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What a Great Punk[Unlocked] Episode 439: Bushman's DelightWe're unlocking a Patreon bonus episode this week. In this episode we talk about the new super drink that Jamie invented, explore magic foods, how havainas are back now (Brazil green is fresh), how Sydney's Gaslight days are over, Justin Hemmes-ass pebblecrete carpet, what happened to The Taxi Club, and exciting new things that are coming up in the world of TNSW this year! To watch the episode, sign up to our Patreon at: https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunkFREE PALESTINEWatch videos of the pods and get weekly bonus episodes on our Patreon — it's only 5 bu...2025-04-1338 min
7amPeter Dutton and the billionairesWhile Peter Dutton’s electorate braced for Cyclone Alfred, the opposition leader flew to Sydney to attend a $25,000 dollar-a-head dinner at Justin Hemmes’ Vaucluse mansion. It was a choice that’s been pilloried in the media – and the government. But as Labor sets about to raise money in similar ways, it raises questions about who has the ear of our leaders – and what Australia’s wealthiest people are getting in return for their donations. Today, special correspondent for The Saturday Paper Jason Koutsoukis, on Peter Dutton, Anthony Albanese and the billionaires they court. ...2025-03-2715 minWhat a Great PunkEpisode 439: Bushman's Delight [Patreon Preview]On the Patreon bonus episode this week we talk about the new super drink that Jamie invented, explore magic foods, how havainas are back now (Brazil green is fresh), how Sydney's Gaslight days are over, Justin Hemmes-ass pebblecrete carpet, what happened to The Taxi Club, and exciting new things that are coming up in the world of TNSW this year! To hear the whole episode, sign up to our Patreon at: https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunkFREE PALESTINEWatch videos of the pods and get weekly bonus episodes on our Patreon — it's only 5 bucks a month, bu...2025-03-0410 min
The QuickyMerivale's Justin Hemmes “Devastated" By Company's Drug And Sexual Harassment AllegationsThe Quicky news update for Wednesday, October 30th 2024 The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Want to try MOVE by Mamamia?Click here to start a seven-day free trial of our exercise app. CREDITS Host/Producer: Kimberley Braddish Audio Producer: Tegan Sadler...2024-10-3004 min
Mi3 Audio Edition‘Dark bars, A-list investors’: McKinsey, Virgin, Contiki, now me&u – how Australia’s top tech female leader Katrina Barry is chasing $250bn in global consumer spend, crunching bar and pub business models with more tech, less humans and much happier, higher-spending customersKatrina Barry is Deloitte Tech's Fast 50 female leadership winner for 2022 and CEO of the globally ambitious Australian restaurant and pubs ordering app me&u, backed by a Hollywood style list of Australian names including Merrivale’s Justin Hemmes, Rockpool's Neil Perry, Uber Australia co-founder Mike Abbott and former Google ANZ and current Domain boss Jason Pellegrino. She's about a year into the role – me&u already controls about 70 per cent of large format hospitality venues in Australia and is now going global. Barry argues the little round device on bar and food tables is actually about business transformation, customer exper...2023-03-0651 min
"The Week on Wednesday" with Van Badham & Ben DavisonWeekend Wrap 12 June 2022: Shorten on Insiders talks NDIS fixes, Qantas, Merivale and toxic corporate culturesBen Davison looks at Bill Shorten's Insider's interview and his push to fix the NDIS. With 90% of NDIS providers now unregistered, organised crime infiltrated into the system & foreign private equity extracting profits Shorten has promised that if "you are delivering personal care you have to be registered" that people will be "paid the proper award" and we to "make sure people are qualified".
While every dollar invested in the NDIS returns $2.25 the lack of quality control, auditing and minimum levels of training in the unregistered sector is undermining those outcomes.
Ben discusses the issues around c...2022-06-1229 min
House Of TechRe-writing the book on hospitality post-pandemic with Justin Hemmes, CEO MerivaleThis House of Tech episode includes special guest Justin Hemmes, CEO of Merivale. Justin covers the hardships the hospitality industry faced during lockdowns, and how the pandemic has provided a fantastic opportunity to renew hospitality and still experience a roaring 2020s.We also hear how there is a renewed passion and desire for people to dance, and how COVID has revitalised our innate passion to connect face to face over food and beverages.J...2022-03-2725 min
Daily Telegraph - News FeedSeized Car Already Examined After William Tyrrell’s Disappearance 19/11/21William Tyrrell’s foster grandmother’s car, now seized by police, had already been examined days after the toddler went missing. Premier Dominic Perrottet will use The Daily Telegraph’s Bradfield oration to bolster a new vision for Sydney. Justin Hemmes has expanded his empire by taking over the food and drink outlets at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Wests Tigers secure a major coup in the player market with Dally M second-rower of the year Isaiah Papali’i from Parramatta. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee om...2021-11-1803 min
Back of House#32 - Frank Roberts, Group General Manager, MerivaleFrank Roberts is known throughout the industry as a great leader, consummate professional and all round nice guy.
Quoted from the Merivale website.
" At Merivale we aim to bring a little magic into the everyday. We are driven to deliver unique and memorable experiences to every person who steps into one of our venues.
Owned and run by the Hemmes family for over 60 years, Merivale began as an iconic fashion house started by John and Merivale Hemmes. Merivale’s fashionable beginnings were soon followed by a venture into hospitality, opening a Thai tea café within their Sydney CBD fashion building in...2021-05-3159 min
Workers PowerScallywag of the Year
This week on Workers Power we celebrate the end of a very long and interesting year by going through the year's winners of our world famous scallywag of the week awards, ending with the announcement of the scallywag of the year, who was decided through a poll by you, our dear listeners.
Week 1 - McDonald’s Australia's corporate relations director James Rickards
Week 2 - Scomo
Week 3 - Smit Lamnalco
Week 4 - Campbell Newman
Week 5 - Domino’s
Week 6 - Rio Tinto and Sodexo
Week 7 - Jennifer Howard Ipswich MP
Week 8 - Scom...2020-12-2900 min
Obviously Good PodcastFRE D'SFor our very first episode of season two, we decided to treat ourselves and try somewhere we have been dying to go! Where else than Justin Hemmes “Fre d’s”. This farm to table restaurant fits perfectly into its location in upper Paddington. Walking into the iconic eucalyptus green building through the unassuming glass door you are greeted with a dimly lit cocktail bar and a warm sense of welcoming. The Fre d's dining room is set around the fully functioning kitchen, with a marble island bench and open fire grills for all the diners to watch in anticipation. Head chef...2020-09-2837 min
Scar Tissue With Fabian Di MarcoStevan Premutico: Founder of Dimmi and Me&U – ‘A Purposeful Life’Stevan Premutico founded Dimmi, a restaurant reservation technology which was acquired by Tripadvisor for $25m in 2015 and is now the founder and CEO of Me&U, which seeks to entirely change the way we order and pay for food and drinks at venues. Me&U has raised over $8m from investors such as Justin Hemmes of Merivale....2020-02-161h 42
2UEMorningsStuart Bocking and Justin Hemmes#newport #merivale2016-02-0410 min
The Unbearable Lightness of Being HungryBen Greeno – The Paddington, Merivale“There’s no $10 steak, that's for sure,” says Ben Greeno.
There's nothing standard-issue about his upcoming ventures with Merivale, which is no surprise – Ben is far from a standard-issue chef. (In fact, there's question about whether The Paddington – the 'pub' he's opening for the hospitality group – is even actually a pub. And the chicken shop that will follow is not going to be your average takeaway outlet, either.)
So there are many dynamite reasons why people are majorly excited about this acclaimed chef's next moves.
After all, Ben was Rene Redzepi's first employee when the Dan...2015-11-201h 04
The Unbearable Lightness of Being HungryDan Hong – MerivaleA good restaurant doesn't have to be a stuffy one – Dan Hong has highjacked traditional expectations of fine dining in Sydney, and as executive chef at Merivale, a strong voltage of fun charges through the places he oversees, such as Ms Gs, Mr Wong, El Loco and Papi Chulo. He has helped redefine how we eat in this city. Yes, he has an impressive CV – which includes being named Josephine Pignolet Young Chef of the Year when he was at Bentley and time in the kitchen at Tetsuya's when it was #4 best restaurant in the world – but he's a...2015-02-2438 min