Just in time for Halloween, Doughnut Time have released limited edition spooky doughnuts, available in all of their stores until close-of-business Tuesday 31st October. The doughnuts come in two special flavours, the Pennywise, a cream glazed doughnut, topped with rainbow sprinkles, blood splatters and custom Pennywise, paper boat and red balloon sugar paper toppings, and the Stranger Rings 2.0, a chocolate glazed doughnut, decorated with crunchy Oreo crumbs, Nutella and a dash of glitter to transport you to upside-down. Be sure to get yours quick!

Make a man a pizza and he’ll eat for a day, teach him how to make dough, toss, and bake in a woodfire oven and he must have attended Fratelli Fresh’s pizza masterclass. $99

River Cottage hero Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall puts eggs, dairy, refined flour and sugar to the side to explore unprocessed plant food in Much More Veg. The new cookbook makes veg irresitable. Bloomsbury, $45.

For the third year running Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel annual New Years Day collaboration with The Surf Lodge has your New Years Day sorted. The Surf Lodge x Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel is an one-day beach party experience that celebrates the best of what each venue has to offer, with a chic guest list it provides some of the hottest moments for Sydney’s summer party season. The sun-drenched party has a carefully curated musical line-up with an unmissable mix of Australia’s best producers such as Touch Sensitive, Alice Q, Oli Benz, Matty Sav, and more. The VIP Lounges gives you and five of your nearest and dearest a taste of the fast lane with access to exclusive areas, and alcohol packages for your crew. If you’d prefer something a little more low-key the VIP Experience grants you entry into the exclusive Sunset Room, Top Deck and Balcony, with not only a free cocktail on arrival – but complimentary beverages and bites from pop-up bars between 12 – 2pm. When: Monday 1 January 2018 Location: 1 Military Road, Watsons Bay Sydney, NSW Prices: Starting from $179 (+bf) Time: 12pm-10pm Bookings essential, click HERE to book your ticket.

Always fancied meandering your way through the wineries of the South of France but never quite gotten around to it? This November, NOLA Smokehouse & Bar are bringing some of the best wines of the region to you as part of the Taste of the South wine dinner. Enjoy five courses matched with a selection of notable wines curated by NOLA’s Head Sommelier, Jarrod Mills. Don’t know your Malbec from your Mourvèdre or Manseng? Now’s your chance to discover some of the best varietals this region has to offer without the cost of a plane ticket. Cost: $150pp for five courses and matched wines Date: Tuesday 21 November Time: 6.30pm Bookings: nolasydney.com/events

On 2 November 2017, Le Creuset will open its tenth retail store during the unveiling of Canberra Centre’s new lifestyle and homewares precinct, the Monaro mall. Since the debut of their first Australian store in 2013, Le Creuset has grown its retail footprint within the Australian and New Zealand market; following the recent launch of their Pacific Fair Store earlier this year.

Over this year’s Melbourne Cup long weekend, the Grampians Wine Region will be hosting the Seriously Shiraz Festival, celebrating award-winning Shiraz at a number of stunning venues across the region. Wine lovers can revel in all the festival has to offer With some of the best local provedores and producers hosting over 20 events over the 5 days. Wine making masterclasses, wine tastings, joy rides over vineyards and even dining in the vines at degustation winery lunches are only some of the many events that will take place. Open air music will fill the rural air, with one of the festival highlights including a live performance from musicians from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at the Mt Langi Ghiran Vineyard’s “Wine and Symphony” event.

Sydney’s appetite for Vietnamese food has no signs of slowing. Mama’s Buoi now has a home at Tramsheds Harold Park. As well as regular favourites, expect new additions to the menu, such as pork short ribs.

Superfluid is an exciting new brand to roll-out this year as a series of organic juice bars and plant-based eateries within traditional pub environments, and eventually a high-end restaurant. The first Superfluid café is open on the ground floor of the iconic Carlton Club in Bourke Street on October 27 with organic, cold-pressed juices and plant-based food. This will be followed by a Superfluid café at the rear of The Gertrude Hotel in Fitzroy on November 13, and then expand into a pub setting with the re-opening of The Gertrude Hotel in early 2018 with plant-based food, alcoholic and non alcoholic drink options. Superfluid aims to disrupt the notion that you can’t be healthy and have fun at the same time. Served in a cool and creative environment, these ‘functional’ juices and foods have medicinal and health properties, transcending anything currently available in Australia.

Sand Hill Road has breathed new life into city pub, the Waterside Hotel, with zones such as The Chophouse serving oysters and steak, the Bubblehouse Champagne lounge and the Doghouse bar with its own bottled cocktail range.

Can you imagine waking up to breakfast created by a chef every morning? Well, now you can enjoy a chef-created breakfast from the comfort of your own home thanks to the new Karen Martini Granola, available in two delicious varieties to suit the whole household. Created by much-loved chef and food personality Karen Martini, the granola is made from premium ingredients including whole grain oats, nuts, seeds and dried fruit and is available in two flavours: Cranberry, Almond & Dates and Crunchy Seed & Nuts with a hint coconut and honey.

Ormeggio at The Spit, one of Australia’s most progressive restaurants, will launch ‘A Trip Via Spain’, on 8 November. The much-lauded restaurant has been evolving since opening in 2009 when owners Alessandro and Anna Pavoni launched Ormeggio at the Spit as a modern northern Italian restaurant. In 2016, chefs Alessandro Pavoni and Victor Moya took the menu in a new direction with the introduction of the ‘A Trip Through Italy’ menu. The concept allowed them to create a contemporary menu that paid tribute to their work and travels through different regions of Italy, and highlighting much-loved ingredients and dishes, served alongside a premium regional Italian wine pairing. In November, Alessandro together with Victor will launch a new, very unique, menu, ‘A Trip Via Spain’. The chefs will reinterpret dishes of their respective country’s cuisines – Italy and Spain utilising a mix of each country’s ingredients, techniques and traditions and served in an interactive, fast paced, tapas style manner.

Their LA-style burgers satisfy into the wee hours, now Windsor’s California Burgers are skewing sweet with doughnuts. Their big-in-the-US beignets are made to order with toppings such as caramel or Nutella.

Bay Vista Parramatta are offering a special blood red pancakes with orange chocolate sauce, blood red strawberries and icy cold vanilla ice cream as a Halloween dessert special on the day. They will also be giving away 3 x $100 vouchers to the best dressed customers on the evening.

Sell out success story Meatstock festival will be returning to Melbourne and Sydney in April and May, 2018. Meatstock will be hosting two of the meatiest names in barbecue and it doesn’t get much bigger than Big Moe Cason and Hillbilly Wes. These two smokin’ Pitmasters will be heading to Melbourne and Sydney with the festival to run barbecue classes and demonstrations for both competitors and the public. The flaming hot, two day lineup includes competitions such as the ‘Barbecue and Butcher Wars’, as well as demonstrations and workshops. The event is garnished with a backdrop of live bands, BBQ inspired food trucks and craft beer from Liberty Brewing. Tickets are available from meatstock.com.au and cost $35.00 per day or $55.00 for a weekend super pass, with children under 12 going free with every adult.