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f the gym is the place you catch up on social media and Netflix shows while working up a sweat, Maddox is not for you. At this fitness-cum-wellness club in Flinders Lane, Melbourne, such media services are disabled.
Instead, you can expect Italian technology that shares your body composition, visceral fat level, biological age and other information that takes honesty to the point of brutality â monitored by your personal coach, Davey Ramburuth.
A client with Davey Ramburuth, whose 30-minute guided workouts aim to burn kilojoules, boost mood and lower blood pressure more efficiently than a standard gym session.Â
The rise and rise of Melbourne s new bakeries
Emma Breheny
Photo: Eddie Jim
Melbourne was riding high on a wave of quality sourdough and artisan pastries before the pandemic, with next-generation bakeries such as Caulfield North s Baker Bleu, Brunswick East s Wildlife and All Are Welcome in Northcote and Thornbury joining familiar stalwarts like Baker D. Chirico over the past five years. But we re still hungry for more bread and cake.
More than a dozen bakeries have opened or expanded since early 2020, defying the economic odds of successive lockdowns. There s Mabels in Toorak, Ripponlea s Zelda – one of the few Melbourne bakeries offering kosher sourdough – and Bakemono, a hole-in-the-wall CBD spot that opened a month before COVID hit and has thrived.
MasterChef fans have expressed their concern for celebrity chef Shannon Bennett after he has failed to appear as a guest on the current season of the show.
Favourite local restaurants of top Melbourne chefs and Good Food Guide reviewers
Michael Harry
Photo: Joe Armao
Ben Shewry, Attica
France-Soir is just super consistent, and that s an underrated commodity in restaurants. We focus so much on newness but this place does not vary at all and holds its standard so well. They import a lot of wine and the wines by the glass are excellent. I love the room and watching all the people who come in – you ll see everyone from young couples on a date to people in their 80s just sitting down for dinner at 9pm or 10pm. There s nowhere else in Australia quite like it.