December 2024
Hospitality empire behind Rockpool reports $288 million loss
The restaurant group, now called Pacific Hunter, grew out of celebrity chef Neil Perry’s high-profile Sydney steak restaurant.
- Primrose Riordan
October 2024
Rockpool won’t change if lenders stay out of the kitchen: Perry
Quadrant Private Equity has sold the hospitality empire that grew out of celebrity chef Neil Perry’s high-profile steak restaurant.
- Gus McCubbing
August 2024
How to make this saucy dish from Neil Perry’s new Song Bird restaurant
Perry is set to open his next restaurant in Sydney’s Double Bay on August 30. And it’s going to be huge.
- Jill Dupleix
June 2024
Food fight! Restaurant lobbies serve up war
A new lobby group has formed in a pointed rebuke to the century-old Restaurant & Catering Association, and its CEO is not taking the challenge lying down.
- Myriam Robin
December 2023
Vale Bill Granger, Australia’s sunniest chef
Few people have the ability to bring instant sunshine into a room, but chef and restaurateur Bill Granger had it in spades. He also changed the way Australia thought about our food, and ourselves.
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- Jill Dupleix
August 2023
Neil Perry’s top five places to eat in this global financial hub
The celebrity chef used to visit Hong Kong every year before the pandemic. During his recent return, he offered some hot tips on dining.
- Alex Gluyas
June 2023
Meagre fare for Quadrant: Fratelli lender considers debt sale
Multiple sources say Korea’s Shinhan Bank has been seeking to sell its circa $136 million loan to Pacific Hunter to secondary funds.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
May 2023
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Restaurant tech start-ups Mr Yum and me&u in merger talks
The QR code menu and payments start-ups are engaged in merger talks after both enjoyed explosive growth during the pandemic.
- Jessica Sier, Mark Di Stefano and Aaron Weinman
January 2023
Noma’s no more, but fine dining is here to stay
Eating at the world’s best restaurant was not to everyone’s taste, but it changed the way chefs think about food.
- Julie Hare
November 2022
Rock star and model among backers of seaweed ‘plastic’ start-up
A Perth start-up called Uluu has raised $8 million, as it tries to make a plastic replacement from seaweed, with famous faces joining VC investors in the round.
- Tess Bennett
July 2022
Neil Perry’s top six places to eat in Rome
The inaugural Sydney-Perth-Rome Qantas flight marked the celebrity chef’s fifth visit to Rome – so who better to eat with in the Eternal City?
- Fiona Carruthers
June 2022
From capital markets’ Mr Fixit to a foodie with a big farm dream
Nick Venter has invested “a small fortune” to show Australia what unadulterated food – produced using sustainable and regenerative practices – tastes like.
- Philippa Coates
January 2022
Why Australians can’t keep away from Aspen
The Colorado ski resort, which turns 75 this month, might have been built on the idea of ‘a community of peace’, but that’s not why Australia is its biggest international market.
- Philippa Coates
December 2021
The mother of all restaurant trends
Peppina, Audrey, Margaret, Jane... a funny thing is happening in the world of fine dining.
- Necia Wilden
October 2021
Rich pickings at Neil Perry’s new restaurant
Sydney’s power dining scene is back with a vengeance.
- Myriam Robin
September 2021
After 20,000 cancellations, Neil Perry prepares for diner stampede
Neil Perry’s new restaurant Margaret was set to open on the day of Sydney’s COVID-19 outbreak in June. Finally, it might be able to, as many restaurants prepare to deal with pent-up demand
- Necia Wilden
February 2021
Neil Perry banks on new Double Bay restaurant
Chef Neil Perry says activity and life has returned to Sydney’s eastern suburbs, where he will open a solo venture in May.
- Larry Schlesinger
July 2020
Neil Perry quits Rockpool Dining Group
The celebrity chef is quitting his role as culinary director and ambassador within the group but will remain a consultant and a major shareholder.
- Philippa Coates and Matthew Drummond
June 2020
Risky business: inside Neil Perry's 'comeback'
Neil Perry was poised to buy back his premium restaurants when COVID-19 threw a curveball. In a pandemic, what’s a restaurant worth?
- Brook Turner
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- AFR Magazine
Neil Perry’s restaurant buyback plan off the menu, for now
The pandemic ruined the celebrated chef's plan to buy back the restaurants he sold to private equity. He's now focused on just getting them reopened.
- Brook Turner