Kate Lamont

Kate Lamont (born 1962)^[1] is an Australian cook, political aspirant and author.

Career

Lamont has hospitality interest in the Swan Valley, Margaret River and a bottle shop and bar in Cottesloe, Western Australia.

Empire Beer Group Limited

In October 2006, Lamont was an inaugural Director of the Empire Beer Group Limited, which ran pubs, brewed beers. Lamont featured in its public prospectus which aimed to raise $10,000,000 AU by way of the issue of shares at an issue price of $0.35 each.^[2]

By December 2007 the stock was trading at $0.16, by July 2008 the stock was trading at $0.05 and by February 9 it was trading atP $0.03, a $9 million reduction on the original $10 million raised capital.^[3]

On the 18th of March 2009, Kate Lamont resigned as a non-executive director of Empire.^[4]

Political Appointments, Connections and Candidacy

Labor Party Appointments

Lamont was appointed as a Board member of Tourism WA Board of Commissioners in 2004, by the Gallop Labor Government and Chairman of Tourism WA by then Labor Tourism Minister Mark McGowan and the WA Labor Government from 1 September 2006 ^[5] for a 5-year term.^[6]

Lamont was appointed as a board member of Tourism Australia by the Rudd Labor Government and in July 2010 was appointed Deputy Chair of Tourism Australia by Federal Labor Minister Martin Ferguson ^[7]

Liberal Party Candidate

In April 2012 WA Premier Colin Barnett confirmed that he had discussed pre-selection for the Liberal Party for the State Seat of Churchlands with Lamont and his media advisor Dixie Marshall and subsequently sought an extension of the nomination period to allow the nomination to occur. A story in the West Australian on May 3, 2012 suggested the nomination was causing a revolt in Liberal ranks with Party sources questioning how close Lamont was to Labor State and Federal Figures.^[8]

Womans Awards Claims

Lamont is described as a past winner of the WA Telstra Business Woman of the Year ^[9] and a finalist in the 2006 National Veuve Clicquot Woman of the Year awards.^[10]

Telstra Business Woman of the Year Claim

The WA Telstra Business Woman of the Year awards do not list Lamont as a winner. The winner of the WA Telstra Business Woman of the Year Award in 1996 was Kerry Sanderson, the then Chief Executive Officer of Fremantle Ports.^[11] In 1996 Lamont was the recipient of the "Business Owner Award" one of the many sub-categories in the Telstra Business Woman Awards WA chapter.^[11]

Veuve Clicquot Woman of the Year claim

Claims to be a Finalist in the 2006 National Veuve Clicquot Woman of the Year Awards are not evidenced in the organisations press release and announcement of its winner and finalists in 2006.^[12]

Books and media

• Family, Food and Friends (2000) ISBN 1-86368-293-7
• A Year in the Kitchen with Kate Lamont (2004) ISBN 978-1-920731-34-2
• Celebrating (2007) ISBN 978-1-921361-00-5
• Wine and Food (2009) ISBN 978-1-921401-33-6

References