POWER OF ATTORNEY
                      FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

        The undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of the Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, Corporate
Controller, and Assistant Secretary of Wingstop Inc., a Delaware corporation, or
any successor thereto (the "Company"), as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on
behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

    (1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
        behalf and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
        "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents
        necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
        undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required
        by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the
        "Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

    (2)  prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5
        (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of the
        Company, with the SEC, any national securities exchange and the Company,
        as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Exchange
        Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

    (3) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
        undersigned's behalf, information of transactions in the Company's
        securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit
        plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes
        any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and
        approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

    (4) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
        attorneys-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
        undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

    (1) this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such attorneys-
        in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
        attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

    (2) any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorneys-in-fact on
        behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in
        such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such
        attorneys-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or
        desirable;

    (3) this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
        responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under
        the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting
        requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act; and

    (4) neither the Company nor such attorneys-in-fact assumes any liability for
        the undersigned's responsibility or failure to comply with the
        requirements of the Exchange Act, including without limitation for
        profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby ratifies all that such attorneys-in-fact, for and on
behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 1st day of August, 2018.


                                        Signature: /s/ Krishnan Anand
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                                        Name:      Krishnan Anand