The Royal Mail Hotel in the centre of Dunkeld in the Southern Grampians, Victoria offer a la carte fine dining, with a seasonal menu that features local produce ... read more

Oakdene Vineyard is located at Wallington, near Ocean Grove on the Bellarine Peninsula, in South Eastern Victoria. Oakdene Chardonnay, Elizabeth Reserve Chardonnay, ... read more

Osborns produces a range of cool climate wines from its home on the Mornington Peninsula, they run a cellar door and simple cafe which is open at weekends June - ... read more

Oyster Little Bourke is located at the eastern end of Melbourne's CBD. It's a contemporary restaurant and bar inspired by the great eating houses of Europe. read more

The Healesville Hotel is located in Healesville, north east of Melbourne in the Yarra Valley wine and tourism district of Victoria. This beautifully restored 1910 ... read more

It's sure worth the petrol to dine at the winner of Gourmet Traveller's 2009 best regional restaurant. It also won Country Restaurant of the Year in the 2009 The Age Good Food Guide. Just book early.

In early October the chefs of Melbourne go head to head in soccer tournament that has become an annual fixture. Melbourne's hospitality industry is training hard for the Starlight Chefs Soccer Charity Cup.

Yarra Valley, Victoria: Eating Out by Michael Harden read more

With his second book on Italian cooking, Italian Local, fresh on the bookshelves, a bustling restaurant at Fifteen Melbourne, television and magazine commitments and a growing international profile, it’s amazing that Melbourne chef Tobie Puttock has time to source local produce, but he says, local is what it’s all about.

One of the clearest indications that the Mornington Peninsula is being colonised by food and wine obsessed Melburnians is the number of excellent restaurants now dotted around the place. Michael Harden takes you on a culinary tour of the best of the Mornington Peninsula.