曾在2020年迅速蹿红的墨尔本餐厅1800 Lasagne，2024年7月遭曝光存在系统性职场不当行为。[1]一份由社媒举报触发的人力资源审查在该月份证实了多项指控，包括性骚扰、在场所内使用酒精和可卡因、权力滥用，以及东主乔伊·凯洛克与年轻员工之间不当的亲密关系。[1]在审查后，凯洛克同意自我排除于该场所约两年，时间从2024年中期至2025年3月。[1]
然而这一措施未能挽救该业务。2025年8月，1800 Lasagne宣告崩塌，累计债务达310万澳元，其中200万澳元欠澳大利亚税务办公室，另有至少227,000澳元为欠付79名前员工的养老金。[1]调查发现该企业从2021年3月起，仅在开业五个月后便开始涉嫌资不抵债交易。[1]12月间，该业务被转售予凯洛克与商业伙伴杰瑞米·戈登共同拥有的公司，除养老金外的债务被一笔勾销。[1]商业伙伴戈登在2024年7月一次员工大会上指出："该董事故意以合理预期会使被骚扰人士感到被冒犯、羞辱或恐吓的方式行事。"[1]此举引发大规模员工集体辞职。[1]
1800 Lasagne, a Melbourne dining establishment that gained cult following in 2020, operated as a toxic workplace masked by its popular public image, according to an HR review conducted in July 2024 [1]. The investigation, triggered by social media allegations, substantiated findings of sexual harassment, excessive alcohol and cocaine use on premises, abuse of power, and inappropriate sexual relationships between owner Joey Kellock and significantly younger staff members [1]. Business partner Jeremy Gordon told staff at the July 2024 meeting that "the director has deliberately behaved in a way that is reasonable to expect there is a possibility that the person being harassed would be offended, humiliated, or intimidated" [1].
Following the review, Kellock agreed to exclude himself from the venue for approximately two years, from mid-2024 to March 2025 [1]. The restaurant nevertheless collapsed in August 2025, accumulating total debts of $3.1 million, comprising $2 million owed to the Australian Tax Office and at least $227,000 in unpaid superannuation to 79 former workers [1]. Liquidators found evidence that the business had allegedly been trading while insolvent since March 2021, merely five months after opening on High Street in Thornbury [1]. In December, the business was sold back to a company jointly owned by Kellock and Gordon, with debts apart from superannuation wiped clean, a move that prompted mass staff walkouts [1].