The multimillion-dollar Toorak mansion owned by George Calombaris was put on the market on Monday as his hospitality empire faces collapse.
The hospitality empire of celebrity chef George Calombaris is on the brink of collapse and could be placed into voluntary administration as early as this week,with more than 500 employees facing an uncertain future.
Nine narrowly stole bragging rights for the'all people'measure of TV viewers from Seven,but the battle lines for 2020's duel have already been formed.
The chairman of the new wage theft inquiry said the parliamentary committee"won't be shy"in demanding answers from companies found to have underpaid their workers.
The Fair Work Ombudsman said it would in future take into account the size of underpayments of wages when assessing the size of'contrition payments'such as the one issued to Masterchef George Calombaris.
Chefs say the the media attention on restaurants is unfair given wage scandals in other industries and the complexity of the legislation.
Seven is considering two former Masterchef judges,Matt Preston and Gary Mehigan - but not George Calombaris - for a new cooking show in 2020 after Network Ten pulled the plug on the trio in July.
An apology will be published in all media outlets as part of Made Establishment's court-enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Celebrity chef George Calombaris said creativity and ideas got in the way of shoring up back-end systems for wage payment.
Calombaris'interview outfit is reflective of what's become something of an"apology uniform",according to experts.
Reputation experts say the MasterChef brand will come off worse than George Calombaris,drawing parallels to the demise of British television series Top Gear.