Pat Nourse

{{Short description|Australian food critic (born 1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}} {{Infobox writer  |image =  |imagesize = 150px | name = Pat Nourse | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Patrick Nourse | birth_date=1977 | occupation = Columnist, editor | nationality = Australian | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | signature = | website = }}

'''Pat Nourse''' (born 1977) is an Australian restaurant critic and food writer. He is the Creative Director for the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival, and was formerly employed by ''Australian Gourmet Traveller'' magazine as their chief restaurant critic and deputy editor.<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120914130034/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25937977-7582,00.html The secret life of being a nose and palate for hire]" Amanda Meade, ''The Australian'', 17 August 2009</ref> He also writes about Australia for the American food magazine ''Gourmet'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gourmet.com/profiles/pat_nourse/search?contributorName=Pat%20Nourse|title=Epicurious – Recipes, Menu Ideas, Videos & Cooking Tips}}</ref> and is the Australian member of the voting academy for the World's 50 Best Restaurants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theworlds50best.com/page/the_academy.html |title=The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants |accessdate=2009-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713084834/http://www.theworlds50best.com/page/the_academy.html |archivedate=13 July 2009 }}</ref> He has been a contributor to ''The Age Good Food Guide'' and ''The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide'', among other publications.

==Criticism==

Nourse has been critical in his reviews of the use of truffle oil and other synthetic food products, and the promotion of shark fin<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/science/features/sharksoup/default.htm|title=Sharks in hot water - Features - the Lab - Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Gateway to Science|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation }}</ref> on restaurant menus in Australia.

==References== <references/>

==External links== * [http://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/ Gourmet Traveller website]

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