The Dumpling Chef cooks up Dandenong lease deal

Popular Chinese restaurant The Dumpling Chef has leased an industrial warehouse equipped for food production at Dandenong in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs for its growing business.

The nearly 310 sqm food factory at 1/23 Egan Road was leased through Ryan Amler and Joshua Colosimo of Ray White Commercial.

The Dumpling Chef, which has restaurants at Mill Park on Melbourne’s north side, Westfield Plenty Valley and Bayside Shopping Centre, had been seeking a centralised kitchen to prepare its Chinese dumplings, said Amler.

“This property offered a complete food premises with permit and extensive equipment all ready to go,” he said. “It was ideal for any food production business not wanting to invest in huge setup costs." 

The Dumpling Chef has taken out a three-year lease at a net rental of $39,600 per annum plus GST and outgoings with options for a further three years.