Food

PHMG CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF GASTRO AT BISTRO MONCUR

Posted on March 2nd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
A quarter century after he jump-started the gastro pub movement in Australia, chef Damien Pignolet returns to PHMG’s Woollahra Hotel and Bistro Moncur for a special event and commemorative month. On 3 March 1993 the doors first swung open to

PUB-GRUB AND CASK ALE HITTING THE SPOT WITH SYDNEYSIDERS

Posted on February 19th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The unmistakably British Duke of Clarence in inner Sydney reports a great response to its themed pub, serving up a new home-style menu and flirting with serving warm(er) beer to Aussies. Liquor industry stalwarts Mike Enright and Julian Train are

SHR’S PRAHRAN GETS MENU MAKEOVER TO BEFIT ITS BEAUTY

Posted on July 14th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Not content with international awards for its design, Sand Hill Road has “stepped up” the menu at its Prahran Hotel, bringing a specialty chef and rustic menu to match the ‘wow’ factor. Since the group’s extensive makeover of the 1940s-built

HOTEL SPECIALTY CHEF SEEKS VENUES FOR ‘SOCIAL SERIES’

Posted on May 31st, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Continuing his legacy to the pub kitchen, international chef James Metcalfe will soon be rolling out the JRM Social Series of fine-dining pop-ups at pubs. [caption id="attachment_9857" align="alignright" width="278"] James Metcalfe[/caption] UK-born Metcalfe has worked in Michelin Star and Hatted

BADASS BBQ TALK LOW AND SLOW TO COLOSIMO

Posted on May 12th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Last weekend, the country’s largest ‘meat and music’ event – Meatstock – took place at Sydney Showgrounds, showcasing the wonders of ‘low & slow’ style cooking taking off in Australia. Michael Willcocks, together with pub gourmet and founder of Fork

PADDO PUB CELEBRITY CHEF FASSNIDGE BACK IN BANKSIA

Posted on March 17th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Celebrity chef Colin Fassnidge is back in the pub game, steering the pots at the reinvented Banksia Hotel’s ‘Banksia Bistro’. Fassnidge departed his iconic gastro pub the Four in Hand after its sale in late 2015 to Mitchell Waugh’s Public

PHMG LAUNCH MORE MONCUR, DEBUT MOSMAN

Posted on November 11th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The Waugh’s Public House Management Group has officially opened the Mosman chapter of Bistro Moncur, in the newly renovated The Buena. Bistro Moncur Mosman expands on the preeminent installation at PHMG’s Woollahra Hotel, one of the original champions of the

AUSSIES REPRESENT AS AMERICAN BBQ WOWS THE FOODIE CROWDS

Posted on October 12th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The global ‘low & slow’ BBQ scene is seriously heating up, with Australian hospitality competing amongst the world’s best. Next week the coveted Jack Daniel’s invitational international BBQ competition takes place in Tennessee, where 100 teams will compete for the

LAUNDY’S LION GOES VEGAN

Posted on September 9th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Laundy Hotels find itself on the cutting edge of dining in Australian pubs as the country’s first vegan pub bistro opens in the Red Lion. Located in the inner west heartland of Rozelle, within cooee of dozens of sophisticated modern

PUB FARE HEATING UP FOR PROSPERITY

Posted on September 2nd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Warm-weather-good-times have begun, and savoir faire fare offerings are opening like spring blooms in pubs around the country. Last night the Good Beer Company launched its new French-American bistro in the DOG (Duke of Gloucester), dubbed Duke’s Bistro. Located in