Hervey bay scallop, radish, grape, nashi

Queensland, your table is ready

If you live in Queensland, and Brisbane specifically, you can smell when spring arrives on the breeze. The air is suddenly humid-sweet and it’s now that our region is offering up spectacular produce in what is arguably the best weather of the year. For a Queensland chef, there’s almost too much choice. As soon as…

Suckling pig, pecan, grape, lichen

GOMA Restaurant takes out two Chef’s Hats, third year running

Chef’s Hats are awarded on assessment of ambience, service, ‘x-factor’ and food, with a focus on customer experience, with over 500 restaurants reviewed for this year’s awards. For the third consecutive year GOMA Restaurant has been awarded two Chef’s Hats in the 2018 National Good Food Guide. The GOMA Restaurant is one of only six…

Waste Not, Want Not

The dichotomy between today’s foodie culture and sustainable eating often looks like exactly the same thing. We want the best flavours, the freshest produce and ingeniously prepared dining. We want to see the words ‘local’ and ‘organic’ appear at least once in the dish we’re about to order from the newest, hottest restaurant. We tend…

Recipe for a Bush Fire

Former QAGOMA Executive Chef Josue Lopez guest starred on Channel Ten’s MasterChef showcasing his signature Emu dish ‘After the Eucalypt Fire’ available on the GOMA Restaurant‘s Winter menu. We talk to Lopez about his experience in the MasterChef kitchen. Q&A You’ve carved a niche for creating dishes that respond to the surrounding art at QAGOMA,…

Kitchen Stadium GOMA

The GOMA Restaurant kitchen was graced this week by world-famous Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai and his team. Sakai-san enlisted the assistance of QAGOMA Executive Chef Josue Lopez and team to prep today’s lunch for the Advance Queensland Summit delegates, hosted by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk at GOMA’s Roof Terrace. Chef Sakai is best known as…