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Lobster dish from the main restaurant on Azamara Pursuit.

Celebrity chefs, steakhouses and seafood: Six cruise lines with outstanding food

Cruise ships are introducing smaller venues and more specialised cuisines to suit a new generation of food-savvy passengers. Here are six of the best.

  • Brian Johnston
Uluru in the distance covered by cloud as guests gather for Field of Light.

Some of cruising’s most spectacular food experiences aren’t on the sea at all

From dinner under the stars at Uluru to foraging for wild plants in Iceland, Silversea’s onshore excursions are taking cruise dining to unexpected new heights.

  • Sarah Norris
Drinks writer Katie Spain conducting a wine masterclass on board the Cunard Great Australian Culinary Voyage in early 2024.

Five things I wish I knew before my food and wine cruise

Arrive thirsty, hungry and prepared to try anything, Katie Spain advises.

  • Katie Spain
Seabourn dining

Good Food’s essential guide to the best cruise dining and drinks

From the best food and drink on the high seas to clever drink collabs, here’s the gourmet guide to great cruising.

One of the drinks available via The Macallan Diamond Bar Cart on Oceania Cruises’s Vista liner.

Cruise ships up their drinks game with clever spirit and beer collabs

A whisky’s being aged using the sea’s motion to help impart barrel flavours; a navy strength gin by Four Pillars and a Lord Nelson beer called Smooth Sailing.

  • Sarah Norris
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Samesyn

The new Torquay restaurant where printed menus and cling film are banned

Profits are donated, food waste becomes clever plates, menus aren’t printed and cling film is banned. The new Samesyn is trying a radical new model for fine-dining.

  • Emma Breheny
Buxton trout is dressed with ginger and spring onions, Cantonese-style.

Three exciting new restaurants that will change the way you think about regional dining

Full-tilt Thai in Geelong, Chinese at a winery and more new flavours in unexpected Victorian locations to add to your Victorian dining hit list.

  • Emma Breheny

Can I fly domestic with a bottle of champagne in my hand luggage?

Airlines insist you don’t pack anything with the potential to explode, but can you bring bubble-wrapped bubbly onboard?

  • Huon Hooke
The share-friendly menu at Innocent Bystander in Healesville offers snacks, pizzas and paella.

The Good Food guide to eating and drinking in the Yarra Valley

There’s so much more to the valley than grapevines. Here’s everything you need to know about eating and drinking well in Victoria’s oldest wine region.

  • Gemima Cody
Steamed pea custard with broad beans and zucchini at fine-diner Babae.

Victoria’s newest destination diner is not where you might expect it

There’s another reason to visit a former gold rush town – and you don’t even have to leave your hotel to enjoy it.

  • Emma Breheny