Attica Digest | Stories, Recipes & Ideas from Attica Restaurant, Melbourne

We proudly acknowledge the Bunurong as the first people to love, live and dine on the lands on which Attica sits today.

We recognise that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Peoples were the first sovereign nations of Australia from time immemorial, and they never ceded this sovereignty.

Andy Cooks and Ben Shewry talk at a table about Attica Melbourne's success.

Andy Cooks Visits Attica Melbourne

17.09.25

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Andy Cooks and Ben Shewry talk at a table about Attica Melbourne's success.

17.09.25

Andy Cooks Visits Attica Melbourne

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02.10.26

Recipe: Fish and Chip Burger

Barramundi in a crisp beer batter, double-cooked chips and fingerlime tartare, all squashed into a buttered bun. Messy, a bit silly and very good.

03.07.26

Recipe: Attica's Marron with Champagne Finger Lime Sauce

It has been off the menu for a while now. People still ask about it.

02.07.26

Ben Shewry's Hot Chip Hit List

Nine shops. Years of research. The chips worth seeking out.

05.08.26

21 Lessons from 21 Years

Twenty-one years. Twenty-one things worth knowing.

02.10.26

Recipe: Carrot Cake Lamington

Two Aussie classics in one. Spiced carrot cake, pineapple jam and lemony cream cheese icing, dipped in white chocolate and rolled in coconut. Very hard to stop at one.

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21.08.26

Bush Beef: A Supplier Story from Cape York

Not all beef is the same. This is wild, chemical-free beef, raised on Country that the Harrigan family has spent years healing. We went to see it for ourselves.

04.08.26

Recipe: Beef Tartare

A guest favourite from the Attica menu, born on Chef's Table and now developed for cooking at home.

09.02.26

Ben Shewry at the National Press Club - December 2025

Ben Shewry became the first chef to address the National Press Club of Australia in its 60-year history. This is his reflection on why hospitality workers struggle to claim seats at tables of power—and why they must.

16.06.26

The Winter Watchlist

Winter in Melbourne is the season we cook the most, read the most, and think the most about why we do what we do. These are the films and shows that have stayed with us. Most of them will make you hungry. Some of them will make you want to quit everything and travel to far away places in search of perfection. Some will make you want to gather your nearest and dearest and show them how you feel through food. A few will do all of the above.

02.07.26

The World's Best Cookbook Shops

Not a bookshop with a cooking section. A place built entirely around the idea that food is worth taking seriously on the page as much as on the plate.