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Sex, sleaze and hospitality

WAR presdient Bridget Raffal accepts the award for Cultural Change Champion.

‘Raise the bar’: First Cultural Change Champion calls for action at Good Food Guide awards

More must be done to make hospitality a safe industry for women, heard the crowd at the 40th annual awards ceremony.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Anton Forte pictured outside his Le Foote restaurant in The Rocks.

Troubled Swillhouse CEO Anton Forte steps down, but is appointed in ‘an oversight role’

Plus another executive, Jordan McDonald, departs the hospitality group, which is at the centre of sexual assault allegations.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Shirley Yeung from women’s hospitality platform, Mix Haus.

‘We need to be part of the tide that lifts’: How hospitality is tackling its dark side

A new Good Food Guide award will shine a light on positive initiatives. And after explosive coverage of toxic behaviour, many are hopeful that change is afoot.

  • Dani Valent
Swillhouse

Sexual assault allegations lead to resignations at Swillhouse

The editor of lifestyle publication Swill Mag and the general manager announce their departures from the troubled hospitality group.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Le Foote in The Rocks.

The Good Food Guide drops Swillhouse venues, introduces workplace culture award

It’s the biggest evolution to the Guide’s approach to reviews in its four-decade history.

  • Sarah Norris
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The interior at Maggie’s Snacks and Liquor in Brunswick.

‘It’s a toxic culture’: The sexual assault reckoning in the hospitality industry

Bars are common sites of abuse but fine-dining restaurants are not immune, and cultural change is urgently needed.

  • Dani Valent

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/goodfood/topic/sex--sleaze-and-hospitality-6gwp