About Harry

Chef Patron Harry Yakinthou has worked alongside some of the world’s leading culinary stars, and designed international gastronomic dinners in Michelin-starred restaurants around the world, including Le Normandie at the Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok and Caprice in Hong Kong’s Four Seasons Hotel. He has worked as chef consultant alongside Michel Roux and Gary Rhodes in the design of British Airway’s first-class menu, and has cooked for a number of the world’s royal families, including the Queen of England, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge William and Kate, and a number of celebrities.

Raised with his brother Philip, the restaurant’s General Manager, the boys grew up in a Mediterranean Cypriot family in Perth’s northern suburbs, surrounded by the love of good food, among herbs grown in and picked from their parents’ garden, and huge family gatherings.

These early experiences moulded Harry’s desire to train as a chef. His passion and love for food first led him to train at Mundaring’s famous Loose Box, under the Meilleur Ouvrier de France’s, and twice-knighted Alain Fabrègues. Under Alain’s mentorship, Harry cultivated the discipline and art of cooking, as well as the respect for the garden-to-table story of each dish.

From The Loose Box, Harry moved to one of England’s most prestigious restaurants, Michel Roux’s Waterside Inn – the only place outside France to have held 3 Michelin stars for thirty consecutive years, and training ground of Gordon Ramsay, Marco Pierre White, Heston Blumenthal, Marcus Wareing and many others. Over seven years at The Waterside Inn, Harry worked his way up from first commis chef to senior sous chef and chef consultant to Michel Roux Snr.

Ultimately, the love of sharing meals, of care for cuisine, of the importance of the freshest of produce and the time to slow down and laugh and eat something wonderful with the people you love brought Harry back home to Perth, and led us to re-open Paul Conti’s beautiful historic home for you.

We hope that you enjoy your visit.

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The Harry’s at Conti team.