The selection of fine, international wines available to Perth connoisseurs and quaffers is set to increase when a new retail outlet opens in Wembley, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
CLYDE and Lesley Bevan are close to appointing a head chef to take over the reigns from Andy Henderson, who is leaving Friend’s at the end of the month.
Star Anise owner David Coomer nearly took his culinary skills back home to the east coast after a series of less-than-satisfactory work experiences, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
After many years working with one of Perth’s renowned master restaurateurs, two of the city’s brightest stars are going out on their own, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
TWO of the best-known names in WA wine are striking out on their own, partly to have a bit of fun but also to start a new business, and possibly to help launch the career of a brilliant young winemaker.
GOUNDREY Wines last week completed bottling the first batch of its new label, Offspring, a wine that forms part of a 2004 product growth strategy for the Mt Barker-based winery.
WHAT was conceived as a simple operation offering a couple of do-it-yourself barbecues and tapas-style food has become a five-star restaurant called Chesters of Heafod Glen.
David Pike has drawn big red circles around February 9 and 10 in his work diary, as that’s when the best of the world’s rieslings will be at Frankland Estate’s international tasting.
HE may have created one of Perth’s best-known coffee shop chains and be busily building up his next hospitality empire, but Geoff Hayward (pictured above) is not one to broadcast his achievements.
David Pike has emerged from the recent holiday period refreshed and enthusiastically positive. He’s certainly not buying in to the gloomy forecast for the local wine industry.
A recent trip to the US provided Perth chef Mark Taylor with a new business that may be the food industry’s most significant outsourcing development, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
A NEW bar has opened in Mount Lawley. ENV Bar and Tapas, at 677 Beaufort Street, replaces Italian restaurant Piazza Bar and Restaurant and is just up the street from the Astor Cinemas.
THE founders of Gage Roads Brewing Co expect to produce their first batch of beer by September this year following the recent completion of a $2.5 million capital raising.Gage Roads Brewing Co directo
A NEW-LOOK e’cucina will open later this month featuring more street exposure that is hoped will boost night and weekend trade, according to owner Steve Smith.
