Hi!

I’m the co-author of You’re Welcome and a contributing editor to Cherry Bombe.

I write a newsletter about food and culture.

I was the Melbourne food and drink editor at Broadsheet, and an executive producer on HBO podcast Dishing on Julia season one.

I’ve helped judge the Melbourne Awards and Tatler Best Awards 2026.

@theaudreypayne

FEATURES & ESSAYS

• Chinese Coffee Is Coming to Your Local

• Katy Perry Has Lost the Plot. Her Grand Final Show Could Be a Genuine Pop Culture Moment

• I Can’t Stop Thinking About: Joy Jaune’s Strawberry Panna Cotta

• “Melbourne’s Best” Didn’t Survive Netflix’s Culinary Class Wars, but He Lived To Tell the Tale

• Sheet Cakes Are Everywhere Right Now

• The Viral Jiggly, Dancing Korean Pudding Cats Are Finally in Melbourne

• Good Taste, or Why Is There So Much Food in Fashion Right Now?

OPENINGS

• A Mother-Daughter Duo Fold 1000 Dumplings a Day at Carlton’s Aunty’s Dumplings

• Rosheen Kaul’s Pop-Up French Asian Bistro Has Arrived

• Geralds Bar’s New Fine-Dining Concept Might Fail. The Owners Are Okay With It

• Joe Jones Has Been Running a Secret Bar – at Mecca