Jo Barrett, previously named Good Food Guide Chef of the Year, is returning to the kitchen after closing her Lorne bistro, Little Pickett, two years ago. Multiple reports say Barrett is now taking up a role in a revamped restaurant within a motel in another town along Victoria’s Great Ocean Road. The move follows the end of her earlier restaurant venture in Lorne, where she operated a bistro until its closure. The new setting shifts from the standalone Lorne venue to a food offering connected to a motel, with the restaurant described as newly refurbished or revamped. While the articles focus on the change in location and venue type, they share the same core timeline: Barrett’s prior success and recognition, her decision to close Little Pickett, and her subsequent return to cooking in a different coastal community. The reporting presents the appointment as a continuation of her career in hospitality and highlights the replacement of one regional dining site with another on the same tourism corridor.