Souvlaki george calombaris biography
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An interview with George Calombaris
NOTE April 2018: Jimmy Grants at The Kitchens has closed.
George Calombaris is one of the most highly regarded culinary figures in Australia. A judge on MasterChef, he owns several restaurants in Melbourne, including the highly regarded Press Club. We caught up with him while he was on the Gold Coast to visit his souvlaki bar Jimmy Grants at The Kitchens.
Why did you choose the Gold Coast as your first Queensland venue?
This is our first restaurant outside Victoria! Everyone expands from Melbourne to Sydney (or Sydney to Melbourne), but we chose Robina as a great starting point. We thought ‘Let’s nail Greek food here!’ We’d already worked with QIC [the developers of Robina Town Centre] and there was mutual respect.
We love the concept of The Kitchens. Like all places, it will find its way. There will be adjustments, but you can already feel things happening in this centre. It’s a great place for people to come and do their shopping, make a day of it and eat while they’re here.
Also, the weather in Queensland is very conducive to our food. We’re big fans.
Why open a Jimmy Grant’s here and not a Mastic (holistic health café) or Hellenic Republic?
…or even Gazi, our cit
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George Calombaris
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Jimmy Grants
Restaurant
Jimmy Grants was a Greek-Australiansouvlakifast-food chain started in Australia by George Calombaris through his company Made Establishment Group.[1][2][3][4]
Whilst operating, the chain had multiple Melbourne locations including at Fitzroy, Emporium, Ormond, Richmond, and Ringwood.[2] The chain also opened a store in Sydney.[5][6]
The name of the restaurant stems from migrant experiences of Greek-Australians being nicknamed 'Jimmy Grant' (like 'immigrant') when co-workers on the docks found their names difficult to pronounce.[7]
Its flagship store in Richmond was architected in a tribute to 'an Australian suburban home, as experienced through the eyes of a migrant'.[8]
In 2020 following financial trouble at Made, Jimmy Grants was disestablished, with its stores being absorbed by the Stalactites Group under its souvlaki brand 'Hella Good'.[9][10][11][1] Stalactites attempted retain staff during acquisition.[12]