• Top-down view of a wooden dining table with various Indian dishes, drinks, and utensils, including samosas, curry, rice, and beverages.

    Best New Restaurants in Sydney 2025

    Plate It Forward Hospitality Group has started 2025 with its fourth venue, Kolkata Social. The restaurant is noted for its menu and social impact.

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    5 Stars From Time Out

    Kolkata Social is chef Ahana Dutt’s love letter to Bengali cuisine – food you can eat with your hands, made from the heart

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    Sydney’s Best New Restaurants of 2025 (So Far)

    A good-times dining room in Surry Hills joins a charcoal grill with a perpetual crowd, an outstanding lasagne in the suburbs and a spot for punchy Bengali plates from a Firedoor alum.

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  • Three people smiling and standing together outdoors in front of a blue wall with graffiti. The person on the left is an Asian woman wearing a white blouse and beige skirt, the person in the middle is a Black man with a beard wearing a white T-shirt, and the person on the right is a Caucasian man with short hair wearing a green polo shirt and blue shorts.

    Recipetin Eats Mum Cha at Kyiv Social

    Nagi Maehashi is popping up at the Chippendale Ukrainian restaurant for an eight-course lunch – and she’s bringing her mum.

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  • A pink-lit award certificate for the 2023 FUCK'D & DRINK Awards, Impact Award given to Kyiv Social, held at Timeout Sydney.

    Impact Award

    These are the winners of Time Out Sydney's Food & Drink Awards 2025

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  • Two people in a commercial kitchen, laughing and sharing a moment. One man is handing a plate with food to a woman, both are wearing white shirts, and the woman is also wearing a blue apron.

    Top Indian chef swaps fine dining for family recipes at new feel-good eatery

    Former Raja chef Ahana Dutt wants to show Sydneysiders there’s more to Indian cooking than butter chicken when Kolkata Social opens in Newtown.

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    Forbes

    How Plate It Forward Is Transforming Australian Communities Through The Power Of Food

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    Kyiv Social 5 out of 5 stars

    Home-style Ukrainian food with purpose is what you’ll find if you happen to wander down a Chippendale laneway (and you should)

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  • A smiling man with a beard sitting at a table in a cozy restaurant with warm lighting and wooden decor.

    Off Menu - Shaun Christie-David

    He can't cook, he's not after money but Shaun Christie-David is building a restaurant empire that's changing lives one dish at a time.

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  • A variety of Mexican dishes on a rustic wooden table including meats, rice, and vegetable side dishes in colorful bowls and plates.

    Mum Cha at Colombo Social

    There will be a new mother-son takeover of the Sri Lankan diner's kitchen every month, serving up an intimate one-off eight-course lunch.

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    Celebrating the 2024 NSW Humanitarian Award Winners

    These prestigious accolades were presented on 1 July 2024, recognising individuals and organisations that have made exceptional contributions to the lives of refugees and asylum seekers in New South Wales.

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  • A table with various dishes including sliced roast beef with carrots and garnish, fried chicken, dips, skewers of grilled meat, a bowl of chili, and corn on the cob, with people serving themselves.

    Mum Cha at Colombo Social

    Masterchef winner Nat Thaipun is inviting her mum into the kitchen at the Sri Lankan diner's hot long lunch series.

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    My Sydney:

    Shaun Christie-David on 4am Cocktails, Strong Macchiatos and Pork Rolls

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  • A man with a beard in a green jacket sitting in front of a collage of various dishes including tacos, chicken, corn on the cob, haan, and Asian cuisine, with a warm, textured background.

    Plating it forward

    Shaun Christie-David is a radical restaurateur who’s started a movement.

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  • A smiling man with a beard and shaved head, wearing an olive green jacket over a white shirt, sitting against a pink background with light pink abstract wave patterns.

    Time Out Sydney's Future Shapers 2024

    A celebration of Sydney's best and brightest trailblazers, innovators and community builders

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  • Two men smiling and holding plates of food in a kitchen with dishes and books on shelves behind them.

    Feeding Futures

    Dan Hong and Shaun Christie-David

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  • A woman wearing a beige hijab and black apron standing next to a glass display case with baked goods inside.

    Social enterprise highlights Palestinian cooking in effort to foster understanding

    As she pours olive oil and spiced za’atar onto her pastry, Nehad Mohamed Jerada mixes in the joy and grief of her culture.

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  • Group of five diverse people standing together indoors, smiling for the camera, with plants and brick wall background.

    How Shaun Christie-David turned mealtime embarrassment into a social enterprise

    Why Shaun Christie-David began social enterprise Colombo Social, which feeds and provides employment to disadvantaged community members.

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