his career at 16 as an apprentice at the esteemed Cron & Lanz patisserie in Göttingen, Germany and developed his…

The restults are in!

Delicious / Harvey Norman award local winners Last month, the dedicated panel of state judges tasted their way around a bounty of local Aussie produce, and have come to a decision on…

Boatshed Cheese

By Natasya Rallios  Photos willowcreative Before Sarah and John Archard bought the cheese-making facility BoatShed Cheese in Dromana last July, they envisioned a place where their customers could come in and be…

Regional flavour

By Andrea Louise Thomas   Photos Gary Sissons Simon West, head chef at Yabby Lake Winery, knows his cool climate regional cuisine. He has spent the majority of his professional career cheffing in…

Muchos tacos

A new spice on the Mornington Peninsula By Natasya Rallios Photos Yanni You know you are having a good taco when you can smell the tortilla. It’s soft and authentic and does…

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