The latest round of chef hats were announced in October at the launch ofThe Age andSMH 2024 Good FoodGuides. Reviewers visited more than 450 restaurants,bars,pubs and cafes in both Victoria and NSW/ACT,with some gaining a hat for the first time and others losing their long-held accolade.
But now,for the first time,a Good Food hat can be bought – sort of.
“When we featured an orange cap with the hat symbol on Good Food’s cover in November for our inauguralGood Food Guide Caps awards we received about a dozen emails from chefs and readers asking where they could buy the cap,and ‘how much?’” says Sydney Morning Herald Good FoodGuideeditor Callan Boys.
“Unfortunately,we only had oneGood Food Guide ‘hat cap’ made for that cover shoot. The good folk at Worktones were quick to answer our call to action,though,and the new cap is a much sturdier piece of headwear than our original stunt cap. It’s also cheaper than getting a Good Food hat tattoo,like we’ve seen some chefs doing since the Guide was published.”