POWER OF ATTORNEY
                      FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints each of the Chief Financial Officer and the General Counsel 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 June, 2015.


                            /s/ Flynn K. Dekker
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                                                  Signature
                                               Flynn K. Dekker