PT. LEO ESTATE ANNOUNCES A-LIST RESTAURANT TEAM By Melissa Walsh
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t Leo Estate, the multimillion-dollar sculpture park and restaurant due to open on in late October, is already set to blow the peninsula culinary culture out of the water, having announced their A-list hospitality team. Having already recruited Rockpool/Eleven Bridge chef Phil Wood as culinary director, the team is now joined by Ainslie Lubbock to manage both the main 110-seat Point Leo Restaurant, which opens next month, as well as the more intimate dining room, which will follow by the end of the year.
of the community on the Mornington Peninsula,” said Lubbock, who brings a wealth of knowledge and over 15 years’ experience to Pt. Leo Restaurant having worked at some of Australia’s leading dining destinations including The Royal Mail Hotel, Attica, Cutler and Co. and Pei Modern, Melbourne. “I have been a regular visitor to the peninsula having been an old friend of Gary Crittenden who I knew since being a young waiter. We have also attended quite a few weddings down on the peninsula as well.”
The hospitality veteran will lead the senior team which includes Joel Alderson as senior sous chef and Andrew Murch as head sommelier.
Lubbock says the move to the peninsula is a welcome sea change and she is looking forward to being part of the complex and interesting project that is at the top of its class.
“I am so excited about this new venture and getting to be part
“The project is exciting and has aspirations to be the highest
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October 2017