If Victoria Racing Club CEO Kylie Rogers had any doubts about asking Melbourne restaurant tsar Chris Lucas to take over the reins of the Cup Carnival’s dining program, they vanished soon after the deal was sealed.
Tickets for Derby Day’s “Dining by Society” lunch at The Byerley, the 180-seat dining room in Flemington’s members’ stand, sold out within three minutes of the August announcement; the Melbourne Cup Day lunch, also at The Byerley, within seven minutes.
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