Michael Harden

Michael Harden worked in restaurants in various parts of the world for 15 years to support his writing habit and now spends quite a bit of time writing about restaurants. He is Melbourne editor and food critic for Australian Gourmet Traveller and has contributed to Gourmet Traveler’s national Restaurant Guide, The Age and SMH Good Food Guides. Michael has also published 12 books, including Lygon Street, Melbourne: The Making of an Eating and Drinking Capital, Of A Nation, a history of the Peters Ice Cream company, and Celebrazione!, a history of the De Bortoli winemaking family.