WA’s best local food and wine festival raises a glass to the pinot noir

WA’s best local food and wine festival raises a glass to the pinot noir

The Pinot Picnic ticks all the boxes. It has well-curated events and excursions,a raft of stunning cafes and restaurants and all you need to make a weekend of it.

  • byRob Broadfield

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Broadfield abroad:Steaks in London,seafood in France,with a duck picked up along the way

Broadfield abroad:Steaks in London,seafood in France,with a duck picked up along the way

In another dispatch from the eateries of Europe,food correspondent Rob Broadfield travels through classic English pubs and up to coast of northern France.

  • byRob Broadfield
Broadfield abroad:Classic pubs and Groundhog Day south of London

Broadfield abroad:Classic pubs and Groundhog Day south of London

London was cold and grey and rainy when I arrived three days ago. It hasn’t changed much since.

  • byRob Broadfield
Alpaca lunch? The WA food festival taking tastebuds abroad

Alpaca lunch? The WA food festival taking tastebuds abroad

The alpaca is a ludicrous portmanteau of a creature:long neck,fluffy topknot,long woolly coat and a face you fall in love with. So,would you eat one?

  • byRob Broadfield
The new Claremont Hotel will be a western suburbs game changer

The new Claremont Hotel will be a western suburbs game changer

When the massive Claremont Hotel opens in mid-January,it will have a licence for 1600 patrons spread across a range of spaces including a table service restaurant,sports bar,lounge areas,outside deck space and large function areas.

  • byRob Broadfield
Perth’s biggest wine buffs reveal the best bottles for Christmas on a budget

Perth’s biggest wine buffs reveal the best bottles for Christmas on a budget

Read on for wines that punch above their weight at a modest price point,as well as a few to “splurge” on – because you deserve it.

  • byRob Broadfield
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The traditional Aussie pub is alive and drinking across Perth

The traditional Aussie pub is alive and drinking across Perth

While fashion dictates much our food and drink culture many Australians still crave the comfort of the old-school pub.

  • byRob Broadfield
The new gin you’ll find in every room at Crown Towers

The new gin you’ll find in every room at Crown Towers

It’s not a rags-to-riches story,although its “overnight” success might suggest just that. Two west Aussies launched a distillery and one year later signed a deal with Crown.

  • byRob Broadfield
A very Grossi Christmas:Revered chef shares family traditions

A very Grossi Christmas:Revered chef shares family traditions

Celebrity chef Guy Grossi’s Christmas lunches are among the most sought-after on the day. So what does he eat when he gets home?

  • byRob Broadfield
Rob Broadfield’s guide to hosting a nostalgic pre-Christmas Sunday lunch

Rob Broadfield’s guide to hosting a nostalgic pre-Christmas Sunday lunch

Coming up to Christmas,you will be concentrating primarily on the Christmas day feast,but there are opportunities to do pre-Christmas entertaining,family style,where the focus is (or should be) on unpretentious,comfort food cooked with high quality ingredients and a light touch.

  • byRob Broadfield
The Perth food and wine show you’re not invited to – but you still buy the products

The Perth food and wine show you’re not invited to – but you still buy the products

The annual private market lets growers and makers of everything from fruit’n’veg to seaweed butter and oat milk woo nearly 30 WA big buyers for a spot on the shelves you shop from.

  • byRob Broadfield