Under the Grill: Sydney-based French chef Guillaume Brahimi

Guillaume Brahimi is an acclaimed French-born chef who trained under the legendary Joel Robuchon before moving to Australia in the 1990s. He now owns the two-hatted Sydney fine-dining restaurant Guillaume Paddington, as well as the three Bistro Guillaume eateries in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Brahimi is coming to New Zealand to share his talents at a very special dinner at Huka Lodge on October 1. Hosted by Clive Paton and Phyll Pattie, the founders of celebrated Martinborough vineyard Ata Rangi, the Ata Rangi Big Red Dinner will showcase the winery’s 2013 releases – the Juliet Syrah, Célèbre and signature Pinot Noir. Brahimi will be cooking a fabulous feast to complement these very special wines.

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Restaurant review: Delhi Belly, Christchurch

Delhi Belly – what a fantastic name. The sheer ballsiness to name an Indian restaurant after slang for food poisoning is inspiring. I’ve got no jokes about it, I’m sure they have all been said long ago. And no, there was no post-meal queasiness.

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Renwick beautification project gets $50,000 go-ahead

A rebranding of Renwick as a “wine village” with an abundance of green space will be assisted by a $50,000 boost to beautify the town.

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Indianapolis pizza shop wants to trade guns for pizza

What do Americans love more – pizza or guns? 

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Dinner-party diagnosis: The occupational hazard of being a doctor

There’s not a doctor on this planet who hasn’t given out free medical advice to family, friends and even total strangers.

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Retaurant review: Hamilton’s Caffe Centrale

Risotto is one of my favourite comfort foods. It’s even better when someone else makes a decent one for me, as happened at Italian eatery Caffe Centrale, in Hamilton’s Alma St. 

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Experiencing New Zealand’s first Dinner in the Dark

I think it was red wine. Was it red? I savoured it more than a usual mindless guzzle. 

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Texas State Fair crowns deep fried jelly its favourite artery-clogging food

America has once again given us even more deep-fried delights to clog our arteries. 

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My Secret Wellington: Chef Steve Logan shares top capital foodie picks and pastime activities

Wellington chef Steve Logan is best-known for the restaurant he and Al Brown opened in 1996, combining their surnames to create the fine dining establishment that is Logan Brown.

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Cafe chat: New cake shop, Dux Central turns 1, and Three Boys toasts city loyalty

Central Christchurch’s bustling New Regent St is gaining a new sweet spot at the Armagh St end.

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Tech giant Apple pays $9m tax in NZ – how does that add up?

After Apple was slapped with an enormous tax bill in Ireland, Tom Pullar-Strecker looks at the case in New Zealand.

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Just Group director accuses Cotton On of trying to steal its Smiggle expansion plans

It’s pencils at ten paces at the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia, as the owner of the popular schoolkids stationary brand Smiggle, billionaire rag trader Solomon Lew’s Just Group, fights to stop the company’s chief financial officer Nicole Peck defecting to rival Cotton On.

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Wellington prepares for a November opening for Top Shop

British-based fashion giant Top Shop expects to open its Wellington store in the first week of November.

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Air NZ customers defend safety videos

The government watchdog might not like them, but Air New Zealand’s lavish safety videos appear to have plenty of fans.

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Washing machine fires sparks recall warning reminder

Two faulty washing machines have burst into flames in Waikato in the last week – three years after they were recalled. 

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Commuter rail link between Hamilton and Auckland on city council’s radar

​Hamilton’s newly-elected city council will debate the merits of a daily passenger rail service to Auckland.

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Subway manager’s job at risk after spilling the beans on company’s inner workings

A Subway staffer in the UK could lose his job after telling the public the good and bad about the popular fast-food operators’ food.

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Advertising online not the ‘marketing magic’ it’s said to be

Everyone uses the internet, and everyone uses it all the time, but the effectiveness of advertising on it is oversold, an advertising expert says.

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Construction litigation specialist launches class action

A specialist construction litigation law firm is hoping to deliver financial compensation to the owners of recently-built buildings, with a new class action suit.

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Sir Bob Jones buys ASB Bank Tower for $32m, the latest in a string of owners

Property mogul Sir Bob Jones has snapped up a high-rise Wellington building that has been passed from a bankrupt property developer, to a lawyer who escaped bankruptcy, to another developer.

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Fraud of the rings hits back at Tolkien’s estate

When the great eye of the Tolkien estate swept across the world, a Melbourne jeweller did not expect its powerful gaze to settle on him. 

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Three dimensional printing opens up range of possibilities for jeweller

There aren’t too many things that could be more personalised than a wedding band imprinted with your partner’s fingerprint.

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University of Liverpool researchers come up with a clever new way to cut pizza

If triangles are getting you down and pizza is still on the menu, don’t fear.

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Chefs promote farm to table philosophy to Central Otago foodies

Celebrity cook Annabel Langbein and a United States chef ambassador showed Central Otago foodies how to bring the farm to the table at a cooking demonstration.

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Adelaide’s Viscous Coffee serves a coffee with 80 times more caffeine

An Australian cafe has created a coffee containing 80 times the usual amount of caffeine.

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