Stuart Laundy: ‘Gerry Harvey taught me everything about deals’
With a little help from the legendary retailer, he has become the dealmaking king of one of Australia’s true pub dynasties – and an occasional reality TV star.
My midday lunch, with pub baron and occasional reality TV star Stuart Laundy at his family’s Woolly Bay Hotel overlooking Sydney’s sparkling harbour, begins in a most unexpected fashion when he has to tell a waiter who he is.
“I’m Stuart Laundy, I own the hotel,” he politely says to the bemused young man, who speaks with a European accent.
