Great Mellie Restaurant

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Frederic Verschoore, was born and trained in Lyon, France. In 1980s worked in the One-Michelin-Star Le Fedora Lyon and Two-Michelin-Star Les Embassadeurs at the Hotel Crillon in Paris before landing the Chef De Partie position in 1993 the 3-Michelin-Star Troigros Restaurant in Roanne. Troigros Restaurant is one of France most respected restaurant operated by third generation Chef Michel Troigros, who recommended Frederic Verschoore as Chef to Margaux Restaurant at Kowloon Shanghri-La in Hong Kong. Frederic Verschoore then spent five years in that vibrant city and met Letitia who was to become his wife.

In 2000 Frederic Verschoore and his family moved to Japan as he had the position as Chef of Palazzo Restaurant at the Royal Park Hotel in Tokyo, a city where French food is popular. After 6 years working in Tokyo, with an opportunity to own a restaurant in Fremantle, he decided to make his dream come true. With his family they came to Fremantle in March 2006. They have the restaurant Great Mellie open on the 11 May 2007.

Chef Frederic has a strong traditional classic French cooking knowledge. With this knowledge he creates his own dishes, yet nothing like traditional heavy saucing. The food is pivotal yet it is not classical French, nor Oriental nor fusion, as Chef Frederic call it “my style”.