LUCAS Restaurants

It’s official! We’re happy to announce Club Chin Chin will be extending its stay in Geelong, sticking around at its home at GMHBA Stadium right through 2025. This means the venue will be dishing up a whole lot more fun to come next year, with plenty of riotous Southeast Asian flavours to pair with all the live AFL and AFLW footy action. Read more here - https://lnkd.in/gBSZdQty

‘This splicing of restaurant and nightclub DNA made Chin Chin as much about entertainment as eating. The neon-lit fit-out, cartoon graphics, playlists from name DJs, resort-style cocktails, food focused on approachability more than authenticity, created a model that proliferated across the country. It endures, too. After more than a decade, the original Chin Chin still excels at showing punters a good time.’ We’re delighted to have Chin Chin included in Broadsheet Media's round-up of “The Most Influential Restaurants of the Past 15 Years”, with some very kind words from acclaimed food writer Michael Harden. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gGnyaKvx

The culmination of a long-held dream, Maison Bâtard will open from 26 November, delivering a four-level celebration of modern French dining culture imagined uniquely for Melbourne.   ‘Christopher Lucas has revealed the opening date and name of his hotly anticipated four-level Bourke Street dining house. “After so many years of hard work and countless challenges, there’s a real sense of relief knowing that I’m finally getting to open the doors in November,” Lucas tells Good Food.’   Reservations available from 7 November — read more here: https://lnkd.in/g5NuKiPG

‘With his Mediterranean-leaning Canberra restaurant, Carlotta, about to open, Christopher Lucas already has plans for a French bistro close by.’   As we gear up to open the doors to Carlotta next week, we’re thrilled to share plans for more openings in the nation’s capital to follow. Book now to join us at Carlotta from 21 October — and read about everything we’ve got in store for Canberra here: https://lnkd.in/g95-UKku

A special congratulations to our hardworking and talented wine team this week, as we celebrate earning some great accolades in Australia's Wine List of the Year Awards 2024, with Society taking out the title for Australia's Best Listing of French Wines for the second year running. In the program’s overall judging, Kisumé, Grill Americano, Society and Chin Chin Sydney were again awarded the highest rating of Three Wine Glasses, while Yakimono and Chin Chin Melbourne also earned high praise, each list given Two Wine Glasses. Running since 1993, this is considered Australia’s most prestigious awards program for wine and beverage lists, and we’re thrilled to be recognised once again.

“Carlotta is set to be a vibrant celebration of Mediterranean dining, with an offering of antipasti, handmade pasta, and meat and seafood cooked over coals, with the overall inspiration coming from acclaimed restaurateur Chris Lucas’ own travels through the region.” There’s “a buzz in Canberra” and we’re excited to be part of it, as we gear up to welcome our much-anticipated new restaurant, Carlotta. Doors open 21 October and bookings are now available — more details on what’s to come via The Canberra Times. Book now: www.carlotta.com.au

This week, we’re thrilled to be celebrating our exceptional team at Society, honoured to be named Best New Wine List in the World for the second year running by The World of Fine Wine. A big congratulations to Head of Wine Loïc Avril and to everyone involved in our wine program for this prestigious award.

“Dining at Lucas’s third Japanese restaurant is an immersive experience. There’s a daily sushi, nigiri and crispy rice menu; sake-based cocktails; and neo-noir AI-generated images on the walls.” Ahead of Tombo Den’s anticipated opening this weekend, we gave Broadsheet a peek behind the scenes on our moody new homage to late-night Tokyo. Bookings open — tomboden.com.au

We’re proud to congratulate Blanche Geoffroy, Head Sommelier of Society’s talented wine team, who recently obtained her Court of Master Sommeliers Advanced Sommelier Certificate. Please join us in celebrating her efforts in this incredible achievement.

Chin Chin has been busy cooking up something extra special and we’re thrilled to finally share it with you! Introducing the third cookbook in our collection, ‘Chin Chin: Still Hungry’, spanning 250+ full-colour pages filled with stories, gorgeous photography, and new recipes by Executive Chef Benjamin Cooper. Pre-order online now for a signed copy of the cookbook and you’ll be in with a chance to win a Chin Chin dinner party at your place, cooked by Cooper himself. ‘Still Hungry’ will be available to purchase for RRP $55 in-venue at Chin Chin Melbourne, Chin Chin Sydney, Club Chin Chin and Hawker Hall, as well as from Chin Chin's online store. You’ll also be able to buy a special collector-edition hard slipcase to house all three cookbook volumes. Pre-order here: https://lnkd.in/g4sW9tAA