| |   | Australian restaurants amongst world's best Two Australian restaurants have featured in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2017 list: Ben Shewry’s Attica in Melbourne at 32; and Dan Hunter’s Brae in regional Victoria at 44. Peter Gilmore’s restaurant Quay in Sydney featured at #95 on the 51-100 list announced last week. The prestigious list is created from the votes of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy, an influential group of almost 1,000 international leaders in the restaurant community. Tourism Australia’s sponsorship of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants provides an opportunity to bring the world’s most influential food and wine people to Australia to inspire them and create advocates Australia’s food and wine scene. |
 | International influencers get a taste of Australia The world’s top 50 chefs, international media and the Awards Academy Chairs will explore Australia’s world class food and wine as part of a country-wide famil’ program taking in some of the best culinary experiences. Overall, 160 individual famils have been organised by Tourism Australia in partnership with Australia’s State and Territory tourism organisations. “Through these first hand, authentic experiences, they will share our Restaurant Australia story beyond these shores, helping to inspire new audiences of travellers and lovers of great food and wine to follow in their foodie footsteps,” said Tourism Australia Managing Director John O’Sullivan. (Photo: El Questro Homestead, WA) |
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 | The Chefs' Feast On Tuesday night, ahead of the highly anticipated awards ceremony, 200 guests – including the Top 50 chefs and their guests, 26 Academy Chairs and sponsors – came together to enjoy a beachside dinner at West Beach Bathers Pavilion on Melbourne’s St Kilda Beach. The Chefts' Feast showcased some of Australia’s best produce cooked by seven of the country’s top chefs: Jock Zonfrillo, Kylie Kwong, Lennox Hastie, Martin Benn, Peter Gilmore, Shannon Bennett and Analiese Gregory. The feast highlighted the diversity of Australia’s native ingredients and Wine Australia matched wines to the meal.
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 | The Great Aussie Brunch After an evening celebrating at the awards, 180 guests including visiting chefs, Academy Chairs and international and domestic media attended the ultimate outdoor brunch on The Rooftop at QT Melbourne. The theme for this year’s brunch is All-Star Yum Cha in celebration of Australia’s multiculturalism and Asian influences. Chefs cooked over barbeques and robata grills at stations filled with the best Australian seafood and native ingredients.
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 | South Australia hosts Awards Academy Chairs The group of media and influencers who oversee the voting panels for the prestigious World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards, known as The World’s 50 Best Restaurants ‘Academy Chairs’, arrive in South Australia today for a two-day itinerary with the support of Tourism Australia and the South Australian Tourism Commission. The 26 Academy Chairs, will experience the best of the region’s vineyards in the Adelaide Hills and Barossa Valley, meet with local producers and South Australian chefs, and dine in some of the state’s best restaurants as part of their two-day annual general meeting. (Photo: Barossa Valley) |
 | Australian tourism operators embracing #RestaurantAustralia As global interest in Australian food and wine continues to grow so too are the number of uniquely Australian experiences created by tourism operators around the country. Tourism Australia has filmed a number of outstanding examples in a series of Restaurant Australia case study videos showcasing some of the exciting ways tourism businesses are making the most of the growing interest in Australia’s vibrant food scene. (Photo: Shene Estate, Tasmania) |
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 | Traveller snapshots Good food and wine is a key part of the decision making process of travellers from all of Australia's main inbound markets. Tourism Australia has produced a series of traveller snapshots giving a one page summary of how global consumers view Australia and what most motivates them to visit. The information comes from Tourism Australia’s international consumer research. (Photo: Longitude 131, NT) |
 | Follow the #Worlds50Best Tourism Australia has created a hub on Australia.com to follow all of the action at key events held to celebrate The World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Australian tourism operators are also being encouraged to share their food and wine experiences on social media using the tag #RestaurantAustralia which Tourism Australia reviews to showcase through its popular social media profiles. |
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