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Australian Gourmet Traveller – 2011 Restaurant Awards

Another proud moment for the Rockpool Group at this year’s Australian Gourmet Traveller Magazine 2011 Restaurant Awards.  Rockpool (The Rocks) was the runner up in the Restaurant of the Year category.  We were exceptionally pleased to win in the State Category for Best Restaurant in NSW. Gourmet Traveller has now released it’s 2011 Australian Restaurant [...]

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Lord Nelson Ales

Lord Nelson Ales by Linden Pride “The Lord” as it is affectionately known is Sydney’s oldest licensed hotel and home of Australia’s oldest pub brewery.  Established in 1841, although built years before, this magnificent hotel is encased with local sandstone quarried from up the road at Observatory Hill.   Tristan and Blaire have had the [...]

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Rockpool – Best Restaurant

Rockpool (The Rocks) win TIME OUT SYDNEY BEST RESAURANT OF 2010 award. We had some great news last night. Time Out magazine voted Rockpool the best restaurant in the city. It is a huge congratulations to Phil and Penny and their respective teams. What a fantastic thrill for the guys.  Now we just have to [...]

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Carving Out History At Rockpool

Works by Heritage and Design and Project Services to install a stone carving on top of Rockpool at 107 George Street, and conserve the building’s impressive yellowblock sandstone facade, were completed in September. Weighing in at 1.5 tonnes, the carving, which was meticulously hand carved by stonemasons, is a reconstruction based on old photographs and [...]

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Australian Wakame at Rockpool

Deep Sea Treasure Sydney Morning Herald Good Living Magazine Tuesday August 11, 2009 Sydney chefs excitedly show off their newest fresh ingredient, Australian wakame. It’s now appearing on restaurant plates, including at Rockpool and Sean’s Panaroma, and is on sale for the home cook. Neil Perry features fresh wakame on Rockpool’s menu.  ” I had [...]

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A tale of two Rockpools

Article from the Sydney Morning Herald, Good Living section. Tuesday, 17th March 2009, by Simon Thomsen.   NEIL PERRY may champion top produce but he says restaurants are “in the nostalgia business”. The chef has a lot to get misty-eyed about. His flagship fine diner, Rockpool, turned 20 on February 28.    It’s a remarkable [...]

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Rockpool Celebrates 20 Years

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US… Rockpool is turning 20 years old this month – February 28th to be exact. It seems like only yesterday we threw open the doors to our wonderful restaurant, and Trish and I couldn’t be more proud! Restaurants have come and gone, menus have changed, I have had more sleepless nights than [...]

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