Erin McWhirter, TV Editor - The Daily Telegraph
SWIM star Eamon Sullivan hopes his next major TV turn after winning Celebrity MasterChef will be on a lifestyle or travel program.
The Olympic silver medallist won Australia’s first Celebrity MasterChef series after cooking off against Miss Universe Australia Rachael Finch and INXS guitarist Kirk Pengilly last night.
The Perth-raised 24-year-old, [...]

By Caris Bizzaca
Celebrated Australian chefs Tony Bilson, Tetsuya Wakuda and Cheong Liew have launched a new Sydney gastronomic festival incorporating food, culture and art.
Cuisine NOW begins on January 11 next year and over two weeks will feature a variety of culinary events, ranging from masterclasses to a gala dinner.
Seven internationally renowned Australian and European chefs [...]

Fast food giant McDonald’s has received the dubious honour of a hat trick in the annual children’s food marketing Fame and Shame Awards.
Voted by more than 200 members of the Parents Jury, an online network of parents who advocate improving children’s food and physical activity, McDonald’s was named the most irresponsible creator of food promotions [...]

NATASHA WALLACE HEALTH – November 10, 2009

THE NSW Food Authority has confirmed that at least three cases of hepatitis A have been traced back to contaminated semi-dried tomatoes from Victoria, which are being blamed for a large outbreak of the disease.
NSW Health has issued a warning not to eat loose semi-dried tomatoes unless they have [...]

Jim Schembri
OH, YOU gotta love this. During a standard Friday-night telecast of an eviction on Britain’s Big Brother, news begins breaking of chaos and riots throughout the country.
But everybody in the production office, including producer Patrick (Andy Nyman) and production gofer Kelly (Jaime Winstone), is far too busy with the frenzy of the show to [...]

Elizabeth Meryment – From: The Sunday Telegraph
PHONES are ringing off the hook. When I call, it’s less than a month after the restaurant at this South Coast hotel was rebranded Rick Stein at Bannisters.
The phones are ringing off the hook at Bannisters. When I call, less than a month after the restaurant at this South [...]

MY NAME is Tamzin, and I confess – I am a surly waiter.
I confess also to sniggering when you mispronounce the name of this week’s obscure vegetable. I roll my eyes when you order your steak well done, or with fries. I pretend to misunderstand you when you squiggle in the air on your invisible [...]

CELEBRITY chef Peter Evans is set to judge Channel 7’s new cooking show My Kitchen Rules.
The reality cooking series is Seven’s bold plan to cash in on the phenomenal success of Channel 10’s MasterChef Australia.
Evans, a partner with brother David Evans in The Hugo’s Group restaurants, was a guest celebrity judge on the MasterChef series [...]