Awards give an inside taste of Aussie food world

Celebrating the passion and talent that shape public conception of food and wine, the Australian Association of Food Professionals (AAFP) announced the winners of the biennial Australian Food Media Awards on the evening of 28 October at Sydney’s Doltone House. They are the only awards to carry a significant cash prize and since their inauguration in 1995, … Continue reading

Food Oscars Glittering Prizes

Almost every industry has an awards scheme. In Australia we see ARIAs and Walkleys and a host of institutional awards plus magazine driven ones. In the food industry there are a few that come and go, or morph according to sponsor commitment, availability and the vagaries of magazine mastheads as well as fly by night … Continue reading

The indisputable Queen of the foodies

The Libran star sign which seems to breed food professionals celebrated the Queen Libran foodie’s 85th birthday last week. Margaret Fulton OAM – Australia’s living national treasure – kicked her small but perfectly formed heels up in The Strangers dining room in Sydney’s Parliament House with some 230 colleagues, friends, family and admirers. The woman … Continue reading