Journalism and writing

I’ve written news, reviews, features, op-eds and trend pieces as both a staff writer and freelancer for publications including: The Age and its food section Good Food, Gourmet Traveller, Time Out, The Guardian, Melbourne Food & Wine, The Monthly’s blog, Assemble Papers and more.

I currently co-edit The Age Good Food Guide, a collection of more than 350 reviews of restaurants across Victoria that has been published annually since 1980.

My passion is food and drink, but I have also written about contemporary art, urban space, politics, music and more.

A selection of my work is below.

Profile: Melbourne chef Karen Martini’s decades in the limelight, The Age, April 2026

‘It’s not just a butcher’: Donati’s celebrated in final weeks, Good Food, December 2025

Resident complaint puts an end to honesty-box bread, Good Food, March 2025

Review: This restaurant is smaller than some families’ dining rooms, Good Food, June 2024

‘It’s crazy. And it’s just going to get crazier’: Thai Town rises, Good Food, November 2023

Ixta Belfrage, the breakout star of the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen, Good Food, July 2022

Chefs lead the whey in new-wave cheesemaking, Good Food, September 2021

Thing or Not A Thing: Basque cheesecake, Melbourne Food & Wine Festival, July 2020

Hazel restaurant review, Time Out Melbourne, December 2019

Provenance restaurant review, Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide, August 2019