Offering local cuisine made using naturally abundant Shimane ingredients

Born August 16th in Shimane Prefecture. After graduating from high school, he attended culinary school. Upon graduation he went to work for Creative Group Inc., a company that runs a number of prominent restaurants. In 2012 his first assignment was determined to be Mond Nihonbashi, so he traveled to Tokyo. Now he treats Tokyo's Nihonbashi to the nostalgic Shimane flavors of his youth.

Nothing says Sendai like gyutan (beef tongue)!

Nothing says Sendai like gyutan (beef tongue)! Interested in local ingredients, he took a job at Rikyu where he is now in charge of the grill. His motto is to take high quality ingredients and carefully grill them to perfection. "Grilling gyutan is fairly straightforward, and yet the flavor differs with each chef. I find that fascinating," Takashi remarks, as he affectionately tends the grill.

Spanish Italian Fusion Cuisine

I thought it was important to learn a trade, so I decided to pursue cooking. As the chef at Spiral, I create Spanish Italian fusion cuisine, and cook dishes using oysters.

Delicious sushi made using local ingredients from Otaru.

He is originally from Otaru. He became interested in cooking while working at a hotel restaurant specializing in Buddhist-style cuisine. Above all else, from a young age he felt a connection to the ingredients of Otaru and wanted to make good use of them by becoming a sushi chef. He gained experience training at sushi restaurants in Sapporo and Otaru. In 2001, he opened Sushiko in his hometown, where he works today.

Made to be a meal to remember

My parents ran a teppanyaki and okonomiyaki store from their home, so it was there I learned how to think about the food and beverage industry and how to run a business. This is a favorite place for lovers of internal organ meats. The chef prepares everything in advance, so by learning through imitation, in my own way through self-study and through trial and error, I became a master at making delicious food. With my pet name of Okaasan (mother) and good manners, there are many fans of my character which is overflowing with kindness.

I dove into the world of food because I wanted to make people happy through my food.

I was born in Kitakyushu City on March 10th, 1978. When I was in elementary school, I helped my parents cook, and their happiness was what made me enter the world of food. I decided to become a chef because I wanted more people to eat food that I prepared. I worked at and honing my skills in a hotel for 7 years, and I also worked at a wedding parlor in Fukuoka City for 9 years as assistant chef. Afterwards, I became independent, opening "Le Coeur et Kokoro." I have an establsihed reputation for preparing authentic French cuisine, using my many years of experience.

Protecting traditions by utilizing skills learned from previous generations and polishing them further.

Yamamoto is a chef from Hyogo Prefecture. His parents ran this restaurant before him, so he was familiar with this cuisine from a young age and naturally wanted to impart its sense and taste with customers and everyone he came in contact with. As he grew up he came to inherit this restaurant that his parents poured so much love into, and wanted to make even more of it. When he graduated from school he entered the culinary world without hesitation. He has come to be where he is now as the result of the guidance and support of his parents and the training he undertook at this restaurant.

Kusano brings his experience from a Japanese restaurant in Austria to the table

After achieving his childhood dream of becoming a cook at the family-oriented restaurant "Tenmaya", he moved on to Vienna, where he worked at a Japanese restaurant for six years. After returning to Japan and working at French and sushi restaurants in hotels, he has been putting his skills to use at his own shop for the past six months.

A chef who creates everything from spices to exquisite dishes

Born in 1950 in Kobe city, the chef has always dreamed of opening his own Yakiniku (Japanese BBQ) restaurant and studies everything about Yakiniku himself. The chef makes everything, except for the ingredients themselves, himself. He also cuts the delicious beef into thick, enjoyable pieces. With his mother's original recipe, the chef serves delicious dishes. The restaurant he opened in San-no-miya in 1990, "Sumibi-yakiniku Abee" has numerous fans and frequenters.

A master craftsman of French cuisine inheriting the Grande Maison tradition

He was born in Tokyo in 1959. He was influenced by a senior in his high school field hockey club who decided to go down the path of becoming a chef, so eventually he too went to culinary school. After graduation, he worked for four years at the prestigious French restaurant called "Piaget," where he built a strong culinary foundation. In 1983, he entered Apicius, and diligently studied under the wings of Chef Tokuo Takahashi, one of the most esteemed French chefs in Japan. In 1997, he became a sous chef, and then eventually moved on to his present position as head chef in 2008.

He's loved eating since early childhood! He dreamed of having his own restaurant.

When he was young, owner Hisayoshi Sugawara's favourite foods were ramen and curry rice. With the spirit of a child, he dreamed of owning his own restaurant. Since it was his favourite food, Hisayoshi was determined to make the ultimate bowl of ramen himself. Trying the ramen at various restaurants, he made continual improvements until settling on the present taste. That's the taste you can enjoy today.

Born February 23rd, 1960, a native of Hyogo Prefecture. After graduating from high school he worked at a number of restaurants, before traveling to France. He studied under Bernard Loiseau, the head chef at La Cote d'Or (now called Le Relais Bernard Loiseau), who gave rise to the Asian-inspired French fusion style, which our chef learned. He returned home to work at the Japanese chef of La Cote d'Or Kobe in 1992. As of 2000 he was promoted to the general manager and head chef of the Kitano Kobe Hotel.

He took the path of a culinary career which was his dream since he was young. Tremendous effort is put into the food's freshness.

Born in Wakayama in 1967, it was his dream since youth to choose the path of a culinary career and display his skill in cooking. "There is a taste in freshness" is his motto, and he is particular every day about the freshness of ingredients and the way of cooking which emphasizes the flavors of the ingredients. His obsession led him to create his original combination of oils for cooking.

Learning the joy of cooking from a Chinese chef, and its depth from a Japanese master.

Born in 1973 in Chiba Prefecture, his inspiration for pursuing this path was a Chinese chef who showed him the joy of cooking at the restaurant where he worked part-time as a high school freshman. He later became the apprentice of a Japanese chef while working at another restaurant. Although the chef was a well-rounded master who had studied abroad, he still said "Nothing beats Japanese beef." Those words made a deep impression on Mr. Ogura.

Techniques cultivated on Rishiri Island from a younge age. A Japanese chef who is fastidious about "vitality".

With his father cooking at his own shop in Susukino, Chef Kato spent his youth close to the kitchen. He hammered into himself the fundamentals of Japanese cuisine through rigorous training at Kanotei, the culinary ryokan of his father's associate on Rishiri Island. From the knowledge of seafood preparation he gained at that time, even now he's fastidious about the "vitality" of fresh seafood. After ten years of experience on Rishiri, he now exercises his skill in Asashikawa.

Staying close to our roots is our motto. We aim to create food and an atmosphere that you'll love.

Born in October 1970 on Himakajima Island in Aichi. Because of his love of cooking, he immediately began his training at a Japanese-style restaurant after he graduated from high school. At age 30, he began working in product development for restaurants in Nagoya and after that, he studied restaurant management. At age 35, he opened his own shop, Oyaji Dining Shobu. Always putting his customers first, he strives to create a place that the locals will keep coming back to.

Encountering genuine motsunabe (meat stew) in Osaka led to him opening his own restaurant

I'm originally from Ichinomiya City. After stepping away from the 9-to-5 life of a businessman, I entered cooking school. After that, I apprenticed at a Chinese restaurant and worked at a gyoza (dumpling) shop in Osaka for even more training. When a famous motsunabe (meat stew) restaurant from Fukuoka opened a branch in Osaka, I seized the opportunity to work there and trained for a year and a half, and in 2007 split off and opened a restaurant in Nagoya.

An interest in cooking that started in high school. A life devoted to Japanese cuisine and fish-based cuisine.

Born in Shizuoka prefecture in 1977, the proprietor's interest in cuisine started in high school. He started his career as an apprentice in Japanese restaurants in Shizuoka, achieving expertise in all forms of fish-based cooking at the likes of Uogashi Maruten, at both the main and branch restaurants. Since 2011 he has been at Uogashi Maruten Fuji, where he excels in all forms of Japanese cuisine.

The beginning was simple. After that, his efforts have not ceased.

He was born in 1973 in Kyoto. Ever since he was a child, he dreamed of being a chef. He thought that their white coats were smart, and that working as a chef on a cruise liner looked fun. Rather than letting this remain as just a dream, he worked consistently to realize it and to get to where he is today.

Breathing new life into traditional Spanish cuisine

He was born in Ishikawa prefecture in 1982. He says that he focused on Spanish cuisine in culinary school because the Latino atmosphere matched his character well. After his graduation, he worked for three years at a hotel in Kanazawa before going to Spain to learn about the flavors in the country itself. In Spain, he trained at famous Michelin-starred restaurants such as "Restaurante Alameda", "Fonda Sala", and "Restaurante Neiche", and he opened "Fermintxo" in Nishi-Azabu after returning to Japan. He continues to present the techniques he learned at those famous restaurants, together with his novel ideas that never adhere to a fixed framework, on a plate.