Seven publications have named Michael Le directly, plus an Uber Eats Australia launch feature. Broadsheet, SBS Food, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Daily Telegraph, Time Out Sydney, The Urban List and Wink Models. Great Aunty Three is the restaurant he established in 2011, opened in Enmore in August 2012, and ran for eleven years before handing the reins to the team in 2022. Every quote below is the publication's own words, in full, with a link to the source.
"chef and owner Michael Le is using recipes passed down through Le's family, from his grandmother's grandmother, Aunty Three herself."
Broadsheet, Great Aunty Three, Surry Hills Read the article →
"says Le, who currently runs Great Aunty Three in Sydney's Enmore."
SBS Food, "Feels like home: 'Pho made my grandma's dream come true'", 14 May 2020 Read the article →
Great Aunty Three has its own topic page in the Sydney Morning Herald's Good Food section, running from the 2013 review onward. The articles sit behind the SMH paywall, so nothing is quoted here. The link goes straight to the coverage. See the coverage →
"Enmore favourite Great Aunty Three sets up in Surry Hills with crackling pork rolls and Vietnamese coffee."
Daily Telegraph, on the Great Aunty Three Surry Hills opening Read the article →
"A simple corner restaurant on Enmore Road, founded by Michael Le in 2011."
Time Out Sydney, Nine Top Spots for Banh Mi in Sydney Read the article →
"Great Aunty Three x Uber Eats."
Great Aunty Three was a launch partner when Uber Eats started in Sydney, and featured in the Australian launch promo video. Watch the feature →
"A true story of a man following his passion. Sydney Vietnamese restaurant Great Aunty Three was opened by former businessman Michael Le, who left the corporate world to open his own restaurant, named after his grandmother."
The Urban List, Great Aunty Three directory listing Read it →
Anyone can say they built something. This page is the receipts, in the words of the people who wrote them. Seven mastheads, one Uber Eats launch partnership, and a Vietnamese restaurant that has traded in Sydney since 2012.
The food writing came first. The business lessons came later, and they cost far more than the press was worth. Eleven years in, every decision still came through one person. That story is on the about page, and the full account of the venue is on the Great Aunty Three page.
No. He handed the reins to the team in 2022 and has not owned it since. In 2026 the team moved the venue from Enmore to Pyrmont, and he came back to run its marketing, website, socials and search, behind the scenes, as their provider rather than their owner. He is a Sydney operator, founder, and writer, and he lives in Sydney today.