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Victoria’s restaurant community gathers for annual Good Food Guide Awards
Victoria’s restaurant community gathered at The Timber Yard in Port Melbourne for the Good Food Guide Awards.
More than 500 chefs, business owners and other guests attended.
The event brings people in the hospitality industry together to recognise success and catch up.
Chef Shannon Martinez said the awards are a chance for the industry to support one another, rather than simply compete.
Rosheen Kaul, of Fitzroy bistro Little Rose, said she valued seeing people she admired.
Former MasterChef winner Nat Thaipun also attended, after completing a 100-kilometre ultra trail run along the Great Ocean Road a little over a week earlier.
She said she and her partner, Caleb Baldwin, planned to travel to America and Mexico before moving to London for a while.
More than 500 guests gathered at The Timber Yard in Port Melbourne for Victoria’s 46th Age Good Food Guide Awards.
The Monday event brought together chefs, restaurant owners and others from the hospitality industry.
Chef Shannon Martinez described the awards as a chance for the industry to support and celebrate one another.
Rosheen Kaul of Fitzroy bistro Little Rose said the event offered a chance to dress up and catch up with people in the industry.
Former MasterChef winner Nat Thaipun said she had completed a 100-kilometre ultra trail run a little over a week before the awards.
- Who
- More than 500 guests, including chefs and business owners, attended. | The event also drew influencers.
- What
- Victoria’s 46th Age Good Food Guide Awards brought together people from the restaurant industry.
- When
- Monday, October 12, 2026.
- Where
- The Timber Yard in Port Melbourne, Victoria.
- Why
- The awards gathered the restaurant community to celebrate achievements and spend time together.
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I think it’s really important for the community, for our industry, to show support for each other and I don’t think a hat is as much a competition as a celebration for everybody.
I know that when you hear the roar, the applause, when someone wins a hat, you know that we are not competing, we’re really proud of each other for taking that step.
Having every single person in the industry in the room and just catching up with everyone is really wonderful.
It was along the Great Ocean Road; it is called the Surf Coast Century. It is an ultra trail run.
Nat Thaipun completed the Surf Coast Century ultra trail run.
More than 500 guests gathered at The Timber Yard for the 46th Age Good Food Guide Awards.
- Attendance
- More than 500 guests
- Venue
- The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
- Awards
- 46th Age Good Food Guide Awards
- Nat Thaipun’s run
- 100 kilometres
- Run location
- Great Ocean Road
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