{"id":777015040,"date":"2024-04-26T09:23:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T12:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777015040"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:48:47","slug":"crown-melbourne-to-host-masterchef-australia-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-melbourne-to-host-masterchef-australia-restaurant","title":{"rendered":"Crown Melbourne to host MasterChef Australia restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ALUMNI will be a limited-time restaurant to showcase MasterChef Australia\u00a0alumni\u00a0cooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-\u00a0Crown Melbourne\u00a0and<strong>\u00a0MasterChef Australia<\/strong>\u00a0have announced<strong>\u00a0ALUMNI<\/strong>, a restaurant that will showcase MasterChef Australia\u00a0alumni\u00a0cooks. ALUMNI\u00a0will offer dishes from\u00a0<strong>Kishwar Chowdhury<\/strong>\u00a0(May 16 &#8211; June 2),\u00a0<strong>Callum Hann<\/strong>\u00a0(June 6 &#8211; 23), and\u00a0<strong>Khanh Ong\u00a0<\/strong>(June 27 &#8211; July 14), and a surprise fourth MasterChef Australia chef on June 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yolanda Uys<\/strong>, Crown\u00a0Resorts&#8217;\u00a0EGM of brand and marketing, said:\u00a0\u201cCrown is a leading curator of exceptional,\u00a0interesting\u00a0experiences in Australia, and we are incredibly excited to partner with MasterChef Australia to bring a unique dining experience with the launch of ALUMNI at Crown Melbourne.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCrown is&nbsp;Australia\u2019s&nbsp;largest hospitality employer, with 51 restaurants and 31 bars across our three resorts. Each year&nbsp;we&nbsp;train approximately 75 apprentice chefs to go on to have illustrious careers, so as a leader in the hospitality industry, nothing brings us more joy than to partner with these&nbsp;chefs,&nbsp;and further add to our stable of world-class restaurants as we bring the magic of this iconic partnership to life for Australian foodies to enjoy.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bookings for\u00a0ALUMNI&#8217;s\u00a0dining experiences will open in stages, with reservations for Kishwar\u00a0Chowdhury&#8217;s\u00a0menu already available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-sydney-deemed-suitable-to-retain-casino-licence\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crown Sydney deemed suitable to retain casino licence<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALUMNI will be a limited-time restaurant to showcase MasterChef Australia\u00a0alumni\u00a0cooks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Crown Melbourne, a subsidiary of Crown Resorts, is launching \"ALUMNI,\" a limited-time restaurant featuring MasterChef Australia alumni chefs, as part of its premium non-gaming hospitality offerings. This initiative underscores Crown's strategic focus on enhancing integrated resort appeal and diversifying revenue streams beyond core gaming verticals. The move also aligns with ongoing efforts to demonstrate suitability and robust governance frameworks following past regulatory scrutiny.","focusai_entities":"Crown Melbourne, MasterChef Australia, Crown Resorts, Kishwar Chowdhury, Callum Hann, Khanh Ong, Yolanda Uys","focusai_location":"Australia, Melbourne","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (0.8), marketing_crm (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Non-Gaming Revenue Strategy?","query":"What is the projected incremental non-gaming revenue contribution from such high-profile culinary partnerships, and how does this initiative align with Crown's broader strategy for enhancing integrated resort profitability and reducing reliance on core gaming verticals?"},{"label":"Regulatory Suitability Implications?","query":"How do investments in premium non-gaming amenities, such as ALUMNI, contribute to Crown's ongoing demonstration of operational suitability and robust governance frameworks to regulatory bodies?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[14657],"class_list":["post-777015040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-crown-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777015040"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777015082,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015040\/revisions\/777015082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777015040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777015040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777015040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}