A disputed $1.45m debt has plunged four popular Gold Coast restaurants and bars linked to Gold Coast entrepreneur Oli Frost into administration.
The trading entities behind Johnathan “Johnny” Eddings and Oliver Fines-Frost-linked venues Milky Lane burger bar in Surfers Paradise, Lucia Tapas Garden in Tugun, plus Naami and Maman Bar and Kitchen in Burleigh Heads, all entered administration in June.
It marks the third time since December 2021 that a trading entity behind Milky Lane has gone into external administration.
All four businesses liquidation/news-story/011bf7135e6950b607c20c5fa9835732″ title=”www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au” data-tgev=”event119″ data-tgev-container=”bodylink” data-tgev-order=”011bf7135e6950b607c20c5fa9835732″ data-tgev-label=”business” data-tgev-metric=”ev”>previously entered liquidation in 2023 but continued trading through entities which are now being administered by accountancy group Hall Chadwick’s John Vouris.
Mr Eddings and Mr Frost are challenging the appointment of Mr Vouris and his co-administrators Kathleen Vouris and Richard Albarran in the Queensland Supreme Court.
Lawyer Jarred Winterkorn, representing both Mr Eddings and Mr Frost, confirmed an application had been filed in court to terminate the “purported administration, and for related relief”.
Mr Winterkorn said the basis of the application was two-fold.
He said there was “an apparent absence of independence of the administrators”, and that “the administration is an…