Philip Khoury is an award-winning pastry chef, author and pioneer of plant-based pâtisserie, formerly head pastry chef at Harrods in London. Australian-born and of Lebanese heritage, Philip began his career at Sydney's lauded Quay before rising to a senior role alongside MasterChef Australia pastry sensation Adriano Zumbo. His debut cookbook, A New Way to Bake, won the Fortnum & Mason Best Debut Cookery Book Award in 2024, and his second, Beyond Baking, was published by Quadrille in October 2025 to wide acclaim, with features in Vogue, The Guardian and The Times. In 2023 he received the LaListe Pastry Innovation Award in Paris, presented by Pierre Hermé. Philip is a familiar face on BBC's Saturday Kitchen, has appeared on MasterChef UK, and served as a semi-final guest judge on Bake Off: The Professionals. He is also the founder of Khoury's, a chocolate and confectionary brand stocked at Harrods, best-known for the viral Beirut Chocolate Bar, a tribute to his Lebanese roots shared more than seven million times. Philip speaks with rare authority on plant-based innovation, sustainability in pastry, and building a modern food brand rooted in heritage.