The Age Good Food Guide Awards LIVE: All the winners and hats revealed

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Smith, A. (2026, October 12). The Age Good Food Guide Awards LIVE: All the winners and hats revealed. The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/the-age-good-food-guide-awards-live-all-the-winners-and-hats-revealed-20261012-p614fg.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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The Age and Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guides announce their annual winners at exclusive events in Melbourne and Sydney. These guides are compiled by a team of editors, senior food critics, and freelance reviewers who evaluate over 500 restaurants each in Victoria and New South Wales throughout the year. The awards ceremony is an opportunity for industry professionals to celebrate achievements within the local food scene.

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The 2026 edition of The Age Good Food Guide Awards was held in Melbourne on Monday, October 12, with Sydney hosting its own event later. This year, the awards saw significant changes, including 20 new restaurants earning hats and a few familiar names losing theirs. Frank Sweet, co-editor of the guide, noted that despite challenging trading conditions, many restaurateurs worked hard to impress diners, leading to an increase in hat-awarded establishments. The chefs' hat rating system, established over 40 years ago, evaluates restaurants based on food quality, service, setting and experience, and value for money, with scores ranging from 15 (one hat) to 20 (three hats). Notably, eleven of the new entrants are less than a year old. The event was presented by T2 Tea and Oceania Cruises at The Timber Yard in Port Melbourne.

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A core principle this team prides itself on is that no venue can pay to be included in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guides. asserted

venue → pride → Age

The reviews that comprise the most comprehensive food guides in the country are painstakingly written by a team of editors, senior food critics and a diverse group of freelance reviewers who spend the year discovering or revisiting 500 restaurants in Victoria, 500 in NSW, and a smattering in the ACT. asserted

who → comprise → ACT

Each and every year, all this work culminates in an event in Melbourne, and one in Sydney too, where movers and shakers gather to find out if they’re actually the creme de la creme. asserted

they → culminate → Sydney

It’s a rare opportunity to mingle with the local food scene’s elite. asserted

It → ’ → elite

We host on a Monday, when restaurants are usually closed or quiet, so even the most elusive chefs can come. asserted

chefs → host → Monday

So how do you actually score an invite? asserted

you → score → invite

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