Chef Sean Connolly serving up Yorkshire puds for Christmas in July

Want to know who chef Sean Connolly thinks makes the best Yorkshire pudding in Australia? The answer: himself. It helps that he's actually from Yorkshire, and works from a family recipe. He isn't too shabby on the tools either, a former winner of The Good Food Guide Chef of the Year award.

Connolly is prepared to hand over one of his biggest secrets with the pud. "People try and make them in muffin tins. They are too deep. The one I use is more like a pie tin. They come out light and fluffy, you can almost see through the walls of them," he says.

If that sounds too difficult, you can always tuck into one of Connolly's Yorkshire puddings at The Morrison, where for the next week he's serving them up with stuffed turkey for Christmas in July. With oysters and a glass of Piper-Heidsieck thrown in, $69 sounds good value.

The Yuletide spirit is running across the group's venues, so you can play Santa everywhere from Republic Dining to Watson's Bay Boutique Hotel and The Balcony Bar & Oyster Co at Byron Bay.