Hide Yamamoto
Posted on 01. Thu, 2010 by admin in Chefs
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 of cuisine which is all his own, armed with European technique and classic Japanese tradition. Yamamoto is now back home in Tokyo where he showcases his distinctive culinary style at eight food and beverage outlets at Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo.
Roy Yamaguchi
Posted on 01. Thu, 2010 by admin in Chefs
ROY’S 6600 Kalanianaole Hwy Honolulu, HI 96825 808-396-7697 find more Roy’s at: 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 Yamaguchi was the first chef ever to blend European cooking techniques with the fresh local ingredients found in Asia and the Pacific Rim. He calls this style of cooking Hawaiian Fusion cuisine, a tempting combination of exotic flavors and spices mixed with the freshest of local ingredients, always with an [...]
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 [...]
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 later he owns his own restaurant as an accomplished sushi chef.
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.
Arnold Eric Wong
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E & O Restaurant 314 Sutter Street San Francisco,CA 94108 415-693-0303 tel Arnold Eric Wong was born and raised in San Francisco’s “Haight-Ashbury”. Grew up the youngest of five in a family retail store that has become a 40 year old tradition. So needless to say that he has been surrounded by food all his life. Self taught, then began cooking for the public from the families modest in store delicatessen. While aspiring to be an architect, a kitchen accident prevented him from his studies and gave him the chance to reevaluate what his focus should be on. That turned out to be food! His first break at cooking was in 1987 with the then about to open “Silk’s” at The [...]
Brooke Williamson
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BEECHWOOD 822 Washington Blvd. Venice, CA 90292 310-448-8884 www.beechwoodrestaurant.com AMUSE CAFE 796 Main Street Venice, CA 90291 http://amusecafe.com/ As a native Angeleno, Brooke Williamson began her culinary career working as a teacher’s assistant at the Epicurean Institute in Los Angeles. But her talents were truly recognized as a pastry assistant at Fenix at the Argyle. At 18, under the guidance of Chef Ken Frank, Williamson won First Place in the Quady’s four Star Pastry Competition. Amuse Café is Williamson’s first restaurant where Williamson serves in the role of owner. She shares not only administrative duties with her partner, Nick Roberts, but also kitchen duties as co-chef. She lives in Venice, California. Nick Roberts grew up in Carmel, California, where his [...]
Norman Van Aken
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NORMAN’S 21 Almeria Avenue Coral Gables, FL 33134 4012 Central Florida Parkway Orlando Fl 32837 407-393-4333 8570 Sunset Blvd West Hollywood, CA 90069 310-657-2400 www.normans.com Norman Van Aken blends the exotic ingredients and rich cultural heritages of Latin America, the Caribbean, the southern United States and even touches of Asia. The James Beard Foundation recognized Aken as the “Best Chef in the Southeast”. His acclaimed signature restaurant, NORMAN’S, in Coral Gables, has been honored as one of “America’s Top Tables” for five consecutive years by Gourmet Magazine, and has earned the title of “Best Restaurant in South Florida” from the New York Times and “Best Restaurant in Miami” from Food & Wine Magazine. In addition to being an award-winning chef, [...]
Nathan Uy
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WILD GINGER 1401 Third Ave Seattle, WA 98101-2105 (206) 623-4450 www.wildginger.net Chef Nathan Uy came early to his love of cooking. He grew up in Kampot, Cambodia, a seaside village midway between the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. He worked for four years as a cook for the Communist Committee in Cambodia, making meals for 200 villagers every day. In 1979, Nathan and his wife escaped this cruel lifestyle by walking 120 miles through the jungles of Thailand to Vietnam. For the past 10 years, Nathan has been an integral part of the executive kitchen staff at Wild Ginger, first as sous chef and for the last 4 years as the head chef . Cambodian soups and [...]
Shin Tsujimura
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NOBU NEXT DOOR 105 Hudson Street New York, NY 10013 212-334-4445 www.noburestaurants.com Since NOBU opened in 1994, Shin Tsujimura as been an integral part of the success of the restaurant that capped the year 2000 by being named Food & Wine magazine’s Best Restaurant in New York. Chef Shin’s career spans 25 years in the kitchen, as he worked his way up at Hatsuhana in Tokyo. Then he moved to Hatsuhana in New York before joining the renowned Chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa and adding his talents to NOBU’s blend of the art of food and dramatically modern architecture.
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