John Javier was the owner and head chef of the Sydney based restaurant, MASTER which closed its' doors in 2016 - a restaurant Noma's Rene Redzepi labelled as one of his favourites in Australia. Since then, he moved to Hong Kong and opened the critically acclaimed Happy Paradise which was filmed on Anthony Bourdain's 'Parts Unknown' and featured in TIME Magazine's '100 Greatest Places on Earth'.

Javier has since recently opened, London-based restaurant and member's club, The Tent (at the End of the Universe).

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