The Sydney Morning Herald,The Age and Good Food reveal alleged misconduct at some of Australia’s top restaurant groups.
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One of the world’s top employment barristers will represent former staff and alleged victims of sexual assault as they pursue the company for damages.
Celebrity chef Guy Grossi used an all-staff meeting to slam this masthead’s reporting as “manufactured and contrived”.
A sommelier at the famous restaurant kissed the young waitress,but when she reported the incident she was let down.
The stories have kept coming,and they will keep coming,until the sector grasps the need to explode long-standing norms.
Guy Grossi is one of Australia’s most celebrated chefs. Now,following a months-long investigation,he’s issued a public apology after allegations he groped a woman.
For Jamie Bucirde,what started out as an Instagram account has grown into a bone fide nationwide movement.
More must be done to make hospitality a safe industry for women,heard the crowd at the 40th annual awards ceremony in Sydney.
Six Swillhouse and Merivale whistleblowers have urged the NSW government to establish a public inquiry into the treatment of women and misconduct in the hospitality sector.
Three staff say they were sexually abused by colleagues and that the company marginalised them. Their claims come on top of earlier allegations by other Swillhouse workers.
Merivale chief executive Justin Hemmes says he is “devastated” by allegations levelled at his company.
An extensive investigation has revealed claims of exploitation of female staff at hospitality giant Merivale. The company denies this.
Sweeping changes are coming to the responsible service of alcohol training for bar staff in NSW. But is that enough to keep venues safe?
A new award will shine a light on positive initiatives. And after explosive coverage of toxic behaviour,many are hopeful that change is afoot.
It’s the biggest evolution to the Guide’s approach to reviews in its four-decade history.
But Night-Time Economy Minister John Graham stopped short of backing a federal Labor MP’s boycott of the Sydney restaurant group’s venues.
Rachelle “Rocky” Hair was the first female bartender at Swillhouse venues and Jenna Hemsworth was Australian Bartender of the Year in 2018. They won’t be silenced.
This is how the Herald uncovered allegations of sexual assaults and drug-taking at a top Sydney restaurant group.
The NSW government authority will examine the disturbing allegations at hospitality group Swillhouse,as bartender Jenna Hemsworth identifies herself as a complainant.
The company said it was “heartbroken” by the sexual assault allegations as it pleaded with staff and suppliers not to abandon them.
Seriously,despite #MeToo,there remains a 1980s tolerance of bad behaviour in the hospitality industry.
A brutal and highly toxic male culture has crept into some Sydney nightclubs,where sexual assault and sleaze have come to be tolerated with almost callous nonchalance.
Graphic content:When hospitality group Swillhouse opened a new whisky bar,the all-male team was issued a challenge:a special prize for being to the first to have sex with a customer.
Revelations in a Herald and Good Food investigation triggered immediate industry blowback as sponsors,artists and partners pulled out of Swillhouse’s upcoming festival.
Bars are common sites of abuse but fine-dining restaurants are not immune,and cultural change is urgently needed.
One of Sydney’s top bar and restaurant groups allegedly pushed female staff out of the company after reporting sexual assaults and encouraged staff to have sex with patrons and take drugs on duty.