Hospitality

Key Journal Databases:

EBSCOhost especially Business Source Complete
Gale Databases especially General Business File ASAP, Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure and Business and Company ASAP (company, market and industry information)
Emerald provides access to over 100 MCB Press journals
IBISWorld Industry Market Research Reports Australian industry outlook reports showing industry definition, executive summary, major players in the industry, forecasts, and an outline of the structure of the industry.
Science Direct (especially Freedom Collection)

Gourmet Traveller's food Blog (Aus)
Melbourne Restaurant Reviews Blog (Aus)
Melbourne Foodie’s Twitter site (Aus)
Celebrity Chefs on Twitter - via Benjamin Christie's Blog
Gosstronomy.com - Australian food and wine journalist Michael Shafran's blog on dining in Sydney, Melbourne and regional NSW (Aus)
Food and Wine Daily - a new blog led by Ed Charles, based in Australia but with a global perspective on food
SBS Food - recipes, programme guide and links to several Australian food blogs including Mouthful (a blog about "what the world eats, when and where it eats it, and why it matters to us all")
TasteSpotting blog and Tastespotting on Twitter - a "highly visual potluck of recipes, references, experiences, stories, articles, products, and anything else that inspires exquisite taste"
Bitten - recipes, food and cooking by New York Times food writer Mark Bittman
Word of mouth blog variety of UK contributors from the UK's Guardian newspaper
spicysaltysweet.com - cooking, recipes and wine recommendations from food writers Brooke Burton and Leah Greenstein
Food Wolf - a "restaurant insider's guide to living life passionately one plate at a time", also from Burton and Greenstein
Smitten kitchen.com - New York blog renowned for its recipes, food writing, and food photography
Food Blog Code of Ethics - guidelines and discussion forum on ethics relevant to food blogging

My life as a chef
Starting his chef career in Fifteen,Jamie Oliver's apprenticeship scheme, Lloyd now works at eco-friendly restaurant, Acorn House, and tells us what his job is like.
Hospitality Apprenticeship Vodcast
Find out what it's like to be an Apprentice working in a Hotel.
Duck Recipe at Fino Restaurant
Chef David Swain, well known around the McLaren Vale district for his duck, shares his recipe for pan seared duck breast and beetroot confit with chef Benjamin Christie.
Jamie Oliver's Online videos
Watch 40 different recipes being cooked by Oliver.

See the Newspapers page to quicksearch across a number of newspaper databases.

Newspaper databases with full text

Factiva : full text articles from hundreds of major newspapers from Australia and around the world.
Australia New Zealand Reference Centre (in EBSCOhost) : full text articles from selected Australian newspapers.

Australasian Special Events portal for event industry in Australia, designed by and for event practitioners and suppliers
Food Standards Australia/New Zealand develops food standards, and joint codes of practice with industry, covering the content and labelling of food sold in Australia and New Zealand and coordinates food surveillance and food recall systems
Australian Culinary Federation national organisation representing professional chefs, cooks & apprentices
Food Safety Victorian Government Food Business Information (information, templates etc. for food regulation in Victoria)
Australian Food News food business reports, research, employment services, new food products etc
Hospitality Net one of the leading online trade publications for the global hospitality/hotel industry