Who owns lentil as anything

Just last week a woman donated a portion of land on her hectare farm to growing produce for the restaurant. But he also said it was hard to ignore the fact that some patrons were treating the restaurant as a place to score a free feed. This led to staff posting a reminder on their Facebook page of the costs of running each restaurant.

Across its four Melbourne sites and recently opened site in Sydney, roughly 1 million meals are served each year. Mr Fernando said this was a "significant operation" and it was important people understood the restaurant did not receive funding or grants. According to Elzvik, there is no such thing as a boring day at Lentil as Anything. Spices like nutmeg and cinnamon waft through the kitchen. Volunteers twist lemons and grate ginger. Servers dance around the floor, jotting orders down on their notepad.

It is always noisy inside; laughter bounces across the walls. On some late nights, there is yoga or an open-mic night in the upstairs space. That amounts to about kg per person or one in five bags of groceries. To stock their kitchen, Lentil as Anything takes in the unwanted leftovers from nearby stores.

The diet is both inclusive and nutrient rich. Fast food is typically the most affordable option and Lentil as Anything aims to change that.

The restaurant relies heavily on volunteer servers and cooks, like Elzvik. Lentil as Anything is not an exception. Before coming to Lentil as Anything, Elzvik had no prior customer service experience. She says that volunteering at the restaurant requires no experience at all.

Volunteers attend an orientation and receive the necessary training. He operates, in effect, as a chief executive. High-profile lawyer Julian Burnside and other Greens Party-linked figures have been used in some of his internal battles at Lentil as Anything. He has collected around him a band of devoted supporters, many of whom are vulnerable and have been helped by Mr Fernando.

One former board member received an email from a Mr Fernando supporter that read. It has become a hugely popular series of restaurants among people who believe in its social purpose, and Mr Fernando, a migrant from Sri Lanka, has been central to it. Professor Komesaroff declined to comment. Mr Fernando, who was removed from the board, has since rejoined and was appointed by new director and new chair, Megan Evans. It had also left a trail of unpaid taxes and creditors and was on the brink of insolvency before being bailed out by a large GoFundMe campaign.

Mr Fernando rejected this and blamed the former accountants. Governance that is inclusive, adaptable and harnesses the participation of all involved I believe that society sometimes confuses governance with patriarchy. The latest blow-up is not the first at Lentil of Anything with a rapid turnover of board members over the last five years, according to ASIC records. Mr Fernando has been on and off the board several times.