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April 23 2021, 9:19 am | BY Ricki Green | 2 Comments To coincide with Earth Day, Audi Australia and We Are Social have released a short film that follows acclaimed Australian photographer, Woody Gooch, on an epic adventure down the east coast of Australia in the all-electric Audi e-tron Sportback.   A vision of sustainable exploration, ‘Electric Eye’ is the culmination of a 3,500 km, 10-day road-trip in the brand’s first all-electric vehicle. Departing from Rainbow Beach in subtro...

Fasten your seat belts for the return of Tasting Australia Daniela Frangos Photo: Supplied One of the many symptoms of COVID-19 has been a quiet reinvention of the hospitality industry. Star chefs have swapped their acclaimed restaurants for food-delivery services, pop-up kitchens and greener pastures in regional and rural towns. Luckily for diners at this years Tasting Australia, some of our best will don their chefs whites once more for a series of one-off dining experiences across South Aust...

It turns out there IS a track winding back to an old-fashioned shack along the road to Gundagai. If youre on Brungle Road coming in to Gundagai from Tumut, turn left at the Nimbo Road letterboxes, then cross four cattlepits, drive around a very big tree, and wait for the slow-moving cattle to get off the road (twice), you will arrive at a rather charming two-storey fly-fishing lodge overlooking the fork of the Tumut River and Nimbo Creek. OK, its not old-fashioned, and the only shacks are six e...

MasterChef judge almost quit cooking When the shine of his MasterChef win wore off, former sparky turned judge Andy Allen almost packed it in and returned to the tools. Entertainment by Dan Stock Premium Content Andy Allen knows hes a pretty blessed bloke. Not just because he entered a cooking competition called MasterChef almost a decade ago as an apprentice sparky and not only ended up winning it, but he returned to the show last year as a permanent ...

Premium Content Subscriber only The Northern Rivers best produce and culinary experiences will be in the spotlight in a new food series starring the trio of chefs behind NSW-born restaurants Three Blue Ducks. The program, which takes its name from the highly acclaimed restaurants, will air on Network Ten from Saturday, February 13 for six weeks. It features chefs Andy Allen (MasterChef Australia), Darren Robertson and Mark Labrooy road tripping across NSW and Australia in the name of menu re...

eftpos, Visa, Mastercard The ever-growing Three Blue Ducks dining empire is the kind of cult you can get behind. Founded by a crew of food-and-surf-obsessed mates with a keen eye for the cutting edge, their eateries are better described as lifestyle dining experiences than classic restaurants. Consider the original in Bronte, built to service the sandy-hoofed crowd who care deeply about the provenance of their kombucha and blood pudding. The Farm in Byron Bay comes with a petting zoo and is a m...

10 will screen six-part food series Three Blue Ducks in February. MasterChef judge Andy Allen is joined by Head Chefs Mark LaBrooy and Darren Robertson, both from the restaurant Three Blue Ducks franchise, as they travel to foodie destinations. Produced by Ronde Media with executive producer Ben Davies ( Bondi Rescue) and series producer Liam Taylor, this is sponsored by Meat and Livestock Australia, Tourism Australia, and Destination NSW. Andy Allen, said: “This series is a real and honest ...