Could George Calomabris make a TV comeback?
Since the collapse of his restaurant empire, MAdE Establishment Group, George Calombaris has been keeping a low profile, but the celebrity chef has expressed his desire to return to television.
In February 2020, MAdE Establishment Group was caught up in an underpayment wage scandal amounting to $7.8 million which ruined Calomabris’ reputation, forcing him to lay low.
Calombaris said his team suffered over the past three years and described that time as “really hard”. But things are now looking up.
“I’m really excited the last of them is now overseas cooking in an amazing place in Singapore. All my head chefs and managers are in great places and doing great things and that makes me really happy.”
With the controversy now behind him, the TV chef is ready to get back on our screens.
This doesn’t mean he wants to return to the “crazy world” he used to live in.
“I’m really excited about this year, I think personally I will never go back to the crazy world that I used to live in,’’ Calombaris told the Herald Sun.
“If I keep looking backwards I’m going to get a sore neck. So I just look forward and I want to do good things,” said the former Jimmy Grants and Hellenic Republic chef.
He also implied that there might be a return to television, but if he does end up back on our screens he will make sure it represents who he is now.
“Hopefully I’ll be able to help people through all of my good, bad and ugly,” he said.
Irit Jackson, 4th February 2021
