LARRY JAYASEKARA

Sri Lankan-born Larry Jayasekara studied at culinary school in Devon, England before gaining experience at Michelin level, under some of Britain and France’s most acclaimed chefs. He has been awarded the Craft Guild of Chefs, National Chef of the Year 2016 and the Special Award at the Fortnum & Mason Food & Drink Awards 2021 for charity work during the pandemic. He spent five years working as a private chef before the conception of his restaurant, The Cocochine, which opened in March of 2024. The venture is set in a stunning mews house in Bruton Place off Berkeley Square in London’s Mayfair.


The Rex Delicatessen, located at 38 Bruton Place and created inside a Grade II listed former Victorian stable, is a further venture from Chef Larry Jayasekara.