1999 Energy drinks arrive in Australia
Energy drinks arrived in Australia in the late '90s. ‘V’ was first launched in New Zealand in 1997 and hit… Read More
Energy drinks arrived in Australia in the late '90s. ‘V’ was first launched in New Zealand in 1997 and hit… Read More
In 1999, entrepreneur Dick Smith launched Dick Smith Foods. The move was prompted by the increasing foreign ownership of iconic… Read More
The truly Australian touch in this burger was the addition of beetroot. The McOz consisted of a burger patty with… Read More
In 1999, Australians drank 113 litres of soft drink per person per year, or 300 ml per person per day (ABS).… Read More
n 1968 the American Heart Association announced a dietary recommendation that you should eat no more than 300 mg of… Read More
If Jamie Oliver was all about energy, Nigella Lawson was all about sensuality. Her first book, How to Eat, had… Read More
The Great Vanilla Slice Triumph began in Ouyen, Victoria, in 1998 after then-Victorian premier Geoff Kennett claimed the vanilla slice… Read More
Broccolini, a cross between broccoli and Chinese kale, was invented by the Sakata Seed Company of Yokohama, Japan in 1993.… Read More
The Sydney Morning Herald sponsored Sydney's Good Food Month in October as an adjunct to their Good Food Guide. The… Read More
Aimed primarily at bringing international food and travel media to Australia, Tasting Australia was initially held in conjunction with the… Read More
Jamie Oliver became The Naked Chef. The impossibly jaunty young chef received his big break from appearing on television as… Read More
In a study called How Australians Use their Time, 1997, the Australian Bureau of Statistics found that we still relied… Read More
The Arnott's ownership passed to the American Campbell’s Soup Company in 1997. Campbell’s had been increasing its stake in the company… Read More
tephanie Alexander’s opus, The Cook's Companion, subtitled ‘The complete book of ingredients and recipes for the Australian kitchen’ went on… Read More
The term “Modern Australian” first appeared in the Age and Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guides in 1996. This description… Read More
The Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network was set up in 1996. The Network was started by Dr Darren… Read More
Sunday trading was introduced on ten Sundays per year in 1991. In 1992, stores in the Melbourne CBD were permitted… Read More
The US coffee chain Gloria Jean's opened two stores in Sydney in 1996 and by 2003 was trading in every… Read More
Woolworths was the first of the supermarket giants to move into the fuel business. The first Woolworths petrol outlet carried… Read More
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) was the first state or territory government in Australia to introduce a total smoking ban… Read More
Fags were candy cigarettes, produced since the 1930s, initially by Riviera Confectionery and later by Fyna Foods. They were white,… Read More
Sushi had appeared in Sydney restaurants as early as 1963 and by 1982 the Australian Women's Weekly was telling people… Read More
British immigrant Elizabeth Taylor opened Sydney’s first organic food market at French’s Forest in Sydney, concentrating on locally grown food.… Read More
In South Australia, an E.Coli outbreak among people who had eaten contaminated Garibaldi metwurst killed one four year old child… Read More
Slow Food Australia operates through a series of convivia, each mandated directly from the Italian headquarters in Bra, Italy. The first… Read More
The first subscription TV service was Galaxy, which offered eight channels via microwave and satellite. It was followed the same… Read More
The first laneway bar in Melbourne was set up by a group of architects who wanted a quiet drinking spot… Read More
The Victorian government revisited the liquor laws in 1994, creating the General Licence Class B which allowed establishments that didn’t… Read More
Fly Buys was originally a joint venture between Coles Myer, Shell and the National Australia Bank, offering flights in return… Read More
The Minister for Veterans' Affairs must authorise the use of the term Anzac. In 1994 a general policy relating to… Read More
The FlavrSavr tomato became the first genetically engineered food to be commercially grown and licensed for human consumption by the… Read More
Chef Peter Doyle, realising that the old-style formality was out-of-step with the times, transformed Sydney institution Le Trianon into Cicada.… Read More
Two Tasmanians started Perigord Truffles of Tasmania, the first truffle farming operation in Australia. They inoculated the roots of oak… Read More
Bill Granger is the self-taught cook and restaurateur credited with introducing Australians to avocado on toast. In 1993, he opened… Read More
According to its author, Jill Dupleix, New Food was based on new information and ideas we can all live by,… Read More
In an acknowledgement of Melbourne’s status as the coffee capital of Australia, Mcdonald's opened the first McCafé in the world… Read More
The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival was devised and, initially, financed by leading Melbourne ad-man Peter Clemenger as a way… Read More
In the early 1990s, Australia paid a high price for the excesses of the 1980s with what Paul Keating famously… Read More
The kitchen staff from Berowra Waters Inn restaurant, under the leadership of Gay Bilson, made a tablecloth of raw tripe… Read More
An Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report in 1994 quoted industry sources that put 1992 market shares of butter… Read More
The first Indigenous-owned restaurant in Victoria (and possibly Australia) opened in 1992 at Hall's Gap in the Grampians (Gariwerd to… Read More
As I was growing up, in the 1950s, food retailers specialised. The small shopping strip around the corner in Malvern,… Read More
My daughter has a skill I never acquired. She's a dab hand at writing "Happy birthday" atop an iced cake,… Read More
In 1991, Greg Malouf started cooking upmarket Middle Eastern food at O’Connell’s Hotel in South Melbourne, redefining the possibilities of… Read More
It’s not a fashionable term anymore, but ‘Gastropub’ was coined in the UK in 1991 to describe pubs offering something… Read More
The Foundation for Rabbit Free Australia (RFA) developed and registered the Easter Bilby campaign in December 1991. The aim was to raise… Read More
At the request of the organic industry, the Australian government sought to establish a national organic standard for production and… Read More
The Orange F.O.O.D. Week was initially held in April 1991 with a small number of visionary Orange producers and chefs,… Read More
With health-consciousness increasing, Kentucky Fried Chicken changed its name to eliminate the ‘F’ word. It became KFC. No longer ‘Finger-lickin’ good’,… Read More
The Petersville brands acquired by Pacific Dunlop included Edgell-Birds Eye, Peters Ice Cream, Herbert Adams Bakeries, Socomin and Four ‘n’Twenty.… Read More
The new food giant, National Foods, was created by the Adelaide Steamship Company by amalgamating several dairy and food-related businesses with… Read More
The new National Food Authority promoted cooperation between governments, industry and the community to provide a safe and wholesome food supply.… Read More
David Thompson opened Darley Street Thai in Sydney’s Newtown in 1991, taking Thai food in Australia to a new level.… Read More
Cheap and cheerful was the order of the day as the recession bit. Part of the international chain, The Hard… Read More
In 1990, Treasurer Paul Keating admitted that Australia was in recession. "The first thing to say is, the accounts do… Read More
The Australian Dairy Corporation (now Dairy Australia) began its osteoporosis campaign, talking about calcium intake. Although milk had always been… Read More
Arnott’s Tiny Teddy biscuits hit the market, becoming the most successful product launch in the company’s history. More than five… Read More
Studies showed that peanut allergy in children increased from 0.5 to 1.5% between 1989 and 1994-6 in the UK and… Read More
Although generally held to be invented in 1924 by the eponymous Caesar Cardini at his hotel and restaurant in Tijuana,… Read More
In the 1990s, individually packaged, ready-made meals and snacks appeared in increasing numbers in the supermarket. Microwave pasteurisation techniques extended… Read More
Fusion cooking started before the 1990s (at Tetsuya’s, for example) but in this decade became more widespread. Chefs combined eastern… Read More
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