";s:4:"text";s:6726:"He smiles, like he’s just broken into a rich uncle’s wine collection, before carefully putting the bottle – worth several thousand dollars – back in its place. Bennett also owns and operates several other hospitality venues in Melbourne – Vue Events at Rialto, The Lui Bar, Bistro Vue, Benny Burger and Café Vue in two locations - and has written six books. Its statement said: "We will absolutely pay any outstanding amount we owe under our obligations immediately.". "What I'm doing over the next 12 months with Far East group, and structuring what I'm doing with these guys, is about establishing the Vue de Monde brand and the associated brands with it so that they are going to be here for the long run," Mr Bennett told Fairfax Media. Celebrity chef Shannon Bennett has sold a majority stake in his hospitality empire, which includes his Burnham Beeches project.Credit:Alice Archer.
Vue de Monde is the flagship restaurant in Bennett’s Vue Group – which includes Iki Jimē, Jardin Tan, Benny Burger and a string of cafes – and it has undergone many changes over the years. It opened in a Carlton terrace building in 2000, then moved to the Normanby Chambers building on Little Collins Street in 2005. Bennett completed his apprenticeship at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne before working overseas and then returning to Melbourne to open Vue de monde.[5]. It opened in a Carlton terrace building in 2000, then moved to the Normanby Chambers building on Little Collins Street in 2005. After a $10 million renovation, which included kangaroo-leather-clad tables and neon light installations by American conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth, it opened in Rialto Tower in 2011, becoming arguably the restaurant with the best view in town. Vegetarian Yes. Vue de Monde has a farm at Burnham Beeches and the chefs head out there fortnightly to pick and prod and plan. It said it had never been notified by the Fair Work Ombudsman of any complaints or queries lodged with them. His man on the ground (well, 400 metres above it) is doing him proud, using technique in service of diner enjoyment, not just because it's fun to play with food. Level 55, Rialto Building 525 Collins Street. But despite the odd hanger-on, Allen says he’s striving for “new flavours and experiences”. The sale comes after the Vue de monde chef and MasterChef personality recently separated from his wife and former Neighbours star Madeleine West. Level 55, Rialto, 525 Collins Street Food Contemporary. Vue de monde recently adopted a new electronic system where staff recorded their start and finish times with their fingerprints, Karen said. In return, the MasterChef star will act as the culinary brand ambassador for what is expected to be a substantial restaurant expansion into Asia and the United States.
Alex worked as a chef at Cafe Vue in 2010 and 2011. “People go to Noma for an experience they haven’t had before … [it] focuses very much on sourcing new and interesting ingredients. What appears at the table is a magical doughnut tree. He was also involved in Redzepi’s 2016 Sydney and 2018 Mexico Noma pop-ups.