Good evening,

A table for Jon Adgemi, please. Street Talk understands the ex-KPMG dealmaker has asked his former employer to help his Public Hospitality Group pull off a $300 million debt refinancing.

The pubs and hotels roll-up is understood to have already met with credit funds and other potential backers.

It would be interesting to see where pricing lands; our sister column Rear Window has previously reported PHG as paying interest rates as high as 18 per cent a year on its $500 million odd short-term borrowings.

In more food news, Fortitude’s premium food producer Birch & Waite Foods has acquired Queensland-based sauce and dressing brand Epicurean Foods. And we spotted a looming tie-up between two of Australia’s largest fruit growers.

Finally, we checked in with two childcare sales active right now – Partners Group’s Guardian and Quadrant’s Affinity Education.

Oh, and we revealed the identity of the mystery trader at the centre of ASIC’s record-setting $4.5 million MDP penalty at Openmarkets.

Happy reading,

Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

Street Talk editors