Callum McDermott

Callum McDermott is a Sydney-based writer and editor specialising in food, travel and design. His work has appeared in print and online in Gourmet Traveller, Monocle and Broadsheet. His writing has also featured in Home Made, The Broadsheet Italian Cookbook and Swim & Sun: A Monocle Guide. A devoted cafes-should-be-bookable activist and born-again cruise ship apologist, his ultimate goal is to review every hotel robe. In the world.

Food News

Da Orazio reopens at Bondi Beach, back where it all began

Chef Orazio D’Elia has returned to the restaurant that kickstarted his career. Classics like the pizza and porchetta are back, but the casual coastal restaurant has picked up some new tricks.

Food News

Grill Americano, the latest restaurant from Chris Lucas, is now open in Melbourne’s CBD

It’s the latest in a string of openings for the renowned restaurateur. This time, it’s all about classic Italian cocktails, Tuscan bistecca and handmade pastas.

Food News

First verdict: Aalia, Sydney

This beautiful Martin Place restaurant – by the team behind Nour – has a refined, shareable menu featuring an all-star cast of Middle Eastern dishes, ideas and flavours. It’s a new winner for Sydney’s CBD.

Culture

One of New South Wales’ best regional restaurants is throwing a raffle for flood-relief

There are seven prize packages to win, which include vouchers for accommodation, drinking, dining and wellness. The cut-off for ticket purchase ends soon.

Food News

Now open: Matt Moran’s country pub, with a restaurant and boutique hotel to follow

The beloved chef has family ties to the small town of Rockley, and the pub’s reopening yesterday marks the first stage of his ambitious plan to revitalise the area.

Food News

The Continental Sorrento begins its long-awaited reopening this month

Following a $100 million refurbishment, the landmark Mornington Peninsula pub – with its multiple venues, new Intercontinental hotel and adjoined spa and wellness centre – is poised to become one of the biggest destinations in the region.

Travel News

Melbourne is getting its first Four Seasons hotel, inside “the tallest vertical garden in the world”

It’s the city of four seasons in one day, but its Four Seasons is years away.

Culture

This Sunday: an online flood relief raffle with some great prizes

The fundraiser, organised by Sydney’s Bar Suze, has over 25 prizes – including a two-night stay at a retreat in the Byron hinterlands, original artwork, natural wine packs, coffee subscriptions, restaurant vouchers, and more.

Food News

QT Sydney’s Gowings Bar and Grill reopens today, with a reinvigorated direction and a new menu

The evolution for the well-loved restaurant, presided over by chef Sean Connolly, is inspired by the steakhouses of New York’s Little Italy.

Culture

A late booker’s guide to Melbourne Food & Wine Festival 2022

Plenty of great events are yet to sell out, here are our favourites.

Callum McDermott

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