Lucas Collective
Curious and innovative, Lucas Collective’s bold reimagining of hospitality has blossomed with the support of a like-minded business advisory.
Services we provide:
Business Services / Audit & Assurance / Tax Consulting / Virtual CFO
Lucas Collective has become one of Australia’s most influential hospitality collectives, founder owned and led by Chris Lucas, with a portfolio that has helped shape modern dining culture across Melbourne and Sydney. The group’s concepts span high energy institutions like Chin Chin, alongside destination venues such as Kisumé, Hawker Hall and Grill Americano, with ongoing expansion into major precincts and new markets.
Stannards works alongside Chris and the leadership team as an extension of the business, providing day to day support that keeps venues running cleanly, while also guiding the big decisions that protect profitability and enable scale.
On the operational side, we help build the financial rhythm of the group through budgeting, cashflow management, wage and staffing cost controls, management reporting and compliance discipline, so performance is visible, predictable and tightly managed across venues. At the strategic level, we support forecasting, tax planning, structuring, funding conversations and scenario modelling, helping Chris evaluate opportunities with commercial clarity and move quickly when the timing is right.
We support forecasting, tax planning, structuring, funding conversations and scenario modelling, helping Chris evaluate opportunities with commercial clarity
