1800 Lasagne, a beloved Melbourne restaurant with humble beginnings, entered voluntary administration on July 30, with Todd Gammel and Matthew Levesque-Hocking of HLB Mann Judd appointed administrators.
Founder Joey Kellock started the business in 2020 as a lasagne delivery service during the pandemic, working out of his home kitchen and personally making deliveries from his car. Kellock earned a cult following of loyal supporters and opened the bricks-and-mortar restaurant on High Street in Thornbury later that year.
The administrators have cited “difficult trading conditions”, including under-capitalisation combined with cost-of-living pressures which “led to trading losses, failed expansion plans, historical tax liabilities and an inability to fund the costs of restructure”.