"It has nothing to do with me. I won't get involved unless it isn't doing well," the veteran chef jokes.

And he doesn't expect it to falter, Perry junior, 20, having worked beside him on five start-ups.

"It's a really good opportunity for her," he says.

The 100-seat French bistro-cafe will open on Rockwell Crescent, early in August, with Rockpool chef Chris Benedet​ in the kitchen.

"To be honest I'd never thought about leaving Rockpool group, but this site came up," Josephine explains.

"Dad has his business partners, I was always going to do it on my own," she adds.

Describing the yet-to-be-named restaurant as "a modern take and relatively cheap", she has lofty ambitions.

"My goal is to eventually beat him [Neil Perry] in chefs hats," she says.