Sydney-Based Chef Tetsuya Wakuda to Open Second Restaurant, in Singapore

JAPANESE-born, Sydney-based restaurateur Tetsuya Wakuda will open a second restaurant next June – in Singapore.

The chef will open at a Las Vegas style resort currently under construction at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. He will join international restaurateurs including Wolfgang Puck, Mario Batali and Daniel Boulud from the United States, Guy Savoy from France and Santi Santamaria, from Spain.

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Nick Zampelis to Sell Campari Restaurant, Melbourne

RESTAURATEUR Nick Zampelis will sell the prominent Campari building in Hardware Lane – ending a decade long association with the restaurant.
 
Mr Zampelis, who has been both an owner-occupier and landlord at 23 -25 Hardware Lane, can expect to make about $4.5 million from the sale of the building, which has housed the drinking and dining institution through various managers since 1968.
 
Mr Zampelis paid $1.46 million for the building in January 2000, occupying it for a few years before leasing it to tenants, which eventually resulted in its closure.

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