The competition includes a main course and dessert for two people at Attica, an Australian restaurant that captures the essence of Australian cuisine.

They celebrate the incredible, unique ingredients found in this country and the many rich and varied culinary cultures it has fostered – beginning thousands of years ago with the First Peoples who call this land home.

Dining at Attica in Ripponlea is a commitment of time and money – there are beautiful, rare and unique ingredients and eclectic tunes, but most of all there’s Ben Shewry’s innovative and creative cuisine.

Rated number 20 in the World’s Best Restaurants in 2018, it goes without saying that Attica has set the benchmark for fine dining in Melbourne and it now embraces a new ambience of graffiti-style artwork and bold black and neon red colour scheme. The brainchild behind the restaurant’s degustation menu with matching wines, Ben explores pure flavours and sustainability in a myriad of tastes and textures. Begin with honey ants, before plates of emu liver bagel, sticky wattle and pearl dumplings and saltwater croc ribs; finish your exceptional experience with a dessert of rainforest Cherry Ripe.