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Alla Wolf-Tasker AM
Culinary Director & Co-ProprietorAlla Wolf Taskerwolfinkitchen LakeHouseDFLakeHouseDaylesford
Lake House today…
The Restaurant
The food
Aperitivo Deck
Argyle Library Bar
The Terrace Room
The Waterfront Pavilion
Private Dining in The Cellar
A hotel of 33 rooms & suites
Including a luxury two key private Retreat
Fabulous views
The Cooking School
International guests
Our award winning Spa at Lake House
New projects – Lake House will always be a work in progress
The Pool
Awards and accoladesStill coming after over 35 years
2 Chef Hats (with over 70 accumulated) – Good Food Guide Australia
4 Chefs toques – Gault Millaut Australia
Australian Wine List of the Year & induction into the Hall of Fame
Top 50 – The Australian Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide
Australia’s Best Food and Wine Property - The Luxury Travel Gold List
Australia’s Best Regional Hotel - Gourmet Traveller
The Gold List – Conde Nast Traveller
One of Tatler UK’s 101 Best Hotels in the World
Daylesford 1979
Little or no visitation (tourism)
18-21% unemployment
Traditional local industries, wool, timber, potatoes in demise
Young people wanting to leave
No economic or population growth
No available local staff
No local specialty producers
No local clientele
Daylesford not on anyone’s radar
Lake House 1983…
There I was dreaming of a beautiful
dining room, an abundance of flowers,
verdant gardens cascading down to
the water, battalions of knowledgeable
waiters in long white aprons, a cellar
of note – excellent sommeliers, a
discerning clientele, and above all a
raft of wonderful local suppliers
providing the most excellent produce.
Lake House today…
Daylesford Today
• Daylesford now a bustling Tourism Mecca showing significant growth in national
and international visitation
• Has the largest number of naturally occurring mineral springs in Australia and the
largest concentration of holistic therapists in southern hemisphere
• Is an acknowledged region for Good Food
• The tourism industry is now conservatively worth $160M annually to the immediate
Hepburn Shire
• Is showing population growth with young families as well as ‘tree changers’
• Is a highly regarded ‘icon’ destination in its own right
• Continues to show year on year growth in yield /visitation generally from all
markets
Learnings from the Journey
in Business
• Do your homework
• Seek help/mentorship, but be intuitive and trust your gut . You know your
business
• If personal relationships are involved, ensure there are strong divisions of
labour
• Persevere
• Be open to continued learning
• Don’t rest on your laurels
• Remain relevant rather than following fads
• Bring people along for the ride. Share the vision, develop people, destinations
• and communities.
Our suppliers and local food
Our suppliers and local food
The Lake House tribe
Producer Visits
Bring your Team along on your journey
• Create an agreed to purpose
‘Creating great memories for our clientele’
• Develop a strong vision and relevant goals
‘To become one of Tatler’s 101 Best Hotels in the World’
‘To maintain a minimum of 2 hats for our restaurant’
• Develop a lasting mission (this is not about business strategy)
‘Setting the international benchmark for bespoke hospitality’
• Develop and communicate a clear set of values
‘Everyone of our customers is a VIP’
• Identify and train in behaviours that back up the words
• Affirm at each opportunity
Developing the Region
Do you want Tourism?
• Is Tourism an important consideration?
• What is Tourism?
• What’s to be gained?
• Where does it rank for all members of the community?
• What should it look like?
• Bear in mind that it tends to happen of its own accord
Developing the Region and Tourism Community
• Ensure all basic Tourism 101 requirements are met. Make it easy for
visitors and would be visitors
• Agree on – desired outcomes; brand; selling proposition; markets.
• Develop the vision
• Develop a ‘tribe’ mentality. Tribes generally shares a vision, a religion and
a mission. What’s your mission statement?
• Educate, educate, educate tribe member and associated relevant tribes
• Tell stories. Who are the custodians and the teller of stories ?
• Encourage new members .Who/what is needed?
• Don’t kill the goose that lays the golden egg
New Projects
(Dairy Flat Farm)
My Journey
Good Food Matters
• The speaker circuit
• Three Decades On - the book
• Good Food Matters- Sustainability, Regenerative Agriculture, Nutrition,
Mental Health, the Hospitality industry
• Judge National Young Chef Award
• National Judge on the delicious Produce Awards
• Supporting regenerative Producers – The Alla Wolf Tasker Good Food
Matters Scholarship
Thank you
Alla Wolf-Tasker AMAlla Wolf Taskerwolfinkitchen LakeHouseDFLakeHouseDaylesford