BCN Events, the hospitality group owned by Montrachet’s Shannon Kellam, has gone into voluntary administration, with several of its businesses closing doors.
King Street Bakery (Bowen Hills), Mica Brasserie (CBD and Newstead), commercial kitchen The Kneadery and Lumiere Culinary Studio (Newstead) have all ceased trading.
Click Chef, the spin-off of Montrachet’s popular at-home meal kit delivery service, has also pulled the plug.
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SUBSCRIBE NOWMontrachet in Bowen Hills, one of the standard-setters for Brisbane’s French dining scene, will continue trading as normal. Ditto for Mica Brasserie’s airport location.
McGrath Nicol Restructuring was appointed as the group’s liquidators on Tuesday May 28. In a statement viewed by Broadsheet, partner Mark Holland said:
“At this preliminary stage, BCN Events appears to be a casualty of the headwinds facing the hospitality industry. We are currently undertaking an urgent appraisal to consider options available.
“We intend to work with staff, customers and suppliers during this difficult time.”
Australia’s hospitality industry is in turmoil. In the last six months we’ve seen Brisbane favourite The Zoo shut. Gold Coast brewery Black Hops was also on the brink, but was saved at the 11th hour by a group of passionate investors.
Update, 5.20pm, May 30: an earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Clarence had closed.