Over the Back Fence

Callan Boys: Australia’s Dining Secrets, The Good Food Guide & Where to Dine Now


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This week Nicola and Di chat with the wonderful Callan Boys. Callan is the Good Foods National Restaurant Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and the NSW restaurant critic for The Good Weekend. If you like to eat out and discover new culinary adventures, including in regional areas of Australia, this is the episode for you. 

In this episode we chat to Callan about how he got his start as a food critic and landed his dream job. We hear the funny ways that Callan uses his family members to make fake bookings in other people’s names so that restaurants don’t know he’s coming ahead of time. He talks us through the Good Food Guide and the rating system, giving us the inside scoop on how they give out the hats. 

Callan also gives us his best of the best when it comes to restaurants in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, WA and Tassie and we go through some of his latest finds in regional NSW. You’ll want to stay tuned to hear the restaurants to put on your list for your next special occasion. We also go through some cheap eats, including the best burger Callan’s ever found in Australia! 

We also chat about where we met Callan, at the incredible Qualia lunch put on by Will Cowper in Hamilton Island and some of the highlights from that day. And we finish up with some foods that are on trend that you won’t want to miss!!

We had so much fun chatting all things food and wine with Callan and we hope you find this episode as delicious as we did. 

This episode is proudly supported by Montgomery Investment Management, trusted experts helping you build and protect your financial future. For further information, please contact David Buckland, Chief Executive Officer or Rhodri Taylor, Account Manager on (02) 8046 5000 or [email protected]

 

Follow Callan Boys on IG here -https://www.instagram.com/callanboys/

Follow more of Callan’s work and food reviews here - smh.com.au/goodfood

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