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'World’s best restaurant' Noma to close

The Danish restaurant will close next year for a transformation.

Local Focus: Jars Cafe is open and serving not just planespotters

The Airport Cafe is back and Loulou Krebs hopes to make it a reason to go to the airport.

The hot chip index: Would you pay $21 for a bowl of fries?

Beer-battered or honey-buttered? We've got the skinny on chip prices at 100+ eateries.

Focus: What’s on the Christmas menu for NZ’s top chefs

Indulge festival chefs Sean Connolly, Nic Watt, Michael Dearth, Aki Nakamura, Croydon Cole, Jess Granada and Richard Highnam reveal what their Christmas Day plans are, and more importantly what’s on the menu. Video / NZ Herald

Focus: Indulge Festival 2023 - Top chefs reveal what they will be bringing to the competition

Indulge festival chefs Sean Connolly, Nic Watt, Michael Dearth, Aki Nakamura, Croydon Cole, Jess Granada and Richard Highnam reveal some clues as to what they will be bringing to wow guests from the 2nd - 5th of March 2023. Video / NZ Herald

Worker shortage: Restaurants expect to struggle over busy season

Restaurants may be facing a "crisis" ahead of Christmas.

Top chef joins forces with Auckland start-up to deliver special Christmas menu

Top chef teams up with start-up duo to get Kiwis cooking, raise money for City Mission.

Shake-up at the top: Restaurant Brands appoints new bosses

Restaurant Brands changes top-level staff ahead of CEO and CFO's retirement.

Local Focus: Hawke's Bay eateries still struggling to find staff

But not all bars and restaurants are struggling to find staff.

More than eight in 10 restaurants understaffed, Restaurant Association survey finds

Restaurant Association says industry needed more Government support.

Qualification requirement to hire migrant chefs dropped

Exemption to the median wage threshold also extended for another year.

Opinion: Where have all the workers gone?

International headhunters are arriving in droves, enticing talent with tantalising offers.

Bar food hits new heights: The Auckland rooftop bar you should check out this weekend

Masala fries with your Waitākere sunset?

Auckland restaurants top table of world's best diners

The two Kiwi diners topped the tables of best restaurants in Australia and the Pacific.

When Aotearoa met Italy: Spiga restaurant reviewed

REVIEW: Not your usual pizza-pasta joint - but does kina and cauliflower tagliolini work?

From Bandung with love: Iconic Auckland Eats is back on the hunt for the region's best-loved dishes

Nominations are now open at www.iconiceats.co.nz