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George Calombaris

June 2024

Providoor boss Sam Benjamin says there is a big market for online ordered frozen meals, without having to rely on Uber Eats and Menulog.

Providoor scraps hot food to concentrate on frozen meals

Online celebrity chef meal provider Providoor will target a growing market for pre-prepared meals, after struggling with delivery services for its hot meals.

  • Paul Smith

October 2023

Melissa Leong has been axed from MasterChef Australia.

MasterChef’s Melissa Leong axed from judging line-up

Leong joined MasterChef Australia alongside co-hosts Andy Allen and Jock Zonfrillo in 2019 after the exit of Matt Preston, Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris.

  • Zoe Samios

Collapsed Providoor re-emerges, bringing celeb chef meals to your home

The high-end restaurant marketplace has been scooped up by Sam Benjamin, who runs Sydney-based Seventh Street Ventures.

  • Paul Smith

April 2023

Fair Work Commissioner Sandra Parker said now employers know the FWO “means business”.

Workplace watchdog steps down after navigating ‘perfect storm’

The head of the Fair Work Ombudsman will not seek a second term after turning the agency from a “toothless” regulator into a tough cop on the beat.

  • David Marin-Guzman

January 2021

The former home of George Calombaris, as seen in 2019.

George Calombaris’ mansion sells for $8.8m

It's a paper profit of $4.05 million after the five-bedroom Toorak house was bought in the name of the celebrity chef's wife for $4.75 million in 2013.

  • Elizabeth Redman
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March 2020

Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter says underpayment of wages is endemic.

The worst 10 postcodes for unpaid super

Underpayment of wages and super has become a national scourge that is costing the economy dearly.

  • Adele Ferguson

February 2020

Super Retail Group is the latest company making amends for underpaying staff.

Super Retail Group underpaid workers by $61 million

The company behind Supercheap Auto, Rebel Sport, BCF and Macpac is the latest to have to repay workers.

  • Tom McIlroy
The food empire founded by George Calombaris collapsed on February 10 but hopes are high that the restaurants can be saved.

Liquidation looms for seven Calombaris restaurants

George Calomabaris' collapsed restaurant empire is headed for liquidation after the administrator said he had run out of time, despite expecting to secure the sale of two Jimmy Grants restaurants by Thursday night.

  • Patrick Durkin
The food empire founded by George Calombaris collapsed February 10 but hopes are high the restaurants can be saved.

Three George Calombaris restaurants sold

Deals struck for three former Hellenic Republic venues, after a flurry of talks over the past several days.

  • Patrick Durkin
Coles has revealed it underpaid salaried staff members $20 million over the past six years.

Coles returns to time sheets after underpaying managers $20m

Coles has insisted all of its managers clock on and off when they work, after discovering they are owed $20 million in overtime as the supermarket giant became the latest of dozens of businesses caught out for underpaying workers.

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  • David Marin-Guzman
IR Minister Christian Porter said penalties would become "unavoidable" for employers that underpay workers.

Retailers say underpayment crackdown ignores award complexity

Retailers have accused the Coalition of assuming retailers are criminals while refusing to simplify awards as part of its proposed crackdown on underpayments.

  • David Marin-Guzman
Attorney-General Christian Porter is consulting on the next stage of his wage theft reforms.

New crackdown on underpayments, construction 'bullying'

Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter will introduce the government's wage theft bill "in the coming weeks", with proposed deterrents including disqualifying company directors.

  • David Marin-Guzman
Bankrupt restaurateur George Calombaris.

Unions not to blame for Calombaris' business woes

Labor's IR spokesman Tony Burke has hit back at employer groups for defending celebrity chef George Calombaris.

  • Andrew Tillett
George Colombaris: hardly a victim.

Calombaris is not a victim of the wage theft epidemic

Labor doesn’t believe criminalising wage theft is enough to stamp out this epidemic. The government must do more.

  • Tony Burke
Calombaris and Radek Sali at Jimmy Grants in Fitzroy in 2016.

Who killed George Calombaris' empire?

The Fair Work Ombudsman, state and federal governments and the unions are being blamed for driving the collapse of George Calombaris' restaurant businesses.

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  • Patrick Durkin, David Marin-Guzman and Liz Main
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Restaurateur George Calombaris.

George Calombaris' restaurant empire crumbles

Administrators have been called in and the celebrity chef's 12 restaurants and venues will stop trading immediately, putting 400 jobs at risk.

Employers have argued the hourly limits for pubs, cafes and restaurants are unworkable due to the industry's unsociable hours.

Overtime rules for pub staff after 16 hours 'unworkable'

Employers have argued new maximum hours for salaried bar, cafe and restaurant workers would entitle staff to extra pay just for working more than two shifts.

  • David Marin-Guzman

December 2019

AP Eagers chief executive Martin Ward.

AP Eagers underpaid car dealer staff $4.5m

'Wage theft' has been rife in retail and restaurants, and now Australia's biggest car dealership group has confessed to underpaying 6200 employees.

  • Simon Evans
The MOS Burger chain avoided any penalties due to its prompt repayment.

Burger chain underpays staff $1m

The Japanese fast food outlet repaid workers less than a month after it was caught - with a 7 per cent top-up.

  • David Marin-Guzman

October 2019

Andy Allen, Melissa Leong and Jock Zonfrillo are the new judges on Network Ten's MasterChef.

Ten replaces star MasterChef judges

Network Ten has named the replacements for its star Masterchef trio Matt Preston, Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris.

  • Max Mason

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