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Sydney Morning Herald
08-05-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Star chef Shannon Kellam proves there's life after Montrachet
Shannon Kellam is smiling. It's a relief. The celebrated chef has been through more than most these past 12 months. Yet, standing at the pass at Herve's Restaurant, dressed in a crisp blue RM Williams shirt, hand outstretched, he looks fresh and relaxed. It was just 10 months ago that Kellam relinquished control of Montrachet, which he took from Brisbane favourite to one of Australia's best-regarded French restaurants. Little more than a month before that, his mini-fiefdom of food businesses that operated under the BCN Events Group – including King Street Bakery in Bowen Hills, and Mica Brasserie and The Kneadery production kitchen in Newstead – had gone into liquidation. It was harrowing both for Kellam and the Brisbane food and drink industry, with one of the city's best chefs removed from the board. A combination of Covid and the 2022 floods had ultimately made the odds insurmountable for Kellam's venues. Still, if it could happen to him, the local thinking went, it could happen to anyone.
The Age
08-05-2025
- Business
- The Age
Star chef Shannon Kellam proves there's life after Montrachet
Shannon Kellam is smiling. It's a relief. The celebrated chef has been through more than most these past 12 months. Yet, standing at the pass at Herve's Restaurant, dressed in a crisp blue RM Williams shirt, hand outstretched, he looks fresh and relaxed. It was just 10 months ago that Kellam relinquished control of Montrachet, which he took from Brisbane favourite to one of Australia's best-regarded French restaurants. Little more than a month before that, his mini-fiefdom of food businesses that operated under the BCN Events Group – including King Street Bakery in Bowen Hills, and Mica Brasserie and The Kneadery production kitchen in Newstead – had gone into liquidation. It was harrowing both for Kellam and the Brisbane food and drink industry, with one of the city's best chefs removed from the board. A combination of Covid and the 2022 floods had ultimately made the odds insurmountable for Kellam's venues. Still, if it could happen to him, the local thinking went, it could happen to anyone.
