Pat Nourse
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Pat Nourse is an Australian restaurant critic
and food writer. He is currently employed by Australian Gourmet Traveller magazine as their chief restaurant critic and features editor. He also writes about Australia for the American food magazine Gourmet
, and is the Australian member of the voting academy for the World's 50 Best Restaurants. He has been a contributor to The Age Good Food Guide and The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide, among other publications.
on restaurant menus in Australia.
Food critic
The terms food critic, food writer, and restaurant critic can all be used to describe a writer who analyzes food or restaurants and then publishes the results of their findings. While these terms are not strictly synonymous they are often used interchangeably, at least in some circumstances...
and food writer. He is currently employed by Australian Gourmet Traveller magazine as their chief restaurant critic and features editor. He also writes about Australia for the American food magazine Gourmet
Gourmet (magazine)
Gourmet magazine was a monthly publication of Condé Nast and the first U.S. magazine devoted to food and wine. Founded by Earle R. MacAusland and first published in 1941, Gourmet also covered "good living" on a wider scale....
, and is the Australian member of the voting academy for the World's 50 Best Restaurants. He has been a contributor to The Age Good Food Guide and The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide, among other publications.
Criticism
Nourse has been critical in his reviews of the use of truffle oil and other synthetic food products, as well as, among other things, of the promotion of shark finShark Fin
Shark Fin is the peak which has the triangular shape of a shark fin when viewed from the south....
on restaurant menus in Australia.