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MasterChef judge George Calombaris firm's $2.6m in underpayments

Sarah Thompson and Simon Evans
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The fast-growing hospitality and restaurant business run by MasterChef judge George Calombaris has been forced to shell out $2.6 million for underpayments to 162 of its employees after first being alerted to problems by the Fair Work Ombudsman more than 18 months ago.

The hospitality business brought in professional services firm KPMG to conduct a comprehensive analysis after a new chief executive and human resources manager started late last year at the MAdE Establishment operations which run Melbourne restaurants including The Press Club, Gazi and Hellenic Republic.

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Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones. Email Sarah at sarah.thompson@afr.com
Simon Evans writes on business specialising in retail, manufacturing, beverages, mining and M&A. He is based in Adelaide. Connect with Simon on Twitter. Email Simon at simon.evans@afr.com
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