AUSTRALIA. The opening of The Independent, a high-class dining venue developed and operated by SSP-owned Airport Retail Enterprises (ARE) Australia at Brisbane Airport, has been marked with an exclusive dinner for special guests including some of the city’s top influencers.
The food was prepared by celebrity chef and restaurateur Luke Mangan who, as reported, is the first in a rolling roster of nationally acclaimed Australian chefs and emerging local talents to have menus featured at the new Domestic Terminal restaurant.
The dinner was hosted by ARE Australia General Manager Food, Beverage & Retail Toby Le Brocq and representatives from SSP’s Australia and New Zealand team.
Mangan and his team, known for their distinctive French-Asian brasserie-style cuisine, cooked signature dishes from his menu including Mooloolabah prawn rolls, tuna sashimi tacos, seafood towers for two and locally-sourced steaks.
The drinks offer at The Independent includes a range of 50 locally-produced spirits, an international whisk(e)y menu, local and independent craft beers, Brisbane City Winery wines and a comprehensive low and non-alcoholic beverage menu.
The Domestic Terminal restaurant offers panoramic airfield views. 
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* ‘Future BNE’This article forms part of an ongoing series by The Moodie Davitt Report dedicated to Brisbane Airport’s hugely ambitious A$5 billion (US$3.3 billion) ‘Future BNE’ development. As reported, the programme, which includes over 150 projects, is the biggest in Brisbane Airport’s history. Future BNE will upgrade both the Domestic and International terminals and continue the development of a new Terminal 3 precinct as both Brisbane and Queensland look forward to hosting the 2032 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. In a unique eight-year editorial programme, we will track the development right through to the Games themselves. The Moodie Davitt Report Founder & Chairman Martin Moodie visited Brisbane Airport recently to kick-start the series by reporting on the new ten-year partnership between Lotte Duty Free and Brisbane Airport Corporation. You can read that story here. Look out for more coverage of the ongoing developments later this week. |
