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We are committed to offering unique dining experiences. To discover and champion emerging talent and most importantly, support local producers and the businesses in our community.

ABOUT

FINK

Award-winning culinary excellence, extensive hospitality knowledge and a unique family touch have combined to establish Fink as a leader in innovation and quality in the Australian restaurant industry.

Fink is built on the three foundation pillars of offering unique dining experiences, discovering and championing emerging talent and supporting local producers. Overseeing three solely owned restaurants — Bennelong, OTTO Sydney and OTTO Brisbane — as well as partnership with Beach Byron Bay — the Fink family proudly showcases an unrivalled restaurant portfolio.

Fink is driven by long-time restauranteur, entrepreneur and group chairman Leon Fink. The strong leadership is supported by Group General Manager Graham Ackling and a team of passionate individuals who all bring a breadth of hospitality experience to this exhilarating industry.

 

CHAIRMAN

LEON FINK

Leon Fink is the chairman of Fink. He is intimately involved in the day-to-day workings of the Fink restaurants. A man with many passions, Leon has also been a property developer, film producer and theatre-owner, along with a long-time devotion to being a quiet patron of the arts and civil libertarian pursuits.

He is also a most ardent, curious gardener and landscape designer. After establishing a community vegetable garden in his home suburb of Clovelly, Leon was inspired to partner with farmers and rural producers to grow bespoke vegetables for the Fink kitchens and dining rooms. Perhaps the pinnacle of Leon’s landscaping obsession saw him design and support the Australian section of the Israel Botanical Gardens.


CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

GRAHAM ACKLING

Graham Ackling is Chief Executive Officer at Fink.

With a background in finance, Graham made the move into hospitality and was quickly appointed to senior management roles at some of Sydney, London and Auckland’s most prestigious restaurants. He returned to Sydney in 2003, joining Fink’s OTTO Ristorante as a Senior Waiter and Maitre’d, and was appointed Restaurant Manager in 2005.

In 2015, when Fink opened its first interstate restaurant in Queensland, OTTO Brisbane, Graham became General Manager of both OTTO Sydney and OTTO Brisbane, steering their parallel growth.

He stepped into the role of Head of Operations at Fink Head Office in 2022, and was appointed Group General Manager the following year, before being named Chief Executive Officer in 2026. Graham continues to lead Fink with the same dedication and attention to detail that has shaped his career across the business.

GROUP WINE DIRECTOR

AMANDA YALLOP

A Len Evans Tutorial Scholar in 2013, arguably the world’s finest wine school, and an alumnus of AWAC 33, the Advanced Wine Assessment Course through The Australian Wine Research Institute. Amanda is a judge at many Australian local, state, and national wine competitions, Decanter UK Wine Awards, and a judge for the annual Ruinart Challenge for Australian participants. Named Gault & Millau Sommelier of the Year 2016, Dame Chevalier, L’Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne and Dame Chevalier, La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (Burgundy, France). Holding a WSET Diploma for Wine & Spirit Education Trust and a student in the prestigious Master of Wine program.

Amanda fell in love with wine when living in the UK during the 1990s, the sudden array of choice being too compelling to ignore. Born and bred in Australia, she had been well and truly bitten by the wine bug overseas but began her formal study in Sydney in 2000 when she returned home. Amanda has been a valued staff member for Fink since 2006, working her way from Line Sommelier at Quay to Wine Director across the group.

In 2025 she was named Sommelier of the Year at the Good Food Guide Awards and appointed a Maison Krug Ambassade, a distinction reserved for hospitality leaders who embody the house’s pursuit of craft and serve Krug with an exceptional level of knowledge and care. She is the first sommelier in Australia to hold this title.

Amanda’s mantra is please drink better, please drink less, and please support local.

HEAD OF RESERVATIONS, EVENTS, AND RELATIONSHIPS

SARAH BARKER

Sarah Barker is Head of Reservations, Events, and Relationships at Fink, where her role encompasses managing the Reservations and Events teams, alongside maintaining the relationships of longstanding guests of Fink and ensuring that they continually turn to our venues for exceptional dining experiences.

Sarah has a strong background in hospitality; born to publican parents, the family switched to owning cafés and restaurants where Sarah worked while studying marketing and hospitality management at university. For over a decade in Sydney, Sarah worked for corporate catering companies, earning her way to management roles, before moving to Fink as Head Office, and our Events teams, became centralised.

Sarah became Fink’s first Group Event Manager in 2016, and in late 2017 she took on HR responsibilities in the role of Guest and Staff Relations Manager. Now, as Head of Reservations, Events, and Relationships, Sarah loves connecting and working with Fink’s fantastic cohort of staff, including the chefs, back and front of house teams, and Head Office staff, as well as all the wonderful guests that visit our restaurants.

Our Awards

Fink has achieved extensive accolades through a combined result of dedication, experience, professionalism, vision and intent.

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