"It Was Incredibly Daunting For Me"- Jacqui Challinor on Opening the Biggest Restaurant of 2023

"It Was Incredibly Daunting For Me"- Jacqui Challinor on Opening the Biggest Restaurant of 2023

Author: Broadsheet August 16, 2023 Duration: 18:02

Many are calling it the opening of the year. Magnificent, resplendent, palatial, ornate – no number of adjectives really do justice to the Nomad Group’s stately new restaurant Reine. The team has taken over the aptly named Cathedral Room inside the former Melbourne Stock Exchange, a neo-gothic building at the corner of Queen and Collins streets, completed in 1891. The opulent heritage space features vaulted ceilings, gothic arches, solid granite columns, mosaic floors, limestone walls, marble dado and stained glass windows. Executive chef Jacqui Challinor joins Around Town in the restaurant's opening weeks to discuss inspiration, her favourite menu items and where she thinks Reine will be in twelve months time. 

Featured on today's episode: 

  • Reine and La Rue

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