Lincoln Francis-Wright is a Bendigo born 31 year old hospitality professional of around 13 years’ experience. During his journey so far he has been taught, developed and tuned a vast array of skills and qualities required to excel in the industry.
He lives and breathes food and beverage, and gets a real kick out of making people comfortable and happy.
He started with his first mentor, Matt Connolly (a renowned local hospitality icon), with zero experience in the industry, a less than limited food knowledge due to a very fussy diet, and having never had a sip of wine in his life.
Matt Connolly was a legend! He still says to this day that Linc’s air of confidence, despite knowing nothing about what he was getting himself into, is the reason he let him in all those years ago. Matt claims he had an eagerness and obvious willingness to learn, like he had never seen in all his years. Linc worked with Matt part-time for about 9 months before deciding to defer university studies and commit to the workforce full-time. He was loving it.
Over the following year, Matt groomed Linc into being his front of house supervisor, and then on to duty manager.
Time on the floor of one of the busiest restaurants in Bendigo allowed Linc the opportunity to really get to understand the industry in his home town, meet the locals and get to know faces.
