1761 - 1780 of 1803 chefs
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Organ
organ(オルガン)
- Ogikubo, Tokyo
- French,Italian/French / French / Western Sosaku (creative cuisine) / Wine
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紺野 真KONNO MAKOTO
The Chef's Recommendations -
The encounter with natural wine greatly influenced his restaurant's core principles after setting out on his own
He was born in Tokyo in 1969. He went to America during his schooling days, and an experience at a part-time job in a restaurant gave him the motivation to enter this industry. He returned to Japan when he was 29, and pursued further training at a cafe in Harajuku, and the bistro "Au Rendez-Vous" in Chitose-Funabashi. During his training, he encountered natural wine and found himself spellbound by its great flavor. He set out on his own in 2005 and opened "uguisu" in Sangenjaya. In 2011, he opened his second shop, "organ", as its owner.
紺野 真KONNO MAKOTO
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Jumelles 29
Jumelles 29(ジュメルニジュウク)
- Shijokawaramachi/Teramachi, Kyoto
- French,Italian/French / General / French / Western Sosaku (creative cuisine)
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村上 章MURAKAMI AKIRA
The Chef's Recommendations -
Your delighted smiles over his cooking makes him happy
Born in 1972 in Okayama. He's loved to make and enjoy food ever since he was a child. When someone would smile with delight over his cooking it made him so happy that he decided to make it a career. After training at a number of hotel restaurants he was hired at the French restaurant Philippe Aubron where he worked for five years before moving to France. There he refined his culinary skills at restaurants like Moulin De Mougins in Cannes and Lyon. When he returned to Japan he worked for Italian BAL for a time before striking out on his own.
村上 章MURAKAMI AKIRA
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Hagi no Chaya
萩の茶屋
- Niihama, Ehime
- Soba (noodles),Japanese / General / Soba (noodles)
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井原 和武IHARA KAZUTAKE
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Quality ingredients are essential for soba. A soba artisan who ignores profit in order to serve up delicious soba
He was born in 1967 in Ehime Prefecture. The family's soba restaurant had been founded by his father. Growing up watching his father at work, he knew as a young child that he wanted to succeed his father at the restaurant. In order to hone his skills, he left home for years to train at renowned soba restaurants in Chiba Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, and at Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture. He then returned home to take over "Hagi no Chaya". Using only the finest ingredients to serve up the best soba, he pays no attention to profit-a true soba artisan.
井原 和武IHARA KAZUTAKE
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Ohama
おおはま
- Kamakura/Zushi, Kanagawa
- Japanese,Japanese / General / Sake
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大濱 幸恵OOHAMA YUKIE
The Chef's Recommendations -
A career that granted her a chance to fulfill her dream of competing with culinary skills
She was born in Ehime prefecture and raised in Chiba prefecture. She majored in food science in college since she wanted to work in food production, but after graduation she went on to work as a civil servant for a period of time. However, she says that, "I wanted to be in a job that involved making food," so she devoted herself wholeheartedly to that dream when she turned 30. She studied Japanese cuisine at Ecole Tsuji Tokyo for a year, and after that she learned the basics of cooking at Matsushita in Waseda, and studied sake (Japanese rice wine) at Sasagin in Yoyogi-Uehara. She underwent further training at Ishii in Shimbashi, and then in 2010 she opened Ohama in Asagaya, which moved to Kamakura in 2014.
大濱 幸恵OOHAMA YUKIE
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La BOMBANCE
ラ・ボンバンス La BOMBANCE
- Nishi-Azabu, Tokyo
- Japanese Sosaku (creative),Japanese / General / Sake
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渡邊 直博WATANABE NAOHIRO
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A meeting with Chef Okamoto at Fujidaya, here in the world of cuisine he's longed after since childhood
Born in 1978 and coming from Yamanashi, his father was a cook of Japanese cuisine and because of this he had an interest in food from an early age, leaping into the world of cuisine when he graduated from high school. Building up his skillset at small restaurants, hotels, Japanese restaurant inns, and the like, he then spent three and a half years at Fujidaya, meeting with owner Okamoto at that time. From the start-up of La BOMBANCE in 2004, he's been in the kitchen as head chef.
渡邊 直博WATANABE NAOHIRO
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Akasaka Kitafuku
赤坂きた福
- Akasaka, Tokyo
- Kaiseki (course menu),Japanese / Crab / Kyoto Cuisine / Wine
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川崎真人KAWASAKI MASATO
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A Chef Who Handles Various Delicacies Such as Live Crab, Blowfish, and Chinese Softshell Turtle
Chef Kawasaki was born on January 24th, 1982 and is from Hokkaido. He studyied about store designs in high school, and wanting to eventually own his own store, he decided to become a chef. After graduating, he moved to Tokyo, where he first trained for five years at "Tsunahachi". With a desire to gain further experience, he trained for another five years at "Kyofuji". He then gained further experience at "Japanese Restaurant Ono Ginza" and a number of other stores with a desire to learn about wines. At its opening in November 2012, he entered "Akasaka Kitafuku", where he continues to work today.
川崎真人KAWASAKI MASATO
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Ostu
オストゥ(Ostu)
- Shinjuku Station South Exit/Yoyogi, Tokyo
- Italian,Italian/French / Italian / Wine
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宮根 正人MIYANE MASATO
The Chef's Recommendations -
An unexpected 5 years in Piedmont guided him for the future
He was born in Saitama prefecture in 1974. After graduating from culinary school, he devoted himself to training at various Italian restaurants in Tokyo, such as the famous "Antonio," and then went to Italy. Most of his time there was spent in Barolo, Piedmont, at the restaurant "Locanda nel Borgo Antico" After returning to Japan, he opened "Ostu."
宮根 正人MIYANE MASATO
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Yoroniku
よろにく
- Omotesando/Aoyama, Tokyo
- Yakiniku (Japanese BBQ),Yakiniku/Steak / Yakiniku (grilled meat) / Wine / Others
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半田 智昭HANDA TOMOAKI
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Grown up among national brand stock products, I became a captive of meat before I knew it.
He was born in Iwate City in Iwate Prefecture. Growing up among nationally recognized products like Maezawa beef, Shorhorn beef, Iwanaka pork, and Platinum pork, he fell in love with meat ever since he can remember. He joined an Italian restaurant in Tokyo at the age of 22 and worked there for 5 years to learn how to deal with seafood. Then he experienced training in Kappo in the management of a specialty store for beef tongue. Next was a job in Yakiniku Jumbo Shinozaki Main Store and he later joined Yoroniku in 2007. In the innovative menu of Yoroniku, live the experience and ideas of Mr. Handa, a veteran of many different businesses.
半田 智昭HANDA TOMOAKI
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Uokin Main Store
魚金本店
- Shimbashi/Shiodome, Tokyo
- Izakaya (Japanese tavern),Taverns / General / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Sake
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郡司 健GUNJI TAKESHI
The Chef's Recommendations -
He has the qualification of a sake advisor and play an important role for serving excellent foods and drinks at the main store.
He was born in 1984 in Tochigi Prefecture. He worked part-time at Sumiyaki Noteri in Ikenoue, Tokyo, highly evaluated by celebrities as a superb restaurant for delicious yakitori. There he discovered the fun of cooking and entered the world of cuisine. Thereafter, he gained experience at an izakaya (pub) in Shibuya and finally joined Uokin Co., Ltd. First he worked at Uokin Store No.2 and now is responsible for the kitchen at the Uokin Main Store. He gained the qualification of sake advisor in 2010.
郡司 健GUNJI TAKESHI
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Trattoria Siciliana Don Ciccio
トラットリア シチリアーナ・ドンチッチョ
- Shibuya East Exit/Miyamasuzaka, Tokyo
- Italian,Italian/French / Italian / Wine
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石川 勉ISHIKAWA TSUTOMU
The Chef's Recommendations -
His love of the film The Godfather brought him to Sicily
Tsutomu Ishikawa is a native of Iwate prefecture, born in 1961. After coming to Tokyo, he began down the path towards becoming a chef at the age of 19. Also a big fan of The Godfather, he headed to Palermo in Sicily. After that, he also spent 3 years training in Firenze and Bologna before returning to Japan. After working in restaurants such as Cucina Hirata and La Benzina, he became independent in 2000 at Trattoria da Tommasina. In 2006, that restaurant closed, and Chef Ishikawa opened Trattoria Siciliana Don Ciccio in the same year.
石川 勉ISHIKAWA TSUTOMU
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Mardi Gras
マルディグラ
- Shimbashi/Shiodome, Tokyo
- French,Italian/French / French / Wine
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和知 徹UCHI TOORU
The Chef's Recommendations -
Experiences in France serving as a source of encouragement for his present self
He was born in Awaji Island in Hyogo prefecture in 1967. After graduating from high school, he enrolled into Tsuji Culinary Institute. He spent half of the following year studying at a French school, and the remaining half of the year working at a restaurant with one Michelin star in Burgundy. After returning to Japan, he entered "Restaurant Hiramatsu", and studied at its Paris restaurant with one Michelin star during his time there. After returning to Japan, he took on the role as the head chef of "Apollinaire", a restaurant affiliated to Hiramatsu. After leaving the restaurant, he became the head chef of "Grape Gumbo" in Ginza in 1998, and worked there for three years. He set out on his own to open his own shop in 2001.
和知 徹UCHI TOORU
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Sumibi Yakiniku Himawaritei
炭火焼肉 ひまわり亭
- Kawaguchi Lake/Fuji Yoshida/Yamanaka Lake, Yamanashi
- Yakiniku (Japanese BBQ),Yakiniku/Steak / Yakiniku (grilled meat) / Horumon (offal meat) / Korean
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梶原 直人KAJIWARA NAOTO
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The chef strives everyday to make his restaurant an energizing place for his customers.
Born in1971, in Yamanashi prefecture, the chef has always loved cooking since his childhood. With his experience working at a yakiniku (Japanese BBQ) restaurant, he came to think, "If I were to have a job for life, I'd like to become a chef who makes people happy." As he was especially charmed with yakiniku, which seemed to invigorate people, he decided to work at a yakiniku restaurant in Yokohama when he was 20. After that, he opened up his own restaurant, Yakiniku Himawari Tei. He makes his own tare (sauce) and kimchi (pickled cabbage), and provides delicious meat for a reasonable price.
梶原 直人KAJIWARA NAOTO
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Kanazawa Izakaya Kappo Genzaemon
金沢・居酒屋割烹 源左ェ門
- Korinbo/Katamachi, Ishikawa
- Izakaya (Japanese tavern),Taverns / General
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久保 勝KUBO MASARU
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Skilled in many culinary domains, he has experience in making dishes like sushi and other Japanese food, as well as traditional local cuisine.
He was born in 1974. Since he was a child he liked food. He has chosen to work in the culinary world. He accumulated experience by working for a long time in restaurants with sushi and other Japanese dishes. He has devoted himself to improving his cooking ability. He has been the head chef of Genzaemon, displaying his talent in Japanese cuisine and Kaga cuisine.
久保 勝KUBO MASARU
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Nurukan Sato
ぬる燗 佐藤
- Roppongi, Tokyo
- Izakaya (Japanese tavern),Taverns / Crab / Kaiseki (traditional multi-course meal) / Sake
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金子 陽樹KANEKO HARUKI
The Chef's Recommendations -
Since the more you get to know sake the more interesting it is, these days he is completely engrossed in sake .
Born in 1983 in Tokyo, at 15 he started a part-time job that offered him a way to gain experience in restaurant service. This ended up piquing his interest enough to enter the culinary world as a career. While gathering experience in bars and Japanese-style restaurants, he was able to closely study sake. With an abundance of knowledge in wine and other drinks, he serves as manager at Nurukan Sato, where he gets to pursue his love of sake full-time.
金子 陽樹KANEKO HARUKI
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Gyutan Sumiyaki Rikyu Sendai
牛たん炭焼利久 仙台駅店
- Sendai Station West Exit, Miyagi
- Izakaya (Japanese tavern),Taverns / Local Japanese Cuisine / Gyutan (beef tongue) / General
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井上昭広INOUEAKIHIRO
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His eyes were opened to cooking when he was an elementary-school student
He first prepared food as part of a home economics lesson, and the fun of that elementary-school experience awakened a love of cooking within him. After gaining ten years of experience working in an izakaya tavern, he moved on to Rikyu to put his skills to work.
井上昭広INOUEAKIHIRO
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Ginza Fujita
銀座 藤田
- Shimbashi/Shiodome, Tokyo
- Japanese,Japanese / General / Tempura (battered, fried seafood and vegetables) / Sushi
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藤田 一休FUJITA IKKYU
The Chef's Recommendations -
Our chef stays true to the fundamentals of cuisine, while continuing to challenge himself with new dishes
Born in 1968 in Tokyo. After five years of experience at Japanese-style restaurants in Yushima, he wanted to learn about sushi, so he went to work for Sushidokoro Midoriyama in Toranomon. After that he got some experience in Western-style food, and he was selected to become head chef at the age of 29. After that he worked as head chef for over ten years. He opened Fujita in September of 2010. "I want change up my dishes as much as possible while staying true to the basics," he told us while wracking his brains to come up with ways to delight his guests however he can. He also holds a cooking class on Saturdays. There he diligently teaches the fundamentals of cooking.
藤田 一休FUJITA IKKYU
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Bishokudokoro Sakuji Nishishinjuku
美食処 作治 西新宿店
- Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo
- Japanese Sosaku (creative),Japanese / General / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Sake
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安藤 孝司ANDO TAKASHI
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Leave the hospitality of Japanese cuisine up to this chef.
At Ichukyo, a kaiseki (traditional Japanese banquet) restaurant in Tokyo's Omi, he trained under the former director and head chef of Nadaman. "Let me serve you a feast in which you will sense the passage of the seasons in the ingredients and the arrangements," he tells us.
安藤 孝司ANDO TAKASHI
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Shibusan Uokin
渋三 魚金
- Shibuya South Exit, Tokyo
- Izakaya (Japanese tavern),Taverns / General / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood
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長島 志郎NAGASHIMA SHIRO
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His motto is to make preparations perfectly and serve dishes to customers at their best condition.
He was born in 1977 in Tokyo. When he was working part-time at a restaurant in his high school days, he discovered the joy of restaurant business. After experiencing various jobs, he made up his mind to become a chef at the age of 27. He found a job at a famous izakaya (restaurant pub) and learned the basics of cooking skills thoroughly. Then he joined Uokin at 30. After working at Gotanda and Shimbashi branches, he transferred to Shibusan Uokin in 2012. Now he is the chief chef there. As a professional, he is enchanted by the fact that he can handle a lot of fresh ingredients from the Tsukiji market.
長島 志郎NAGASHIMA SHIRO
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Kushikoma Main Store
串駒 本店
- Otsuka, Tokyo
- Izakaya (Japanese tavern),Taverns / Basashi (horse meat sashimi) / Nabe (hot pot) / Sake
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大林禎OBAYASHITEI
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An Encounter with the Master of a LongStanding Sake Shop, a Journey to Discover the Choicest Sake
Born in 1955 in Kumamoto prefecture. At the age of 18 he bought a one-way ticket to Tokyo and began his live-in training to be a chef. He opened "Kushikoma", which was originally just a normal izakaya (Japanese-style bar), at around 25 years of age. After that, he discovered a new-born love of sake (Japanese rice wine) upon meeting Mr. Mitsuhisa Kodama of the legendary "Koshuya" bar in Ikebukuro. The foundations were then laid for the present incarnation of "Kushikoma", which he realized through subsequent pilgrimages to breweries all over Japan to gather up the very best sake.
大林禎OBAYASHITEI
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Momofuku
百福
- Shin-Sakae/Higashisakura/Izumi, Aichi
- Kaiseki (course menu),Japanese / Fugu (blowfish) / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / General
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百瀬 敢司MOMOSE ATSUSHI
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This chef has devoted himself to the art of preparing fugu (pufferfish) for 28 years, and continues his exploration of the most delicious fugu dishes
Born on April 8, 1967, in Gifu Prefecture. After graduating from high school, he studied in a culinary school, before joining a fugu (blowfish) restaurant in Osaka, where he would work for 20 years. In 2007, he opened his Momofuku restaurant in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. He is committed to making his restaurant a place his customers invite their loved ones to, and long to visit again.
百瀬 敢司MOMOSE ATSUSHI