Many are calling it the opening of the year. Magnificent, resplendent, palatial, ornate – no number of adjectives really do justice to the Nomad Group’s stately new restaurant Reine. The team has taken over the aptly named Cathedral Room inside the former Melbourne Stock Exchange, a neo-gothic building at the corner of Queen and Collins streets, completed in 1891. The opulent heritage space features vaulted ceilings, gothic arches, solid granite columns, mosaic floors, limestone walls, marble dado and stained glass windows. Executive chef Jacqui Challinor joins Around Town in the restaurant's opening weeks to discuss inspiration, her favourite menu items and where she thinks Reine will be in twelve months time. 

Featured on today's episode: 
Reine and La Rue

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Many are calling it the opening of the year. Magnificent, resplendent, palatial, ornate – no number of adjectives really do justice to the Nomad Group’s stately new restaurant Reine. The team has taken over the aptly named Cathedral Room inside the former Melbourne Stock Exchange, a neo-gothic building at the corner of Queen and Collins streets, completed in 1891. The opulent heritage space features vaulted ceilings, gothic arches, solid granite columns, mosaic floors, limestone walls, marble dado and stained glass windows. Executive chef Jacqui Challinor joins Around Town in the restaurant's opening weeks to discuss inspiration, her favourite menu items and where she thinks Reine will be in twelve months time.  Featured on today's episode:  <ul> <li>Reine and La Rue</li> </ul> New episodes of Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town drop Monday, Wednesday, Friday each week. Subscribe on the LiSTNR app to make sure you don’t miss an episode. And keep up-to-date on everything Broadsheet has to offer at <a href="http://www.broadsheet.com.au/">www.Broadsheet.com.au</a>, or at @Broadsheet_melb.  Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town is hosted by Katya Wachtel and produced by Nicola Sitch.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Broadsheet Melbourne: Around Town is a biweekly culture podcast that dives deep into Australian food, entertainment, fashion, art and everything in between.

Each Tuesday, we sit down with a person making an impact on culture and the way we live. It could be the founder of a brand we use every day, a restaurateur who’s transformed how we dine, a filmmaker behind a series we can’t stop watching or a bartender shaking up a twist on a classic cocktail. 

On Thursdays, hear from a rotating cast of Broadsheet editors on openings and events in Melbourne; recommendations as asked for by you; and anything we haven’t been able to stop talking about in the office – all in less than 10 minutes.

Your short audio guide to the latest in food and culture around Melbourne.