Kazuo Yoshida

Posted on 01. Thu, 2010 by admin in Chefs

GEISHA
33 East 61st Street
New York, NY 10021
212-813-1112
www.geisharestaurant.com
Kazuo Yoshida from Japan employs a very comprehensive approach to sushi, taking into account the season, weather, time of day, temperature, and humidity before creating his dishes. His encyclopedic knowledge of the sushi art form allows him to be very inventive, regularly crafting new dishes to astonish and delight his customers.
Leading NY chefs consider Kazuo as almost a [...]

Chris Yeo

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STRAITS RESTAURANTS
333 Santana Row, #1100
San Jose, CA 95128
408-246-6320 tel
408-246-6397fax
www.straitsrestaurants.com
Christopher Yeo takes pride in being the first restaurateur to bring authentic Singaporean cuisine to the Bay Area. Chris has perfected his version of Singaporean cuisine, by blending the flavors and cooking styles of Thai, Indonesian, Chinese, Malay, Indian and Nonya (a result of the marriages between Chinese men and Malay women generations ago) cuisines with exotic spices and fresh herbs.
His high standards and impeccable palate have earned him critical acclaim and a loyal following among aficionados of Southeast Asian cuisine. Yeo is also a co-author with Joyce Jue of the cookbook, Cooking of Singapore. Chris is one of the cofounders of the Asian Chefs Association in San Francisco.

Frank Yang

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DIN TAI FUNG DUMPLING HOUSE
1108 S. Baldwin Avenue
Arcadia, CA 91007
626-574-7068
Frank Yang was born and raised in Taiwan. His father established a restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan in 1969. Now they have worldwide chain stores in Japan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Korea, Indonesia, etc.
Frank Yang has been managing the restaurant in Arcadia since 2000.


Martin Yan

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YAN CAN COOK
3927 Rivermark Plaza
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408-748-3355
www.yancancook.com
Martin Yan is a certified Master Chef, respected food consultant, professional instructor and a prolific author of 26 cookbooks, including his latest Martin Yan Quick and Easy. Born in Canton, China, Yan pioneered the now classic “Yan Can Cook” television show in 1978 and has hosted over 1800 cooking shows by now.
Yan founded Yan Can [...]

Yorinobu Yamasaki

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KAI
822 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10021
212-988-7277
www.itoen.com
Yama-san, as he is warmly referred to by his co-workers and fans at the beautiful restaurant above the Ito-en Tea Shop on Madison Avenue, New York, started his culinary career in Japan in 1985. His early training included working for famous French restaurant La Table in Kobe, and then Moo in Osaka. In 1991, he became executive chef of Carpe Diem, a French-Japanese restaurant, and [...]

Hide Yamamoto

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MANDARIN ORIENTAL, TOKYO
2-1-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku
Tokyo 103-8328 Japan
+81 (3) 3270 8800
www.mandarin-oriental.com
Hidemasa Yamamoto, brings more than three decades of culinary experience with him, having cooked at celebrated properties in some of the world’s greatest gastronomic cities. Yamamoto traveled to the United States to spread his vision and ultimately help to popularize Japanese cuisine in the west. Yamamoto developed a style [...]

Roy Yamaguchi

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ROY’S
6600 Kalanianaole Hwy
Honolulu, HI 96825
808-396-7697
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www.roysrestaurants.com

Roy Yamaguchi is regarded as a pioneer who mastered a distinctive style, which brought his cooking to the forefront of contemporary gastronomy. There are now 30 Roy’s, including 22 in the Continental US, 6 in Hawaii, 2 in Japan and 1 in Guam.
The first Roy’s opened in Honolulu Hawaii in 1988. At the time, chef Roy [...]

Takashi Yagihashi

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Takashi
1952 N. Damen Avenue
Chicago, IL 60647
773–772-6170
www.takashichicago.com
 
 
Takashi Yagihashi was born in Mito, the capital of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, a small town about an hour northwest of Tokyo and just a few minutes from the sea, where he developed a taste for fresh seafood at a very young age. He started cooking at age sixteen and continued to work in restaurants while he earned his Interior Design degree from the Tokyo Design School. After a stint helping out with the opening of a Japanese restaurant in Chicago, the young chef embarked on a serious culinary education. He cooked for Yoshi Katsumura at the highly touted French-Japanese Yoshi’s Café and Gabino Sotelino’s Amria where he worked his way up the line to chef de [...]

Jimmy Wu

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AHI SUSHI
12915 Ventura Blvd.
Studio City, CA 91604
818-981-0277
www.ahisushi.com
Chef Jimmy Wu was trained as a classical violinist since he was a child in Shanghai, China.
As a teenager Jimmy came to America to study music in Chicago, finding kitchen work at the prestigious Hotel Nikko, where he wound up falling in love with Japanese cuisine.
Three years later he was allowed to handle a knife; 15 years [...]

Simpson Wong

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CAFE ASEAN
117 W 10th Street
New York, NY 10011
212-633-0348
www.cafeasean.com
As the chef owner of Cafe Asean. Simpson Wong exemplifies the contemporary chef adept at interpreting his many global influences. A native of Malaysia with Chinese ancestry, Wong has lived, traveled, and studied cuisine throughout Asia and Europe.
In 1996, Wong opened Cafe Asean, a cozy West Village restaurant serving authentic Vietnamese, Thai and Malaysian dishes. He opened Jefferson in early 2003, where he served a New American menu that brought together diverse influences from all regions of the world.
Jefferson was voted “Best Neighborhood Restaurant” by New York Magazine in 2003. Open just over two years, Wong suffered a heart attack and closed Jefferson.