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Rene Redzepi will return to Noma in August.

Noma restaurant will reopen with René Redzepi in a new role

After reports of abuse in decades past and a pop-up in Los Angeles, the former “Best Restaurant in the World” returns to Copenhagen.

  • Priya Krishna
Elizabeth Coyle, a migrant hospitality worker, has spoken up about working conditions in Victorian restaurants.

Elizabeth spoke up about feeling unsafe at work. Then she lost her shifts

Alarming new data shows hospitality is rife with sexual harassment, instability and fear. But one group has nine big ideas to change the status quo.

  • Dani Valent
Joe's Tavern by Paisano & Daughters doesn't offer takeaway.

‘Not worth compromising’: Why some Sydney restaurants are saying no to delivery

The demand for food delivery and takeaway might be on the rise, but for venues like RaRa Ramen, Porteno and LuMi, it just “doesn’t make sense”.

  • Erina Starkey
Redzepi and chefs working in the Noma kitchen in 2010.

The fall of Noma’s chef reverberates in the restaurant world

In the industry where René Redzepi reigned, fellow chefs are debating how, and how much, restaurant kitchens can change.

  • Julia Moskin
Noma's head chef René Redzepi.

Noma’s René Redzepi ‘steps away’ following allegations of past abuse

The chef, who has run the restaurant for 23 years, made a statement after protesters gathered at the opening of the $1500-a-head Noma pop-up in LA.

  • Erina Starkey
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Noma's Rene Redzepi.

Noma event loses sponsors after a report of past abuse by its chef

Two companies have withdrawn from a series of dinners in Los Angeles after The New York Times reported allegations that Rene Redzepi attacked workers.

  • Julia Moskin
The Herald’s investigative reporter Eryk Bagshaw, Good Food’s Bianca Hrovat and crime reporter Clare Sibthorpe

Good Food wins first Walkley for its investigations into Sydney’s hospitality scene

“The reporters’ painstaking research and gripping storytelling had real impact: resignations of famous restaurateurs, further scrutiny from investigators and regulators and new laws.”

  • Good Food
Fish finger bao at King Clarence.

One hit dish, $500K revenue: Top chefs reveal the secret to successful menus

“I can’t get sick of making [it], it makes us too much money.” Plus five lessons from the sold-out Good Food Symposium.

  • Bianca Hrovat
The Bear is “possessed by an unpayable traumatic debt”.

The problem isn’t penalty rates: How to actually fix the restaurant industry

According to Baba’s Place co-founder Alex Kelly, the hospitality industry’s focus on solutions like lower wages is doing more harm than good to both businesses and workers.

  • Alex Kelly
Woman and Revolution’s Bridget Raffal (left) and Sophie Otton.

‘Why can’t we be the catalyst for change?’ Women fight for safer, fairer hospitality workplaces

Giving women practical tools and skills is the key to improving the industry, advocates say. Plus, the events to book near you.

  • Bianca Hrovat