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Bianca Hrovat

Bianca Hrovat

Good Food reporter

Bianca is Good Food's Sydney-based reporter.

Steak frites at L’Auberge du Bout du Monde.

Six of Sydney’s best steak frites for Bastille Day and beyond

From hand-cut chips to shaved truffles and foie gras, Sydney chefs are giving a French classic their own spin in time for Bastille Day and the Paris Olympics.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Graphic: Matt Davidson.

The Good Food tinned tomato soup taste test: From thick clots to the red-hot top

The brief: test affordable supermarket tinned tomato soups to see which ones are worth stocking the pantry with over winter. The result? Read on.

  • Bianca Hrovat
The view across the Urbnsurf lagoon.

Hospo heavyweights make waves with flash new surf park fine diner

Applejack Hospitality, behind hatted North Sydney restaurant Rafi, reveals the details of its biggest project to date – inside a Western Sydney urban surf park.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Kate Matheson from Cake Creations by Kate sells her cakes from a vending machine as well as a shop.

From birthday cakes to choc tops: Vending machines gather momentum around Melbourne

At a time of rising costs, robots are coming to the rescue, ushering in a new age of food on the run.

  • Bianca Hrovat, Tomas Telegramma and Emma Breheny
Cake Mail founder Jonathan Mussaad at his new Chatswood vending machine.

The new-wave vending machines making cakes, steaks and cocktails more convenient than ever

At a time of rising costs, robots are coming to the rescue, ushering in a new age of food on the run.

  • Bianca Hrovat
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The Classic smashburger with chips and watermelon soda.

Chebbo’s launches ‘burger empire’ to rival In-N-Out with first outlet in Marrickville

Ali Chebbani has gone from McDonald’s burger flipper to social media smashburger sensation and beyond.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Lorenzo sandwich at Delisia, Forest Lodge.

Salty, creamy and immensely satisfying: This focaccia sandwich is the best I’ve eaten all year

The bubbled Italian bread is having a moment in Sydney. Here’s our top sandwich pick, plus six others to try around town.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Ribelle chef-owner Dale Mann with a mustard tarragon chicken pie pizza from Ribelle, Freshwater.

Move over, New York, Napoli and Detroit-style pizza. It’s time to try the Sydney

Never mind the New York slice, a fresh batch of Sydney pizza-makers is offering a taste of something different.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Palisa Anderson at the Good Food Hospitality Symposium.

Restaurants are struggling to keep their young staff. So, what needs to change?

Panellists at the Good Food Hospitality Symposium in Sydney tackled staffing concerns, and revealed the three key tips to attracting and keeping great people.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Kieran Took and Alejandro Huerta are opening Comedor in Newtown this week.

Noma-trained chef opens experimental Mexican restaurant with three courses for $35

Say hola to Comedor, a100-year-old Newtown warehouse transformed into a contemporary Mexican restaurant. Plus, more new Sydney openings you need to know about.

  • Bianca Hrovat