WAR presdient Bridget Raffal accepts the award for Cultural Change Champion.

‘Raise the bar’:First Cultural Change Champion calls for action at Good Food Guide awards

More must be done to make hospitality a safe industry for women,heard the crowd at the 40th annual awards ceremony.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Luke Bourke in the Rockpool Bar and Grill kitchen.

The Good Food Guide Young Chef of the Year sets sights on western Sydney

Good Food Guide young chef of the year Luke Bourke is focused on western Sydney,where he can explore his heritage and mentor other young Indigenous chefs.

  • David Matthews andCallan Boys
Broccoli on a bed of anchoiade with pangrattato at Onzieme.
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Onzieme

Confident,smart wine bar-style dining.

The Baba’s Place crew,winners of the inaugural Bill Granger Trailblazer Award.

Everything you need to know from the SMH Good Food Guide 2025 Awards

Catch up on all the action,hats,finalists and winners from the 40th anniversary celebration of the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide.

The late Bill Granger pictured at his bills cafe.

Bill Granger honoured with SMH Good Food Guide Legend Award

Australia’s sunniest culinary ambassador has been recognised for his outstanding long-term contribution to the hospitality industry. And for avocado on toast.

  • Jill Dupleix
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Hats up,hats down.

What’s up,what’s down:Which restaurants gained (and lost) hats in the new SMH Good Food Guide

While emerging talent flourishes in Sydney’s inner west,some of the city’s most loved restaurants lost a hat at the launch of the Good Food Guide 2025.

  • Scott Bolles
Swordfish empanada.
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Can’t snag a table at the new Restaurant of the Year? Stroll into the (fancy) bar instead

The new three-hat home for chef Josh Niland’s fish cookery includes a walk-in bar serving seafood-led snacks such as swordfish empanada and curry fish pie.

  • Terry Durack
Kindred restaurant is housed in a corner terrace in Darlington.
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Kindred

Homey favourite does its own thing.

A selection of iconic dishes from Sydney restaurants for the 40th anniversary of the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide.

40 years and 40 dishes of the Good Food Guide

From Berowra Waters Inn brioche to fish liver chermoula:A dish-by-dish snapshot of the past 40 years of The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide.

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Good Food app

The Good Food app is live,with new Guide reviews,maps,recipes and lots more on the menu

It includes 450 Good Food Guide reviews searchable via an interactive map and ‘nearby’ function,plus 10,000 recipes,a daily feed of restaurant news and healthy eating advice.