July
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- Retail property
Crown offloads Nobu stake in deal valuing restaurant group at $1.3b
Blackstone-run Crown has had a 20 per cent stake in the acclaimed Japanese chain, part-owned by Robert De Niro, since James Packer bought in a decade ago.
- Nick Lenaghan and Matthew Cranston
Fast cars, pricey digs: the luxurious (rented) life of Jon Adgemis
As he tries to sort out his creditors, the former KPMG dealmaker still gives his address as one of Point Piper’s more luxurious piles.
- Primrose Riordan
June
This Australian chef is the first to win three Michelin stars
After being plucked from near-obscurity at just 23, Brett Graham has hit the heights of global gastronomy. Now he’s turning his attention back to the farm.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Acclaimed restaurant duo Ross and Sunny Lusted to open in Melbourne
The globetrotting couple behind Sydney’s acclaimed Woodcut are heading south for their latest restaurant venture, Marmelo.
- Jill Dupleix
Can Guzman y Gomez’s New Yorker frontman prove everyone wrong?
Managers say the IPO is too riddled with cushy perks for insiders to offer value. Founder Steve Marks disagrees.
- Primrose Riordan, Carrie LaFrenz and Max Mason
McDonald’s scraps drive-through AI after customer gets bacon ice cream
Other malfunctions spawning mocking videos on social media have included hundreds of dollars’ worth of nuggets being automatically added to an order.
- Harriet Barber
BYO is coming to a fine-dining restaurant near you
The trend is no longer confined to lower-priced eateries, which is good news for diners who have their own wine collections.
- Necia Wilden
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Restaurant titans behind Cumulus, Gimlet buy modernist Toorak retreat
Legendary Melbourne chef-restaurateur Andrew McConnell and his photographer wife Jo McGann have purchased a striking modernist home in Melbourne’s Toorak.
- Bonnie Campbell
Restaurateur Chris Lucas to bring midas touch to $1b Cbus office tower
The property group is collaborating with the Melbourne restaurant king on the design of the hospitality precinct below its $1billion office tower at 435 Bourke St.
- Larry Schlesinger
GyG’s well-connected investors feed the quacking ducks
Demand for Guzman y Gomez’s shares shows investors of all stripes are buying the wonderful story.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Guzman y Gomez float a bet on a maverick founder and his grand plans
The Mexican-themed restaurant chain’s founder is pitching big growth. He’s not an overnight success story, but the riches are there if he can make it work.
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- Anthony Macdonald
May
Neil Perry, top chefs combine and take on the old guard
Heavy hitters including Luke Mangan and Merivale have joined a new association to help save the restaurant industry – and challenge a century-old lobby group.
- David Marin-Guzman
400 new recipes for one small ship? This is cruising for true foodies
New executive culinary director Alexis Quaretti is serving classical French cuisine, of course, but expect additional inventive menus from Oceania Cruises.
- Jill Dupleix
Guzman y Gomez co-founder quits board as it pursues IPO
The Mexican-themed chain has recently lured new investors at a $1.73 billion valuation and is backed by TDM Growth Partners and Barrenjoey Capital Partners.
- Primrose Riordan
Pub would have to charge $20 a beer to survive. It’s closing instead
Popular watering hole The Carringbush Hotel in Melbourne’s inner city is closing down under the weight of rising costs.
- Gus McCubbing
Lenders move on Adgemis’ El Primo Sanchez bar
The move comes amid debt refinancing negotiations led by major lenders to the dealmaker’s hospitality empire.
- Primrose Riordan
- Updated
- Food
Beef giant’s earnings dip but CEO says there’s ‘strong demand’
The beef giant saw a drop in profits as rivals pushed more meat onto the market and costs rose.
- Updated
- Liam Walsh
- Exclusive
- Casinos
Star Entertainment implosion leads to closure of fine diner Tetsuya’s
The relationship between the casino’s former CEO and chief financial officer deteriorated over an unnamed “material” project, a NSW inquiry heard last month.
- Zoe Samios
When business comes to dine: Fin Dining & Wine launches at Bennelong
The Financial Review’s first restaurant guide features 50 of the best business lunches across Australia, helmed by Jill Dupleix with wine tips from Max Allen.
- Matthew Drummond
How to host a business lunch
The lowdown on what to do – and what not to do – from three hosts who are legends in their own business lunch times.
- Jill Dupleix
