delicious. 100 launches this weekend as the most comprehensive and relevant guide to eating out in Victoria, New South Wales and Brisbane to date.

Victorian and New South Wales editions will see the most delicious restaurants across each state ranked from 1 to 100, while Brisbane editions will feature a top 10 guide.

How exactly do you determine what ‘deliciousness’ is?

To define the top 100 restaurants in Victoria and New South Wales, and the top 10 restaurants in Brisbane, our panel of reviewers considered food, atmosphere, service, drinks, warmth, design, surprise, delight, discovery and innovation.

This list is not just about fine dining; we’ve taken into account how real Australians are eating out now and what they want.

The standard has never been higher. This list is the ultimate confirmation of how strong and unique our food culture is.

Given 48 per cent of Australians now consider themselves to be ‘foodies’, it has also become a way of life. Ultimately it’s important to remember that what makes our hard-working and creative restaurateurs and chefs so great is the quality of Australian produce, and the producers and growers supplying top-quality ingredients.

Very few other countries can lay claim to this wealth of fresh produce, and it has never been so important to support the stars behind the scenes.

We’ll continue to champion these producers behind the restaurant scenes in delicious. on Sunday each week.

Pick up your copy of the delicious. 100 in The Sunday Telegraph in New South Wales, the Sunday Herald Sun in Victoria, and the top 10 guide for Brisbane in The Sunday Mail in Queensland, this Sunday.