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Tipo 00's master pasta maker Andreas Papadakis and Jock Zonfrillo roll with it.

MasterChef recap: Rushed ragu gets some through, but for one team it's pasta la vista, baby

It's Masters Week on MasterChef and the first challenge? Perfect pasta - and not from a packet.

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Brett Robinson, chief executive of The Point Group, in front of the new development.

Ambitious four-in-one mega-venue Shell House to open behind Wynyard Station

Soon, you'll be able to take the Willy Wonka-style lift to Shell House's rooftop dining room.

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Hermann Schneider in the kitchen at Two Faces, South Yarra, in 1981.

Pioneering Melbourne restaurateur Hermann Schneider dies, aged 86

The Swiss-born chef, whose Two Faces restaurant set standards for Melbourne dining, has died.

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Pete has plenty to smile about in this episode.

MasterChef recap: Everyone makes cucumber granita for no good reason and it sends someone home

The brief: to create a delicious demonstration of a common food-related phrase. So who brings home the bacon, and who just goes home?

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From left, Nina Collins, Meg Montague and Merrin Layden from 3000Acres harvesting and pressing olives for oil.

The good oil: how Melburnians can turn their backyard olives into liquid gold

Not-for-profit organisation 3000Acres is offering Melburnians the chance to turn their backyard olive harvest into extra virgin oil.

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Gelato Messina's Messinetta, which sold 1000 units in less an hour.

Because one slice is never enough: the Viennetta makes a triumphant return

Australian demand for the cult classic has increased by 50 per cent in the past 12 months.

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The Free to Feed team at their new Fitzroy North events space.

Social enterprise Free to Feed opens stunning events space in Fitzroy North

Asylum seekers and refugees share their experiences and love of cooking at the spacious new venue, available for events, cooking classes and workshops.

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Jessi Singh says there has been notable silence from Australia's hospitality industry, which has made so much money off ...

Chef Jessi Singh announces fund-raising dinners to support India through COVID

Sick of feeling “paralysed” by the COVID-19 situation in India, chef Jessi Singh is holding fundraiser dinners at his venues across Australia on May 19.

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Meatsmith will sling grilled snack foods, riverside, during the festival.

Chef David Moyle will helm a pop-up restaurant made of glass at Melbourne's Rising festival

Festival food hits exciting new heights with The Lighthouse - a 130-seat contemporary restaurant perched on the amphitheatre of the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.