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He's the celebrity chef who won over A-listers with his fine dining restaurants.
Born in , he gained notoriety at his posh private school by refusing to cut his hair.
His long black ponytail later became his signature look when he began his culinary career in the late 1970s.
He was just 31 when he opened a restaurant in Sydney's Rocks that would define Australian hospitality over the next decade.
The entrepreneur and businessman won a later generation of fans on TV, with appearances on shows like Restaurant Revolution and .
He also shared the spotlight with American lifestyle star and hosted BBC2's The Food Source.
He's the celebrity chef who won over A-listers with his fine dining restaurants. Born in Sydney, he gained notoriety at his posh private school by refusing to cut his hair
On Thursday, the award-winning hospitality giant shared a throwback picture of a career milestone.
Wearing his shoulder-length black hair in a then-fashionable mullet, the celebrity chef is pictured standing in the doorway of his famed restaurant Rockpool while it was still under construction.
Can you guess who it is?
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Of course, it's Neil Perry.
The 68-year-old restaurateur included a lengthy caption in the Instagram post, in which he recalled the opening of his fine dining eatery.
'When you are really old, the fun thing is people use old photos of you in news articles,' he began.
Perry, who later built a hospitality empire from the success of Rockpool, then gave a life update.
'It’s nice as it helps remind me of where I was in 1988 and where I am now,' he continued.
Can you guess who it is? Of course, it's Neil Perry
'This is just before opening Rockpool in early 1989, I remember it well, I grew my crazy mullet out and from that time on I think I may have taken a more serious approach to life.
'[I was] 31 years old, I probably thought I was going to work hard for ten years and retire,' he added.
