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All these celebrity restaurant wage-theft scandals point to an industry norm

Written by Richard Robinson, Research Fellow/Hospitality Management, The University of Queensland

Heston Blumenthal at a media event at Dinner by Heston in 2016. The restaurant bears his name but he does not own it. Tracey Nearmy/AAP

The latest celebrity-chef-linked wage-theft scandal, with the high-end restaurant Dinner by Heston Blumenthal in Melbourne allegedly underpaying its staff by A$4 million, is the tip of the iceberg for wage...

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