A Chef's Guide To… Sydney, Australia

Chef Lennox Hastie shares his top tips for eating and drinking in the Harbour City.

- Lennox Hastie

Diners flock to Firedoor in Surry Hills to watch Lennox Hastie play with fire. A former head chef at legendary Basque grill Asador Etxebarri, Hastie is obsessed with exploring the magic that happens when prime Australian ingredients meet wood, fire and smoke. When he’s not at the (literal) coalface of his Sydney restaurant, these are the places the one-time GT Best New Talent winner and newly minted Netflix star likes to eat and drink.

BOLD CARIBBEAN FLAVOURS

In spite of its location in The Star casino, I love Momofuku Seibo. It’s not so much about the space but the people that inhabit the space, which is led by chef Paul Carmichael and restaurant manager Kylie Javier Ashton. There’s a lot of same-same in Sydney, but Paul’s Caribbean food is so different to what anyone else is doing in terms of flavour and approach.

AN ITALIAN FAVOURITE