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synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 1999
Neil Perry apprenticed at Sydney’s Sails restaurant before becoming head chef at Barrenjoey Restaurant in Palm Beach. In 1986 he opened his own restaurant, the highly successful Blue Water Grill at Bondi. It was in 1989, in partnership with his cousin Trish Richards, that he opened Rockpool in Sydney ’s Rocks area. Within six months Rockpool had been named Sydney ’s best new restaurant by the Herald’s Good Food Guide. Rockpool currently sits in the Guide’s elite Three Hat category, and the British magazine Restaurant ranks it among the 50 best restaurants in the world. In the wake of Rockpool’s success Perry added new Sydney restaurants to his empire, including Asian-themed Wockpool. He is a food consultant to Qantas Airways, and appears on several cooking shows. He is also the author of two recipe books, Rockpool and Simply Asian.
Masters of fare: chefs, winemakers, providores celebrates men and women who have championed the unique culinary characteristics and produce of Australia, enriching our lives with new ideas and new flavours over the past forty years.
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