Finally, food trucks you don’t need a compass to find. More than 25 trucks convene on Saturdays at the new Paddy’s Night Food Markets. The meals on wheels line-up includes Chur Burger, Kayter Co and newcomer Dirty Bird.

Catering to Australia’s latest culinary obsession – impeccable bowl food – Bucket List Bondi’s Tom Walton is set to open a healthy chain to add to your lunchtime, er, bucket list. NudeFish Poké lands in North Sydney on July 17, then the CBD.

Before MasterChef and MKR, there was Iron Chef. The cult cooking show brings its brash Japanese quirk to the Opera House on August 2-3. Tickets are $990 and include a six-hour session, degustation dinner and drinks. sydneyoperahouse.com

Butter has turned completely RED, teaming up with PUMA, to celebrate Arsenal FC’s momentous visit with a special 3-item menu: The Invincible Chicken Sandwich​, The Red & White​ Donut and Gooners Gin & Jam Slushie​, plus a complete Arsenal fit out in-store with red neon lights. Additionally, Butter will also be giving away 50 pairs of limited edition, no money can buy PUMA sneakers. For more information visit buttersydney.com.au. The competition and promotion closes Friday 14th July with winners announced Monday 17th July.

Surry Hills’ cellar door in the city, NOMAD has launched a new Wine Club, delivering a curated selection of local, seasonal and hard to find wines to your front door. Join the NOMAD Wine Club, and be treated to a monthly-changing selection of the restaurant’s hottest bottles. The NOMAD Wine Club showcases two options; the ‘Admirer’ ($90) featuring three of the restaurant’s top picks of the month; or the ‘Enthusiast’ ($185), including half a dozen premium wines to delight and excite established oenophiles.

Truffle fever has officially hit, with QT Canberra this year showing their support with numerous in-house offerings, including a bespoke Truffle Negroni cocktail and a much celebrated truffle package that combines an overnight stay with a hunt for the flavoursome fungi the following day.

Get it low and slow at the Grand Hyatt’s Collins Kitchen where Burn City Smokers is in the house until August 31 for weekday lunch and nightly dinner. The menu includes Southern-style ribs, Milawa chicken and a killer brisket burger.

On September 20th, acclaimed whisky and cocktail lounge Eau-de-Vie Melbourne will host an exclusive whisky degustation dinner, the only one of its kind in the world. At $1,500 per head, the intimate soiree will see 16 special guests taste five extremely rare and unique Single Malt Scotch Whiskies aged up to 46 years. Eau-de-Vie’s exclusive event will celebrate the venue’s monumental coup in securing the final edition of these prestigious bottlings worth $57,000, making it the only bar in the world where scotch lovers can enjoy a tasting. Be sure to get in quick, tickets are available from myguestlist.com.au.

For a winter dining experience like no other, South Wharf, Melbourne will be hosting two degustation dinners on the frosty floors of their pop-up ice rink. Guests will be entertained with a 3 course dinner and canapes, served with matching wines and cocktails crafted by Plus 5 bar’s Mixologist and Bohemian’s Head Sommelier. Guests will be ushered across the ice to tables adorned with woollen scarves and blankets to keep them warm as they indulge in a delicious winter dinner crafted specially by the head chefs at South Wharf’s Plus 5, Akachochin, Meat Market and Bohemian. For those eager to test their skills on the rink, a free skate voucher will be given to each guest so they can come and enjoy a skate on a day post dinner.

Apollo Bay’s Winter Wild festival of wintery weekends celebrates the element of fire with The Offering on August 12. Feast on a beast roasted in a fire pit by local chef Steve Earl, to be shared in the darkness by the flames. $35.

The annual sell-out event, Pinot Palooza Brisbane, is back on October 14-15. Saturday’s $100 VIP day includes food and bottle tastings, while $60 on Sunday includes pinot tastings and a crystal Plumm glass.

Eatons Hill is set to welcome city’s third Pineapple Express cafe, due to open on August 1. The health-focused eatery at 646 South Pine Rd, will offer fare including acai bowls, smoothies, Coco Whip, plus poké bowls.

This is your first look at the new Riverland project at 167 Eagle St, Brisbane. Set to open this spring, the riverfront site will feature four rotating food vendors and one permanent tenant, plus an island bar, all in shipping containers.