This week, Melbourne is overflowing with international culinary celebrities who are in town for the World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards, timed to coincide with the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. Just across the room sits Massimo Bottura, an Italian chef whose restaurant was named “Best in the World” in 2016. The next evening, Attica will be named the 32nd Best Restaurant in the World and the Best Restaurant in Australasia, which is no laughing matter. Ranked as the world’s 44th best restaurant, every day staff spend nearly two hours harvesting produce from the 12-hectare organic farm. When you go Do this trip: Although the World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards is an industry event, the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival runs every March.

Source: thestar August 31, 2017 12:56 UTC