Experience

Straight To The Source

• Australia
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  Current: Straight to the Source Straight to the Source tours are tailored for food industry professionals and passionate foodies, with a focus on establishing vital links with producers. These unique behind-the-scenes tours offer participants the chance to meet producers, visit farms and production facilities, learn about different production methods, and experience master classes delivered by industry experts in their respective fields. Current: Straight to the Source Straight to the Source tours are tailored for food industry professionals and passionate foodies, with a focus on establishing vital links with producers. These unique behind-the-scenes tours offer participants the chance to meet producers, visit farms and production facilities, learn about different production methods, and experience master classes delivered by industry experts in their respective fields.



delicious. Produce Awards

• Project Manager

  • 2009 - Present

  delicious., Australia’s leading food and lifestyle magazine, celebrates food and the people who produce it. Decided by our panel of top chefs and food industry experts across the country, each year the delicious. Produce Awards acknowledge Australian primary and artisan producers who are committed to quality, sustainability and innovation – as well as the provedores, restaurants and farmers’ markets that support them. delicious., Australia’s leading food and lifestyle magazine, celebrates food and the people who produce it. Decided by our panel of top chefs and food industry experts across the country, each year the delicious. Produce Awards acknowledge Australian primary and artisan producers who are committed to quality, sustainability and innovation – as well as the provedores, restaurants and farmers’ markets that support them.



Self-employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Jan 2005 - Present



Lucy Allon

• Freelance consultant specialising in food & hospitality events

  • 2008 - Sep 2018

  Various food industry consultancy projects with a focus on content creation and curation, and event management. Various food industry consultancy projects with a focus on content creation and curation, and event management.



Appetite for Excellence

• Australia
• Hospitality

• Co-founder & Program Director

  • Jan 2005 - Jan 2010

  Established in 2005 as ‘Young Chef of the Year’ - an awards program to recognize young talented chefs and provide them with networking, mentoring and work experience opportunities - the program proved so successful that it quickly grew to recognize the other roles integral to the hospitality industry and now encompasses 3 important categories – Young Chef, Young Waiter and Young Restaurateur. I was co-founder of this program with business partner Luke Mangan and ran the program from 2005 to 2009. I then continued my involvement as a judge of the Young Restaurateur category until returning to the Program Director role in late 2018.



Salt Restaurant & Bar; Bistro Lulu; Moorish

• Award-winning restaurateur

  • 1999 - 2006

  From 1999 until the sale of our last restaurant in 2006, I was co-owner and co-managing director, with a focus on front-of-house, of three award-winning Sydney restaurants: Salt in Darlinghurst; Bistro Lulu in Paddington; and, Moorish Restaurant & Bar in North Bondi. Key awards: American Express Awards 2000, 2001, 2002 Salt - Finalist "Best Restaurant" Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide 2000, 2001, 2002 Salt - Awarded Three Stars - The highest rating awarded ‘Good Food Guide‘ The Sydney Morning Herald 2000 Salt - Awarded ‘Best New Restaurant’ Salt - Awarded 2 Chefs Hats 17/20 2001 Salt - Awarded 2 Chefs Hats 17/20 Bistro Lulu – Awarded 1 Chefs Hat 2002, 2003 Salt - Awarded 1 Chefs Hat 15/20 Bistro Lulu – Awarded 1 Chefs Hat 14/20 2004, 2005 Salt - Awarded 1 Chefs Hat 15/20 Bistro Lulu – Awarded 1 Chefs Hat 14/20 Moorish – Awarded 1 Chefs Hat 15/20