#4 Amanda Yallop, Wine Director at the FINK Group

There are few people in Australia’s hospitality scene who command the level of respect, amongst peers, that our next guest does. Amanda Yallop is the group wine director at FINK, overseeing an extensive and demanding program of leading restaurants and bars: Quay, Bennelong, OTTO Sydney, OTTO Brisbane, Firedoor (Surry Hills), Gildas and Beach Byron Bay. In 2013, Amanda became a Scholar of Len Evans Tutorial. She’s an alumni of the Advanced Wine Assessment Course through The Australian Wine Research Institute, a wine judge in Australia and also at the Decanter UK Wine Awards, as well as the annual Ruinart Challenge in Australia. Amanda was awarded Gault & Millau's Sommelier of the Year 2016, and is a Dame Chevalier, L’Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne - amongst many other things. I had the pleasure of spending a week in Champagne with Amanda during harvest 2022 where it’s fair to say that we bonded over some great wines and very good times.