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Time Out
5 days ago
- Business
- Time Out
Celebrated Aussie chef Mark Best is set to transform Sydney Tower's revolving restaurant
Sydney Tower, once known as Centrepoint Tower, will soon be home to a contemporary Australian restaurant led by renowned chef and restaurateur Mark Best, in partnership with Trippas White Group. Best, who is best known for his award-winning fine diner Marque – which he ran for 17 years from 1999 to 2016 – will transform the sky-high Infinity at Sydney Tower to launch Infinity by Mark Best on August 13, just in time for spring. Found on level 81 and featuring floor-to-ceiling glass windows that make the most of those million-dollar vistas, the 90-seat Infinity by Mark Best will showcase Australia on a plate. 'Infinity by Mark Best is an opportunity to define what Australian dining can truly be: delicious, contemporary, culturally resonant and grounded in ingredients and identity,' says Best. 'I want to tell a story of place, memory and innovation – to express who I am, and who we are – on a plate. I want to explore the evolving story of Australian cuisine, drawing on memory, transforming the familiar and crafting a dining experience that connects land, culture and imagination; in a setting unlike any other, 81 floors above the city that shaped me,' he adds. The menu will celebrate the best of the country's bounty, with signature snacks including Coffin Bay oysters with grilled sea foam, and South Coast sea urchin crumpets. Heading up the wine program is award-winning sommelier Polly Mackarel, a former key team member in The Bentley Group (King Clarence, Cirrus, Monopole). Expect an all-Australian wine list spanning heavy-hitters and exciting drops from up-and-coming winemakers. Featuring navy, charcoal and warm timber browns, as well as brass and soft amber accents, the minimalist design plays a supporting role to the pièce de résistance: the city and harbour views, which make you fall in love with Sydney all over again. The sky's the limit with Infinity by Mark Best – and we're excited.
Sydney Morning Herald
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
To Infinity and beyond: Mark Best takes over Sydney Tower's revolving restaurant
Nine years after Mark Best closed Marque restaurant in Surry Hills, the chef will mark his Sydney return with a high-wire act: rewriting the script on revolving restaurants. Infinity by Mark Best will take its first spin atop Sydney Tower on Tuesday, August 12. One of the country's most celebrated chefs, Best said he was keen to challenge preconceptions about high-altitude dining. 'There's the old maxim, 'The higher you are, the worse the food',' he said. 'I'd never thought about [Sydney Tower] as a location, but the more I did, the more it excited me.' Best is enthusiastic about the new digs, which are 81 floors above the Sydney CBD. 'You're the first to see sunrise and the last to see sunset,' he said. 'When people come into the city they want to get to the highest point.' Infinity by Mark Best won't be like the fine-dining Marque, or his one-time spin-off, Pei Modern. 'It's something completely different,' he said. Best is already test-driving dishes for the menu, with steamed bar cod with fish milk and fermented, fried kipfler potatoes, scallops with sea foam and sea urchin crumpets all appearing on the opening menu.
The Age
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
To Infinity and beyond: Mark Best takes over Sydney Tower's revolving restaurant
Nine years after Mark Best closed Marque restaurant in Surry Hills, the chef will mark his Sydney return with a high-wire act: rewriting the script on revolving restaurants. Infinity by Mark Best will take its first spin atop Sydney Tower on Tuesday, August 12. One of the country's most celebrated chefs, Best said he was keen to challenge preconceptions about high-altitude dining. 'There's the old maxim, 'The higher you are, the worse the food',' he said. 'I'd never thought about [Sydney Tower] as a location, but the more I did, the more it excited me.' Best is enthusiastic about the new digs, which are 81 floors above the Sydney CBD. 'You're the first to see sunrise and the last to see sunset,' he said. 'When people come into the city they want to get to the highest point.' Infinity by Mark Best won't be like the fine-dining Marque, or his one-time spin-off, Pei Modern. 'It's something completely different,' he said. Best is already test-driving dishes for the menu, with steamed bar cod with fish milk and fermented, fried kipfler potatoes, scallops with sea foam and sea urchin crumpets all appearing on the opening menu.
